It has been a while since I last posted on this blog and I thought it was about time I provided an update on what I have been working on. I have settled into and am loving being part of the team at the Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health, where I provide individual and …
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I am looking forward to attending A Process Model Workshop taught by Donata Schoeller, a philosopher leading a partnership of universities in researching using Eugene Gendlin’s philosophy of the implicit integrated with another form of contemporary phenomenology to train and mentor graduate students and faculty in diverse fields in attending to and making sense of …
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Mike Slott, editor of the Secular Buddhist Network website, critiques Bikkhu Analayo’s new book, Superiority Conceit in Buddhist Traditions. I appreciate Mike’s argument that Bikkhu Analayo missed one of the most important of Buddhist conceits, monastic claims of superiority over lay people based on the ‘two truths’ doctrine, a doctrine apparently not present in the …
I thoroughly enjoyed talking with Garri, Suraj and Gil about suffering, healing, growth, and deepening our experiencing of self, others and world.
At a time when Muslim culture is being so often treated in ugly, xenophobic, racist, ignorant ways, how refreshing to read Mana Kia’s article on “adab” in the Psyche newsletter and gain a brief glimpse of the values that informed Persianate culture and its lifeworlds: From the 13th to the mid-19th century, Persian was the …
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I recently read a paper I will be reflecting on for a long time, “Imagine a workplace where you could tell the truth” by Lauren A Taylor and David Berg, in the newsletter, Psyche. They describe the very real reasons not telling the truth is so pervasive in workplaces, the importance of being realistic about …
I am grateful for the excellent company my article, “Allowing the felt sense to find its voice: Using Imagination to deepen daily experience” enjoys in the latest edition of Creative Dharma. Ronn Smith interviews Stephen Batchelor, who discusses how two novels by the Icelandic writer, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, are wonderful examples of how literary fiction …
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The intrepid Ramsey Margolis, founder of the One Mindful Breath secular Buddhist group in Wellington, New Zealand, as well as a new secular Buddhist publishing house, the Tuwhiri Project, has an exciting new project, Creative Dharma, a monthly newsletter looking at how we might use creativity in meditation practice, and bring meditative sensibility into our …
A new dawn, a new fresh day, the sun rising again in our hearts. Our ordinary being in the world is this rich fresh creative occurring into all that is being implied in us and our world (Gendlin, 2018, A Process Model). Good morning beautiful world, thank you for this our new becoming! Did you …
Format: ONLINE live group webinarLeader: Bill GaynerDate: Monday, October 26, 2020Time: 1pm – 2:30pm (EST) Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Therapy Groups (EFMT)Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health Here is a video of the workshop: This is an opportunity for therapists to experience and learn about EFMT through this free psychoeducational and experiential introductory workshop. EFMT is a …
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