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Lewis Mehl-Madrona: Rescue: When is it Unethical?
An under explored ethical area is that of what Michael Ortiz Hill, in his marvelous new book, The Craft of Compassion, has called professional narcissism. This is when we need our clients to get well for our own needs. Of course, we want to think that we are effective and can help people, but the more we think this way and the less we think of dialogical resolution where each contributes to the outcome, the more harm we do. 1  |
Joan Brunwasser: Omega Institute's Elizabeth Lesser on "Broken Open" and Personal Transformation, Part Two People don't think twice about having someone fix their computer or car, or they don't question going to the doctor when they feel bad, or to the gym when they want a trainer to help them get strong or lose weight. But when it comes to psychological or spiritual help, there's a general squeamishness. There's a cultural bias against paying someone to help us figure out things like relationships, purpose, feelings, grief. |
Rob Kall: Cross training Mind/Brain/Heart/Spirit and Shadow-- an interview with Terry Patten brief summary of and link to a podcast interview with Terry Patten talking about integral life practice, mind tools, neurofeedback and more. |
 Joan Brunwasser: Chatting with Uncommon Thinker and Best-Selling Author, Robert Fulghum, Part Three The band that got all the press was the Rock Bottom Remainders, which was a group of writers -" Stephen King, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, people like that. And a publishers' rep in San Francisco found out that we were musicians. It was her idea that we should put this band together and we would raise money for good causes and,in the meantime, have a lot of fun. I can tell you outrageous stories. |
Rob Kall: Review: Open Focus Brain-- a landmark book that explores how we pay attention and how to do it better an important, groundbreaking book that promises to become a classic over the decades. More than any other book, it reminds me of Herbert Benson's RELAXATION RESPONSE. Just as Benson took a simple concept-- relaxation-- and created a landmark book on how to do it... simply, Les Fehmi, with co-author Jim Robbins, has laid out an approach to attention that is remarkable in its simplicity and power to change lives. |
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