Broken Hearts Disorder the Mind – The Sickness of “Mental Health”
A broken heart will disorder the mind, but in our society we attempt to order, suppress, contain the heart by means of psychological and psychiatric control which will always be desperately ineffective for a broken heart. One who is cut off from a broken heart will have a mind which endlessly circles *around* the very... Continue Reading →
4th Step Narrative
Grad School: A Near Miss Shot at the Sun Dr Belgrade was my most favorite professor I ever had and I met him when I started my MA program at USF in 2022. I clicked with him in ways I never had with any other teacher -- that was in part because I myself was... Continue Reading →
4th Step: Fall from Grace | Rehab
Assets / Virtues / Strengths Event / Relationship Appreciations / Positive Feelings Character Asset / Strength Handling Blythe’s dominance in class gracefullySatisfaction in managing attention, maintaining composureEmotional maturity, self-restraint, ability to share attention Navigating seating chart and front-of-class placementPride in constructive engagementGrace under social pressure, relational intelligence Moment of connection with Dr. Belgrade (laughing at... Continue Reading →
4th Step: Grad School
Assets / Virtues / Strengths Event / Relationship Appreciations / Positive Feelings Character Asset / Strength Connection with Dr. Belgrade Gratitude, respect, intellectual joy Intellectual curiosity, capacity for deep connection, ability to admire and learn from others Completing excellent assignments despite difficulty Pride in own diligence, perseverance Determination, discipline, courage in facing challenge Observing Blythe... Continue Reading →
[A map out of hell]: Common mistake: desires and wishful thinking.
When I want something, I rarely consider to examine why I want it or where the desire came from. Our world is full of man-made environments designed to extract value (especially monetary value) from its inhabitants to benefit their creators. Why is the grocery store the way that it is? Why are the aisles put... Continue Reading →
The most important demons to fight are within.
I often have a distinct sensation of other people getting under my skin for one reason or another. It can happen almost at any time, where I just feel someone's energy and it disturbs my stomach and my heart. Heart. We are not just influenced by the things we eat, the places we work, but... Continue Reading →
In our attempts to learn a new language, we might try to synthesize all the parts of ourselves that were shattered when we built Babel. "Learn a language, get a new soul," a Czech proverb declares. Maybe deep in our psyche, we know all human language to be one.