Category: The Meaty Part
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Psychedelic update
Well I made it back from the psychedelic conference in one piece and what an event it was! I know I promised a synopsis, and I fully intend on making good in that promise but to be honest I have spent the week since I returned trying to not only to synthesize the information I…
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Adventure time
I sat down with iPad in hand to write a haiku for the day but quickly discovered I had more I wanted to write about than an iPad could comfortably allow. I don’t know about you guys but sometimes I need an actual keyboard to type on and I have already collected so many gadgets…
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Suffering
Today I awoke to a new, or perhaps renewed, awareness to my suffering. Like everybody I have things and issues in my life which are not going the way I would like or expected them to go. These are sources of suffering. There are many other sources of suffering as well but in the end…
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the problem with AI and Consciousness
I’ve been listening to an audiobook about the philosophy of mind, which among other things, concerns itself with consciousness. To be a bit more specific, in the area of consciousness what the philosophy of mind is concerned with is; what is it and how does it come to be? The book if you are interested…
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the problem with grief III
In this part I will be addressing some of the myths I have encountered surrounding the actual stages of the grief cycle. As before I will not be discussing all of the myths or all the possible myths, but will be addressing the more common ones I have seen in my work as a psychologist.…
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the problem with grief II
bonus to breaking my essay up into parts, I get to take a break and eat a late dinner with Mrs. SoulDoc. Now where was I?…… The next myth about the grief cycle is that it is in fact a linear set of stages. Much like climbing a ladder or a set of stairs one…
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the problem with grief I
I have often noticed, and I think I have written about it here previously, in my practice there will be a pattern, or what I refer to as a theme, which appears to be guiding my work over a period of time. Sometimes that period is a day, sometimes longer, but it is so prominent…
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The problem with subjectivity
I came into my office today to discover my clock wasn’t working. It was broken, likely dropped or knocked off my desk. I immediately blamed the janitor service my hospital uses mainly because they tend to move things around a lot when they clean (and by things I mean everything) and they don’t appear to…
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The problem with social interactions: Projection
When I was a child every once in a while my family would go to the movie theater. It was a magical place full of giant images and even gianter popcorn buckets. My family would sit in a row, careful to separate myself and my younger brother, and I would bear witness to magic. I…
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Welcome
I feel the need, perhaps because I see so many others do this and I am a follower at heart, to welcome all the new followers of my blog. I appreciate you stopping by and choosing to follow me along whatever journey this blog ends up being. I am amazed at the locations some of…