Black Box: Weird Therapy Series #2
Today’s episode is a bit hard to publish because it’s a story about me. It’s about triggers, you know, those nasty little something’s that throw us back, recalling difficult memories.
The Bathroom Theory, Part 2: Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
In this episode we delve a little deeper into the patterns that keep us stuck. Dr. Finlayson-fife talks about how to cross the bridge of owning our sexuality in the face of betrayal and defining what kind of sex we want. We’ll discuss the confusing extremes we sometimes feel of wanting to ban sex and/or wanting to have all kinds of sex. And, we’ll see that caring for our sexuality is the same process whether or not we have a partner.
The Bathroom Theory, Part 1: Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Sex is so confusing in love, deception and marriage…throw in a little dash of porn or an affair and who the hell knows what’s gonna happen. This interview with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is full of double-take and re-wind moments.
Accountable Families: Ron DeHaas
It was years ago, when I installed a filter on our household computer for the first time. I was pretty proud of my work. It was a bit complicated but I followed the instructions, installed the software, logged onto the dashboard and set the parental controls. With a bit of satisfaction, I tried to log onto my kids elementary school website and was … denied. Access Blocked. Frustrating.
Podcast: New Brain Cells with Dr. John Ratey
This Love Rice episode, New Brain Cells with Dr. John Ratey, is about much more than enlarging our brains. We talk with Dr. Ratey, a top neuroscience Researcher, Speaker, Harvard Professor, Author and Clinical Psychiatrist about decades of science that teaches us how exercise turns on and balances our brains.
Love Rice… It’s a Podcast
There’s an idea floating around out there. It’s an idea about rice. And what’s even weirder is that it’s an idea about talking to rice. Supposedly, if you tell a jar of cooked rice how worthless it is, it will quickly mold and disintegrate. While if you tell a jar of cooked rice how lovely it is, it will maintain its structure and shape with little or no mold.
Mirror Mirror…
We fail to see the beauty in function. As we recall the overwhelming complexities of our body, as we come to see and appreciate these many wonders in our reflection, there is a certain respect gained for our very presence, for the body that houses our soul. This respect in turn lends to mending struggles we have with our appearance. It reminds us we are not merely objects made up of sexualized parts. We are in fact women, human, a miracle of an amalgamation of working pieces both macroscopic and microscopic and we should marvel at the wonder of our existence.
Waking The Dead
In the stillness, the brilliant emerald moss seemed to breathe up the crater wall. The diamond water dripping from above appeared like fire or stars falling from an inky sky. In the silence, each diamond fell in slow motion then ker-plopped on the azure surface. Lying back with my hands behind my head I float weightless, my feet dangling, cradled, as if in mother earth’s belly. It’s a strange kind of safety; an exercise in surrender.
Clean Slate and 20 Steps Ahead
Because I admire Caitlin as a master of her craft, it was interesting to hear her talk of never-ending practice, practice, practice, versus ultimate achievement. It was actually encouraging to recognize that process is the thing. I completely connected with her stress starters and the amazing ability she and I have for jumping ahead in our minds and worrying about things that might not actually be real.
Ritual and Productivity
How do you get to the point where you trust “it will all work out?” What does the creative process show us about that idea? What does it mean to do the work and what does it mean to recharge? These are the ideas that Caitlin reveals as we look through her sketchbooks, sketches, and sheer volume of work.