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Looking back: Who read what in 2019?

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Administrator

January is the perfect time to look back on the year that’s gone and forward to what’s planned for the months ahead. It’s looking good as the statistics suggest that the most popular topics of 2019 are exactly the ones … Continue reading →

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Wired to survive?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Administrator

According to evolutionary neuroscience we’re not wired to be happy or content but simply to survive. It’s a new science, so such judgements are subject to review, but it certainly seems that our bodymind system easily becomes dysfunctional in modern … Continue reading →

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It’s not what you know …

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Administrator

… it’s the way that you know it. I sometimes have a name ‘on the tip of my tongue’. I’m sure you know that odd feeling; you both know and don’t know at the same time. We make sense of … Continue reading →

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The Embodied Pathways of Connection in Therapy

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Administrator

My previous post introduced the EPOC, embodied practices that can reveal our radical interconnectedness. I initially came across the EPOC during my PhD research into spiritual eco-activism: The EPOC both inspired and supported the campaigners I worked with (Harris, 2008). … Continue reading →

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The Embodied Pathways of Connection

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Administrator

What links mindfulness, psychedelics, nature connection, ritual and the therapeutic technique of Focusing? They can all help us access to our deepest embodied knowing and awaken us from the illusion of separation. For Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk and … Continue reading →

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Embodied Ecology: A Relational Vision

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Administrator

One core principle lies at the heart of embodied ecology: We are relational earthbodies, fundamentally intertwined with the more-than-human-world. Almost every thinker I’ve discussed on this blog speaks that same truth in their own voice. Let’s listen to a few. … Continue reading →

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Psychedelic psychotherapy: The next big thing in psychiatry?

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Administrator

The UK Home Secretary has announced a review of cannabis for medicinal use. Does that bring psychedelic psychotherapy a step closer? When LSD was synthesized back in the 1950s psychiatrists were quick to see its potential. Research proliferated over the … Continue reading →

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‘Sacred Ecology’ Revisited

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Administrator

Almost a quarter of a century ago I presented a paper called ‘Sacred Ecology’ at a Newcastle University conference (1994), and it’s still my most widely read article. Should I be dismayed that I haven’t come up with anything more … Continue reading →

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Nature Connection: Have you got it yet?

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Administrator

When I used to run nature connection workshops back in 2010, it was a struggle to get people to sign up. It seemed that people didn’t get what nature connection was or why they might want more of it. But … Continue reading →

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The Wilderness Effect

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Administrator

Ecopsychologist Rob Greenway used to guide people on wilderness treks and after years of research concluded that “civilization is only four days deep” (Greenway, 1995). When people go on long treks in the wilderness they start out enthusiastic: They’re feeling … Continue reading →

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