"Humans a lot of times will try to compensate for their own lack of control over themselves by trying to control everything and everyone around them and if they simply put all of that energy into controlling themselves, they'd be a better member of whatever team or family or community or anything they're a part of." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK57vv_h24w

From the Book: Family Constellations: A Practical Guide to Uncovering the Origins of Family Conflict by Joy Manne Ph.D.

"We fear death because we do not understand the purpose of life..Your fitness is 100% mental. Your body won't go where your mind doesn't push it...The sky is not the limit. The limit is the mind."-Wim Hof

While the experience of psychosis can be highly distressing, many who recover report that the treatment was often worse than the psychosis itself. What is it that goes so wrong with treatment, and what could we do to improve treatment approaches? In this webinar, we hear from two “experts by experience,” Brenda Froyen and Dmitriy Gutkovich, who reflect on their own experiences of treatment and on what eventually worked better for them. They also discuss attempts to get professionals to be more open to learning from the experience of those who have undergone treatment.

Sea Turtle Wisdom: Travel at your own pace. Stay calm under pressure. Trust the flow. Be comfortable in your own shell. Enjoy time alone. Keep moving forward.

"Wanting to be there" is not all about happiness and joy but it is a 'desire to be present'. Be honest with yourself...do you really want to be there? That's not wrong. That's your truth. Tune in to it.

11th full-length studio release . 'You want a freakshow? Turn on the news. The shock-rocker swaps pantomime for vulnerability on his best album since 2000's era-defining 'Holy Wood''...“Just like in a movie or a play, there’s three acts. And we were very particular about how we pieced it all together, but it was not difficult. There were no extra songs that we left off.” -Marilyn Manson

Youtube: Tao Lore, BEING YOUR OWN THERAPIST. "As you stay distracted and you stay stimulated, you not processing those old thoughts and your own feelings...you don't even want to be distracted and stimulated anymore because you'd just rather dwell in reality than dwell in escapism...Pain is a healing feeling...The breathe is the basis."

Youtube: Tino Soul Many of us only speak money & status on a subconscious level.

The brain’s systems that malfunction in addiction originally evolved to motivate us to socialize and bond deeply with other humans. When we can’t access that connection — whether due to shame from trauma or COVID-19 — we experience pain. That pain motivates us to bond to whatever anesthetizes or distracts us. From chemical substances to stress-baking to excessive porn consumption, people are becoming acutely aware of their substitute bonds to rewarding substances and behaviors. In this talk, Dr. Wurzman explains why returns to use, overdoses, and suicides are skyrocketing — and what we can do to help each other heal. This presentation was part of the "We Are the Medicine" Festival, hosted online June 12-14, 2020.