And the prize for having green eyes goes to…
Returning to the beginning for just a minute; after all the parental lobbying, meetings, discussions and arguments one day the staff were informed that the school was now an inclusive …
Articles
The messages we get in life
It is impossible to not send messages; we are all communicating all the time with or without words, directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, with awareness or without awareness. The …
Repairing the world
Tikkun Olam It is said that the creation of the world was left incomplete, this was done we are told to allow each of us to help complete creation by …
Always pay it forward in some way…
Farginen \”Yiddish has a very special verb, unknown to most other languages: farginen. It means to open space, to share pleasure; it is the exact opposite of the verb to …
Free Business and Entrepreneurial Skills
Starting a Small Business in South Africa http://southafrica.smetoolkit.org/sa/en/category/2951/Starting-a-Business 10 Amazing Free Online Business Training Resources for Freelancers – Freelance Folder http://freelancefolder.com/free-business-training/ 100+ Free Online Business Courses & Certificates at MOOCS …
The Beauty of Music
\”If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die\”. Duke Orsino Twelfth Night: Entire Play http://shakespeare.mit.edu/twelfth_night/full.html Self-taught pianist Lucas …
Meditation & Focusing
Meditation is a behavioural technique to slow down the level of nervous system arousal and excitation in the body and induce a relaxed physiological state, no more or less. The …
Critical Thinking & Philosophical Skills
Skillful Thinking :: An Introduction to Philosophical Skills http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/product.php?productid=2041&cat=8&page=6
Psychotherapy links
Resources for Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy ISTDP Institute http://istdpinstitute.com/resources/ Psycho-dynamic therapy has been caricatured as navel-gazing, but studies show powerful benefits. Getting to Know Me. Jonathan Shedler http://www.jonathanshedler.com/PDFs/Shedler%20Scientific%20American.pdf Karen Horney\’s Vision of the Self. Essays & …
Liquorice allsorts: The varieties of being human
The basis of inclusion, whether pertaining to the psyche, the family, the school, the community or the nation is the reality and importance of diversity. The natural diversity we find …