Ynanna Rising

findingupsidedown:

Brain Development & Addiction with the incredible Dr. Gabor Mate. If you don’t know about him, check out his work - it is transformative. He explains the science behind addiction, trauma, depression, anxiety, and generational violence including colonization and the Holocaust. He also draws the pathways to healing, which is difficult but possible for anyone. He offers a different framework for overcoming addiction that understands its origins and purpose. A framework without judgement or shame that inhibit self-examination and healing. “Only in the presence of compassion, will people allow themselves to see the truth.”

Gabor Maté M.D. is a physician and bestselling author whose books have been published in nearly twenty languages worldwide.   Dr. Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, from addiction and attention deficit disorder (ADD) to mind-body wellness, adolescent mental health, and parenting.  A renowned thinker and public speaker, he addresses audiences all over North America, including professional and academic groups like nurses’ organizations, psychiatry departments, and corporate conventions, as well as presentations and seminars for local community groups and the general public.  As a writer and speaker, he is widely known for the power, insight, clarity, candour, compassion, humor, and warmth of his presentations.

Common to all of Dr. Maté’s work is a focus on understanding the broader context in which human disease and disorders arise, from cancer to autoimmune conditions like MS, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, or fibromyalgia;  childhood behavioral disorders like ADD, oppositionality, or bullying;  or addiction, from substance abuse to obsessive gambling, shopping, or even workaholism.

Rather than offering facile, quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them.  His approach is holistic and kaleidoscopic – linking everything from neurophysiology, immunology, and developmental psychology to economic and social policy – and even touches on the spiritual dimensions of disease and healing.

His books, all Canadian best-sellers, include:

• Scattered Minds:  A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder* (1999)
• When the Body Says No:  The Cost of Hidden Stress** (2004)
• Hold On to Your Kids:  Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers (2005),co-written with Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D
• In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts:  Close Encounters With Addiction (2009).  Recipient of the 2009 Hubert Evans Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.

loveisthicker:

“Weathering”
by aja monet

When the earth 
shatters beneath us
and we are broken open, 
picked apart 
by the silence—
Let me tell you:
you are unrehearsed laughter 
between the murmur of my lips,
an unconscious love,
a man dipped
in midnight lightening.
I will fix my body for you
and fold in the bend 
of your arms,
a tortured jewel.
You are a freedom song
humming in the shadow of my soul
a healing heartache that kisses wounds
and sets free tornados
on my spine
such a crippling tongue.
My spirit is dancing 
in the gospel of your chest 
and I have found music
glowing in the whirlwind 
of your eyes,
may we create new skies
to fall apart under,
together.
The sun bent it’s head
on my skin
this morning
and I could hear 
the bones of butterflies 
creaking in the breeze 
the breath of birds 
heaving into the heart
of my ears. 
My eyes whistled open
the air still smelling 
of lavender smoke and wet leaves
i turn to you 
staring the lids of your jarred pupils
your face
your face is a naked desert at dawn
an ancient heaven at horizon
your mouth slightly caved open
like an owling cow
I smile, blooming
because somewhere before
i remember this 
this silence
you sound of a starving angel when you sleep
you snore like a wailing forest, my love.
I think of you 
like a waking dream,
of your spines grip
melted into the sand 
dunes of my palms.
Last night,
last night your hands sprinkled 
across my flesh
like rainstorms.

I can feel the sun this morning,
he is strong and gleaming.
Your eyelashes splinter 
from the blow of my lips—
rise 
and 
shine.