The YIN MIND ___________________________________________________________ We live in a culture that commends that we get as much as we can and give as little as we can. Yet, life is characterized by flow. This motto, about getting and giving counters this principle about life as flow. In the book: Order Out of Chaos, Prigogine and Stengers show that dissipative structures, are determinate, when and only when the difference between what flows in and what flows out is … [Read more...]
OCTOBER is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month – Men Don’t Tell
October 9, 2012 by
On March 14, 1993, CBS aired "Men Don't Tell," a TV movie about domestic violence starring Peter Strauss and Judith Light. The twist: Strauss's character, construction executive Ed MacAffrey, was abused by his wife Laura, played by Light. Based on a true story, it dramatizes the story of a loving husband, who is terrorized by the violent behavior of his wife. He had long endured the physical and emotional abuse heaped upon him by his neurotic wife. He tolerates this not only because he … [Read more...]
UN Women launches e-discussions on Inequalities – OCT 15
October 5, 2012 by
UN Women launches e-discussions on Inequalities as part of the consultations on the post-2015 agenda UN Women in partnership with UNICEF is co-leading the UN Development Group Global Thematic Consultation on Inequalities and will facilitate the first of a series of e-discussions which will address a wide spectrum of inequalities. The online platform for the e-discussion on addressing inequalities is now “live”. The gender inequality discussion will open on Wednesday, October 3rd … [Read more...]
Interracial Partnership, Dr. Cindy Brown
October 4, 2012 by
Dealing with the Reactions to Your Relationship ... complicated only because people make them that way. In recent years, people have become more open minded, and as a result, they have broadened their horizons regarding what type of person they would like to date. This means that we have all had the opportunity to meet wonderful people who may or may not be the same race as we are. Interracial relationships can be very rewarding, but can also be very complicated. One of the hardest … [Read more...]
Isabel Briggs Myers – WOMAN of ACTION™
September 21, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women™ is inspired to Celebrate the Life of this conscientious mind, who devoted her life to the betterment of others. She embarked on a project of reading biographies and developed her own typology based on patterns she found. She identified meditative types, spontaneous types, executive types, and sociable types. She cared deeply about her work and fought for it against all criticisms. If data showed her wrong, she was all attention. She now had a new problem … [Read more...]
RELATIONSHIPS, Together You Can! ~ CelebrateLove.com
September 19, 2012 by
Together You Can! A relationship with someone else can never be a singular effort. It takes two. Of course you know that. If you are in a relationship, how many times have you fell like you were the only one doing anything to make the relationship work? A lopsided relationship can be a tremendous drain on both partners. You probably also know that one cannot do the work of two. You've already gone through the dating process where you did everything as close to "right" as possible to … [Read more...]
PROSTATE CANCER, Take a moment for the man in you life!
September 17, 2012 by
Please take a moment to count the men in your life.... Remember the family members you love so dearly; your fathers and grandfathers, your brothers and uncles, your partners and sons. Don't forget your closest friends, your neighbours, and the people in your community who you depend on every day. Have you reached the number 7 yet? Because statistics show that 1 in 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer within their lifetime. This week is Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, and … [Read more...]
Ban urges inclusion of persons with disabilities into society
September 14, 2012 by
12 September 2012 – Hundreds of advocates and experts on disability, as well as Government delegates, have gathered at UN Headquarters for the start of the Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which will have a special focus on women and children. “It is our responsibility as members of the international community and citizens of our own countries to bring about changes to more than one billion persons with … [Read more...]
Real change, lasting solutions empowering women involve engaging men ..
September 11, 2012 by
Empowering women through access to family planning means that mothers and infants are healthier, families are more financially stable, and communities are stronger. Although family planning has traditionally been a gender-based issue, it’s not too hard to realize why improving access to women’s health care, especially reproductive health care, is in everyone’s interest. That is why UNFPA has become a strong proponent of engaging males in the family planning process. “Real change and … [Read more...]
Addictions Backfire, Jennifer Kunst, Ph.D. – WOMEN in RECOVERY
September 11, 2012 by
Why are addictions so hard to break? There is no single answer to this question, for addiction’s power is multi-layered. We know that there are physical, mental, emotional, social, and even spiritual forces at play. But with each layer of understanding comes a greater opportunity to help those who struggle to free themselves from an attachment that has become destructive. I come to the question as a psychoanalyst, of course, and so I am interested in what lies beneath the surface of … [Read more...]
SOUTH AFRICA: The (re)making of men
September 8, 2012 by
JOHANNESBURG, September 2012 (PlusNews) - Manhood might be hard to define but South African media make it even harder, according to editors of a new book, who argue that negative coverage of men is doing more harm than good, especially when it comes to HIV. Now they are looking to rewrite masculinity in a country that ranks among the most gender inequitable in the world. (Un)covering Men: Rewriting Masculinity and Health in South Africa is a compilation of works by journalism fellows through … [Read more...]
