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The Touch of Madness – David Dobbs

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

https://psmag.com/magazine/the-touch-of-madness-mental-health-schizophrenia Click on the link above for this wonderful (lengthy – and well worth the time investment) piece. Nev’s perspective aligns with how we see ‘madness’ at this service. Thank you, David – and Nev. Also thanks to Jason Hine, … Continue reading →

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Neurons to Nirvana: Gabor Maté Interview

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

A wide-ranging collection of excerpts from an interview with Gabor Maté, covering addiction, ayahuasca, past experience, transitional states, Western medicine and the mind/body division, and much more besides. As always, he is very watchable and he talks sense. Well worth … Continue reading →

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Medical Education: Psychiatry and Reductionism as a First-year Medical Student – Evan Einstein

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/07/medical-education-psychiatry-and-reductionism-as-a-first-year-medical-student/ This is interesting and hopeful… Gratitude to Evan for his willingness and openness to think, question, and challenge – rather than conform and comply, as we are encouraged/constrained to do in our cultures, both here and on the other … Continue reading →

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Gabor Maté – Toxic Culture, Bioneers Conference 2012

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘The birth and death of any phenomena is connected to the birth and death of all other phenomena. The one contains the many, and the many contains the one.’ The Buddha Insightful talk that the ever-watchable Gabor Maté gave at … Continue reading →

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Depression: It’s Not Your Serotonin – Kelly Brogan

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.madinamerica.com/2014/12/depression-serotonin/ Click on the link for this useful article – and thanks to Mad in America, and Monica Cassani at http://www.beyondmeds.com for steering us to this. The writer does not herself any more use or find useful the language of … Continue reading →

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Dazzling Images of the Brain Created by Neuroscientist-Artist

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.livescience.com/49060-brain-artwork-gallery.html Click on the link for this fascinating piece by Tanya Lewis on www.livescience.com, about Greg Dunn’s art – images of (mostly) the human brain, of extraordinary beauty. They remind us of forests….and the sacred nature and infinite value of all … Continue reading →

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Debunking the Myths about Boys and Emotions By Vicki Zakrzewski

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/debunking_myths_boys_emotions Click on the link for this useful and important piece by Vicki Zakrzewski. Gratitude to Sarah for posting this on her Facebook page and introducing us to it. We notice a lot of subtle (and less subtle) gender prejudice … Continue reading →

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How to transform your sleep with the sun – Rebecca Tolin

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/how-to-transform-your-sleep-with-the-sun Interesting article on Ayurvedic principles of sleep and well-being………. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

Posted in meditation, mindfulness, natural world, neuroscience, physical being, sleep | Tagged affordable counselling exeter, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Health, Ayurvedic, Ayurvedic medicine, Ayurvedic practice, circadian rhythms, conscious living, counselling exeter, counsellor Exeter, counsellors Exeter, endocrine system, Gaia, low cost counselling exeter, Mahesh Yogi, Marharishi, Mark Bunn, MNN, Mother Nature Network, natural rhythms, natural world, neurochemistry, neuroscience, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, person centred counselling exeter, physical being, Rebecca Tolin, REM sleep, sleep, sleep cycle, sleep wake homeostasis, transcendental meditation, www.palacegatecounselling.org.uk, yoga | Leave a comment

Jon Keyes on Herbalism

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://beyondmeds.com/2014/10/29/mental-health-herbalism/ Click on the link for this interesting article by Jon on http://www.beyondmeds.com, sharing his knowledge of herbalism and holistic approach to healing and well-being. Here are a couple of older posts from Jon too:- https://palacegatecounsellingservice.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/jon-keyes-traditional-healing-psychosis/ https://palacegatecounsellingservice.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/jonathan-keyes-invisible-pain-recovery-from-psychiatric-drugs/ Palace Gate Counselling … Continue reading →

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The Power of Addiction and The Addiction of Power: Gabor Maté at TEDxRio+20

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Another wonderful talk from Gabor Maté, this time coming in at a little under 19 minutes. We think he’s bang on, both in terms of what he says about addiction and in terms of the wider implications of this for … Continue reading →

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