Healing Stories performed in the oral tradition by students of Integrated Studies “Storytelling as Healing” Course with Dr. Joel Ying Experience the power of story to heal, connect, and create community. #healingstoriesFGCU Wed Apr 10, 2019 Reception 5:30pm Stories 6pm – 7:30pm Cohen Center 247 Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) FREE and OPEN to the …Read More
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John Cleese: On Creativity
John Cleese is a writer, comedic genius, and co-creator of Monty Python (the comedy troupe). Creativity, he says, is elusive because it comes from the unconscious mind. While the conscious mind will “prime the pump” as you contemplate a problem, it is the unconscious mind that comes up with creative solutions. Creativity is not a talent …Read More
#27: Architecture – Building a Passion (Steven Jallad)
What does it take to build a dream? Maybe an architect. Steven Jallad designs and oversees the building of homes in Naples, Florida. His path to architecture began with a love for drawing and working with his hands. He followed that passion as the thread in his life. The craft of carpentry during the summers …Read More
Levels of Prevention
Dr. Smith was working at the health center. She started to notice a lot of patients coming in with a red pustular rash over the entire body. The rash resolved with steroids, and if untreated caused severe scarring. It seemed like an allergy, but she could not figure out to what. She started a program …Read More
Captain of My Soul ~ William Ernest Henley
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” William Ernest Henley wrote these often quoted lines of poetry in 1875 while in a hospital recovering from tuberculosis of the bone that required an amputation of one leg and surgery on the other. The title of the poem is “Invictus” …Read More
Daniel Sloss: It’s Only A Story
Is a story just a story? In my own opinion stories are powerful; and power must be used responsibly. Comedy has a particular context (anything for a laugh), but where is the line on what is appropriate, even for comedy? Does it depend on the audience, the context, the evening, the mood? Perhaps we should …Read More
Happy Chinese New Year 2019 ~ Year of the Pig
“I learned long, ago never to wrestle a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” ~ George Bernard Shaw Pigs get a lot of notoriety. The Chinese Zodiac cycles every 12 years, and the Pig comes in last. Happy Chinese New Year 2019 ~ Year of the Pig! Is this your year? …Read More
Groundhog Day 2019 predicts early spring – really?
Thousands of people gathered in Pennsylvania at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney awaiting the answer: Will the frigid winter continue for another 6 weeks? the famous Groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerged for his annual prediction at around 7:30am. He did not see his shadow! Bundled in their winter gear, the crowd cheered as Punxsutawney Phil predicts an …Read More
It Ain’t Love It’s Dopamine ~ Natalie Wilson
As we gamify our lives, even love has become a game. The chemical of addiction is dopamine. The reward that our brain receives is a hit of dopamine when we win the lottery, win the video game, win at blackjack, win the girl or guy, win … win … win … This brain neurotransmitter makes us …Read More
#26: Storytelling as Medicine (Caren Neile)
In my expanded definition, “medicine” is anything that heals the body, mind, emotions, or spirit. As a physician, this includes the Western medications that I prescribe, but it goes beyond to include so much more. In every conversation, it is important to define the context and agree upon the definitions that we are using. Here …Read More