Finding Meaning...Dr Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
 

Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - On Spirituality


*May Trigger*

The Near Death Experience - An Interview with Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Audio leaves a lot to be desired...youtube has link for full transcript
of this second interview.

connecting the dots...

Greco

Finding Meaning...Rabbi Michael Lerner
 

Rabbi Michael Lerner September 2014 Peace House Dinner SOU Ashland

food for thought

Greco

Connect the dots...
 

"The Sociopath Next Door" Audiobook

bumping this thread and sharing information
during my research on Cluster B Personality disordered
people...knowledge = safety. Up next NPD...Narcissistic
Personality disorder

Greco

Psychopath Free
 

An Interview with Jackson MacKenzie, Author of PSYCHOPATH FREE

Jackson MacKenzie is a gay man who is a survivor from narcissistic abuse. He wrote this book to share with others and was a tool for his healing. Excellent, validating information for others.

Greco

Interview with Jackson Mackenzie
 

Justice For All Radio Show With Host Attorney George Yates & Guest Jackson Mackenzie

Heads up: "Becoming the Narcissist's Nightmare:..."by Shahida Arabi
is also one of my favorites.
She writes about her experience and is inclusive of all sexual
and gender orientations. She has a kindle audio book, and
hardcopy on Amazon.

My research indicates that the survivors of abusive
relationships are creating the real life knowledge of relationship
with narcissists, psychopaths and other personality disordered
people.

Often therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists may not be
knowledgeable unless they've experienced an abusive relationship
in their lives, and have then gone on to their own healing and
learning about these personality disorders from personal experience
and then the survivor literature.

That being said Hervey Clekey,MD wrote "The Mask of Sanity"now in
its fifth edition back in 1948. And the seminal work that is mentioned
in this interview, "Without Conscience"by Robert Hare, PhD, both
excellent, excellent books.

In seeking therapy for healing from an abusive relationship
with a narcissist, psychopath, you have a right to ensure that
the therapist is knowledgeable regarding these personality disorders.

this is a radio interview hence the commercials...but the interview
is a good one.No I am not conservative.

Jackson MacKenzie therapist was knowledgeable on this type of abuse.

Greco

Finding meaning...
 

From the Goulet Pens blog, and inspired by Medusa's new thread about fountain pens, paper...
it's all about expressing my thoughts, feelings, desires in writing...
my family loves receiving my letters and I love writing to each of them.

Greco

italics mine:

"The Goulet Pen

Simplicity- shutting off the computer and picking up a pen.
So I'm checking out Google Buzz trying to figure out how yet
another application is going to make my life easier. I have a
website, video blog, youtube channel, personal facebook, facebook
fanpage for my business, facebook page for my vlog, twitter
account, tweetdeck AND hootsuite (to manage my many update
channels), and multiple emails, which just increased when I
signed up for gmail to create my Google buzz account.

I'm just thinking how ridiculous it all is that I now am trying
to learn ANOTHER social media program to manage the multiple
programs that I use to manage my multiple social media outlets!!
And people wonder why I like writing with pens!!! They're just so
damn simple, unlike life online. On top of all that, I'm trying to now
figure out the best way to backup my personal and vlog video
footage...looking at a multi-drive RAID NAS, which apparently
DOESN'T work with Time Machine....and my Macbook doesn't
have eSata or Firewire so I need gigabit ethernet, which will
require a switch so I can share both computers since I still have
a PC desktop that I have to use but only for my printer which I
just refilled the black ink cartridge AGAIN, but it's not recognizing
it because Lexmark is the devil and programs their cartridges to
fail unless you pay for them with your firstborn child, and since I
just switched Quickbooks to my Mac and I'm no longer using my
desktop for anything but printing....and even though I'll have to
drop $400, I can't use the NAS for intermittent updates unless
I figure out some other program that will do it besides Time Machine
which will cost more money if it even works, and if I transfer large
amounts of data like video then I'll have to plug in directly to the NAS
to get a faster transfer speed..........
:headsmack: :crybaby: :unsure: :blink: :gaah: :hmm1: :bonk: :bawl: :huh: :( :mad: :wacko:

And people wonder why I think pens, paper, and ink are so simple?

Bottom line here people is that there comes a point when you can
overcomplicate simplicity. People ask me all the time how I'm able to
run an entire business selling nothing but pens, ink, and paper, which
is so passe to most people. But in an age where you have devices
like the iPhone with tens of thousands of applications that are all
designed to make life simpler or more convenient, we become
overwhelmed by all of the 'simplicity' being programmed for our
ever increasing number of electronic devices.

But writing is constant. Since cavepeople wrote in the sand with
sticks, the fundamentals of the art of writing has never changed.
You are still holding something in your hand and making squiggly
lines to get a feeling or idea across from yourself to another person.
When I write a letter to someone, I care about who they are, what
their name is, and what their world is all about. In the online world
there's just something lost in the translation that no number of
emoticons can fill. As we become more integrated online and more
detached from the physical world, the art of manuscript and
the physical correspondence of letters will become ever
more meaningful."

Finding meaning...move...dance..."...do your dance..."
 

Gabrielle Roth - Power Wave Dance


Inner Wave Dance

Greco

Finding meaning...Gabrielle Roth
 

5Rhythms of Dance

Greco

I
 

The power of introverts | Susan Cain (f)


for those of us who are...

Greco

a
 

The art of being yourself | Caroline McHugh | TEDxMiltonKeynesWomen


rich ted talks, this one and my previous post

Greco

Finding Meaning...ASMR...r e l a x ...connecting the dots...
 

How ASMR Can Help HSP Relax Instantly

Greco

*Painful triggers*
 

The Canary Effect

"The grim legacy of America's treatment of its native peoples is explored in detail in this documentary. Filmmakers Robin Davey and Yellow Thunder Woman take the perspective that if one is to define "genocide" as the a deliberate effort by a government to exterminate a people, then the United States is clearly guilty of the crime given their actions against America's indigenous population over the past 300 years. Davey and Thunder Woman back up their argument with footage detailing the economic marginalization of American Indians, the consistent violation of legal agreements reached with native tribes, the mismanagement and consistent neglect of Indian reservations, the brutalization of Native Americans as they were segregated onto flinty soil and forced to live under substandard conditions, and the refusal of the mass media to report stories of suicide and Columbine-style school shootings among reservation youth. The Canary Effect was screened in competition at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival."

Greco

FINDING MEANING...
 

Running on the Sun - Badwater - (with ger subs)

"The film documents the trials and tribulations of these athletes as they run 135 miles through Death Valley in July and explores the motivations behind this seemingly masochistic contest.

A celebration of the perseverance of the human will beyond the limits of the human body."

This race took place in 1999...yes, and has continued.

As a runner, would I run under these conditions?
With a great team...

For now, my sights are on another race...not quite
so dramatic.

For the other runners on this site...enjoy

Greco

Free diving at 40yo
 

Dying to dive. Search for serenity with world's top freedivers. Extended 52 min version

Good documentary on free diving and on Natalia Molchanova who began
free diving at 40yo.

After the desert doc posted above...water...water...beautiful water!

Greco

NYC Marathon Fred Lebow
 

Run For Your Life (Full Documentary) New York Marathon


Filmmaker Judd Ehrlich's documentary recounts the fascinating life
and work of Fred Lebow, the eccentric founder of the New York City
Marathon, whose love and passion for road running sparked a
worldwide phenomenon. Kudos to Fred...RIP

much respect to Kate Switzer whose courage changed running,
and in particular marathoning for women.

Greco

w
 

Diana Nyad: Xtreme Dream

IN 2011 CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta follows Diana Nyad while she attempts to break a world record, swimming
from Cuba to Florida.



The Science of Diana Nyad's Swim from Cuba to Florida

On August 31st, 2013, Nyad jumped into the shark-friendly
waters of Cuba and swam some 110-odd miles—without the
protection of a shark cage—to eventually reach the shores
of Key West, Florida, some 53 hours later.


Diana Nyad Historic Swim from Cuba to Florida: 'The Journey Was Thrilling'

Published on Sep 3, 2013
The 64-year-old discusses her historic 110-mile swim
from Cuba to Key West. "Never give up!"

much respect, Greco

Finding Meaning...Connecting the dots...
 

Stop Fascism: Chris Hedges in Portland Part 1/2 (5-26-17)

This video is from http://kboo.fm community radio. It's the first of two parts with Chris speaking in Portland. In this part, he simply gives a speech. In part two, he answers questions with Joe Sacco.


Capitalism's 'Sacrifice Zones' - Bill Moyers & Chr

This video is 5 years old and continues to be more
than relevant. Greco

(July 20, 2012) There are forgotten corners of this
country where Americans are trapped in endless cycles of
poverty, powerlessness, and despair as a direct result
of capitalistic greed. Journalist Chris Hedges calls these
places "sacrifice zones," and joins Bill this week on
Moyers & Company to explore how areas like
Camden, New Jersey; Immokalee, Florida; and
parts of West Virginia suffer while the corporations
that plundered them thrive.

"These are areas that have been destroyed for
quarterly profit. We're talking about environmentally
destroyed, communities destroyed, human beings
destroyed, families destroyed," Hedges tells Bill.

"It's the willingness on the part of people who seek
personal enrichment to destroy other human beings...
And because the mechanisms of governance can no
longer control them, there is nothing now within the
formal mechanisms of power to stop them from creating
essentially a corporate oligarchic state."

The broadcast includes a visit with comics artist and
journalist Joe Sacco, who collaborated with Hedges on
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, an
illustrated account of their travels through America's
sacrifice zones. Kirkus Reviews calls it an "unabashedly
polemic, angry manifesto that is certain to open
eyes, intensify outrage and incite argument about
corporate greed."

A columnist for Truthdig, Hedges also describes the
difference between truth and news. "The really great
reporters — and I've seen them in all sorts of news
organizations — are management headaches because
they care about truth at the expense of their own
career," Hedges says."

Peace
 

Peace Pilgrim: An American Sage Who Walked
Her Talk (1 hr documentary)

much respect

Greco

Finding Meaning...Connecting the dots...
 

Very brief Aboriginal history


Australian Aboriginal Music History

One day we'll hear an Aboriginal person
speak about their culture, music, and
sacred instrument...

Greco

Thank you for this resource, Greco. I looked up the book and found an entire website devoted to this issue by the same author. It's very helpful for the work I'm doing in my personal life. I especially found this article relevant to my experiences. Thanks again.

https://www.psychopathfree.com/artic...alization.241/

Love of Artists: Singer and composer Joni Mitchell
 

All About Love - Joni Mitchell Interview Compilation (Part 3)
(f)

parts 1 & 2 not found...


Greco

Connect the dots...**Triggering** Sex trafficking l **
 

Sex trafficking | Linda Smith | TEDxPortland

Published on Jul 7, 2015
"No girl wakes up and looks in the mirror
and says I want to be a prostitute."
Linda Smith is a saint and with relentless determination, professionalism
and poise she has dedicated her life to the issue of sex trafficking.
She literally saves lives and seeks justice for those who can't defend
themselves through policy change, awareness and activism.
To alter the course of human rights, we must change our
perception, language, laws and response in an effort to
stop this criminal offense.

Linda Smith is a leader in the global movement to end sex trafficking.
In 1998, while serving in Congress, Linda traveled to a notorious
brothel district in India where the hopeless faces of women and
children forced into prostitution compelled her to found
the Shared Hope International organization. Linda is the
primary author of From Congress to the Brothel and
Renting Lacy, co-author of The National Report on
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, and instrumental in
creating the DEMAND Report. Linda has testified before
Congress, presented at national and international
forums, and has been published in numerous news
outlets and journals. Linda served as a Washington
State legislator (1983-93) before being elected to Congress in 1994.

Greco

Connect the dots...**Triggering** Sex trafficking ll **
 

Human trafficking -- Stop the silence - Catalleya Storm | TEDxDayton

Catalleya Storm is a junior at Wright State University
studying political science and business management
and aspires to further study law and criminal justice.
A human-trafficking survivor, Catalleya focuses their
passion on abolishing human trafficking in their lifetime.
Catalleya is the founder and president of the student
organization Generation Freedom Makers to raise
awareness among Ohio's universities.
As a writer, philanthropist, survivor and abolitionist,
Catalleya strives to educate and inspire others to
create brighter present and future.

Greco

Connect the dots...**Triggering** Sex trafficking lll **
 

Sex Trafficking in the U.S.: Young Lives, Insane Profit - Yolanda Schlabach | TEDxWilmington

This talk is eye-opening and heart-breaking. Yolanda Schlabach
shows the reality of sex-trafficking in the State of Delaware, a
terribly unrecognized and under-prosecuted state of affairs. She
guides us through the process by which girls are trapped, and
eventually lose their independent identity.

Yolanda is a Registered Nurse. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in
Organizational Leadership and Management from Regent University
in 2004 and graduated in 2014 from Liberty University with a
Master’s in Human Services & Counseling. Yolanda attended the
University of Maryland, earning a Certificate in Working with
Survivors of Violence, Trauma and Torture. Yolanda is a member o
f Delaware’s Human Trafficking Coordinating Council and Co-Chair
of the Victim Services Committee.
Yolanda has served as Executive Director of Zoë Ministries, Inc.
since 2012, when the organization received 501©3 status. For the
past few years, she has spent her time engaged in public awareness
and professional education to bring the reality of human trafficking
to the forefront in Delaware.

Greco

Connect the dots...**Triggering** Sex trafficking lV **
 

Look Again: Sex Trafficking in your Own Backyard - Elizabeth Melendez Fisher | TEDxOakParkWomen

Elizabeth Melendez Fisher, Selah Freedom CEO
and President, gives a surprising look into the
world of sex trafficking and challenges communities
to look again at this issue. Her passionate approach
stretches our understanding of this matter from
being an “over-there” problem, taking place in
third-world countries and unleashes the realities
of what it looks like in our own backyard. She
shares eye opening realities about how
girls and boys are lured into this industry
and brings to light the root issues which
have allowed it to thrive within our own nation.

Elizabeth Melendez Fisher, CEO/President leads
Selah Freedom, a national organization, providing
solutions to local victims of sex trafficking. Fisher
has been described as, “Part healer, part
businesswoman, all resolve—if Selah Freedom
is bringing light into the darkness, as the slogan
says, then Fisher is the one behind the megawatt.”
Selah Freedom educates over 45,000 annually, has
residential safe houses in Florida and Chicago, leads
at-risk teen prevention programs, and trains and
equips law enforcement agencies.

Fisher speaks nationally about the root of
sex trafficking, received the prestigious
Tampa Bay Business Woman of the Year
Award for the Nonprofit Category in 2014
and has been featured in various media outlets.
Prior to Selah Freedom, Fisher worked in the
Chicago area as a therapist and in leadership
development. She is a graduate of Southern
Illinois University with a bachelor of arts in
communications and a Master’s in Clinical Psychology.

Greco

Connect the dots...**Triggering** Sex trafficking V **
 

Sex Trafficking in Your Back Yard | Vednita Carter | TEDxMinneapolis
Vednita Carter is the Founder and
President of Breaking Free, a nonprofit
direct service provider in St Paul fighting to
end all forms of prostitution and sex trafficking.
She is an influential abolitionist, author, speaker, and
survivor of sexual exploitation.

Vednita Carter is the founder and executive
director of Breaking Free, a non-profit
organization that educates and provides
services to women and girls who have been
victims of abuse and commercial sexual
exploitation (prostitution/sex trafficking) and
need assistance escaping the violence in their lives.
She has extensive experience in developing and planning
programs for sex trafficked women and girls, and
was awarded the Norma Hotaling Award for her
life-long service to victims of sex trafficking.
She was recently named a CNN Hero for her
work in ending sexual exploitation of women
and girls.Also in 2013, she traveled to the
Middle East and Asia to educate service providers
and community members on Breaking Free's pioneering
work. Vednita was awarded the prestigious
Path Breaker Award from Shared Hope International
for her tireless efforts to reduce the demand for
commercial sex. She has dedicated her life to
advocating for, rescuing and restoring victims of prostitution.

Greco

Connecting the dots...
 

Hero Flight Attendant Saves Girl From
Human Trafficking | Good Morning Britain

Shelia Frederick talks about how she managed
to save a young girl from being abducted aboard
a flight to San Francisco.

Greco

Connect the dots...Domestic Trafficking Hotlines
 

If you or anyone you know needs help call:

"Domestic Trafficking Hotlines

Share
Human Trafficking is a crime involving the
exploitation of someone for the purposes of
compelled labor or a commercial sex act
through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.

Where a person younger than 18 is induced to
perform a commercial sex act, it is a crime regardless
of whether there is any force, fraud, or coercion.
Victims can be anyone from around the world or
right next door: women and men, adults and children,
citizens and noncitizens alike.

GET HELP REPORT A TIP LEARN MORE

PLEASE Call the National Human Trafficking Resource
Center at 1-888-373-7888 to:

GET HELP and connect with a service provider in your area."

Greco

Connecting the dots...Personality disordered narcissists
 

Understanding the mind of a narcissist

"How narcissists view themselves and others?
What strategies they use to meet their narcissistic needs?
What sort of damage can narcissists do to people?
Watch to get answers to these questions."


The emotion at the heart of narcissism

"In this video I detail the core emotion that fuels
the narcissistic personality disorder.
Understanding this will help you discover the
key motivations that fuel narcissism.
I also discuss the underlying personality
structure that is hidden beneath the
narcissistic personality disorder."

Abdul Saad
Clinical Psychologist from Australia

Greco

Connecting the dots...Personality disordered narcissists
 

The childhood origins of narcissism

This video will explain in a very understandable way
the parenting style that sets the stage for narcissism
and the parenting style that protects against the
development of narcissism.




How the narcissist destroys your physical health


Abdul Saad
Clinical Psychologist

Greco

Connecting the dots..5 key strategies for dealing with narcissists
 

5 key strategies for dealing with narcissists

"In this video I discuss five key strategies for more effectively
dealing with narcissists and limiting the damage they can cause."

Abdul Saad
Clinical Psychologist


If you are enduring a
relationship, or are in the aftermath of one, see a
psychotherapist who has a thorough knowledge of
personality disorders. You are not alone, your not
crazy or bad. There is support.

Greco

Connecting the dots...Narcissists -common Red Flags
 

Intro video for Red Flags of a Narcissist Series

#1 Red flag begins on 3rd video

"The goal of this video series is to answer many common
questions about Narcissists, as well as to show what the
common red flags of a Narcissist (and other highly manipulative,
dangerous, and destructive people) are.

I'm hoping that by the end of this series you'll be able to
quickly spot one of these people sooner than later, and be
able to get them out of your life with a minimal amount of
hurt, heartache, chaos, and destruction.

The goal with this series is to slow a relationship down enough
when (not if) you see red flags surface so that you can gather
more information to determine if the red flag falls within the
realm of normal, understandable, (and acceptable to you)
behavior, or if it is in fact problematic and a sign for you to
get out of there..."


Dana has done strong healing work for herself and now is
"passing it on" by sharing through her youtube channel.

Greco

Finding Meaning...Connecting the dots...dive deep...
 

GoPro: Whale Fantasia

Alan Watts, 3 Sirens, and 3 Humback Whales dance together in a short film that will inspire you. Where you are now is your dream. What will you do?

Music
Dexter Britain
http://dexterbritain.bandcamp.com/

"Light Of Life Interlude Part One"

"Light Of Life"

Free-Spirited"

"Light Bridges"

Greco

Connecting the dots...Flying monkeys...
 

Smear Campaign & Flying Monkeys



Narcissist: Flying Monkeys, Betrayal, and Jealousy of the Narcissist


Flying Monkeys The Narcissist's Enablers

Find support and healing through other Survivors of Abusive relationships
with personality disordered partners and/or family members, and knowledgeable
psychotherapists, yes, you can ask them about this when you interview
them before beginning work with them.

Also, you have the right to ask a therapist if they have
gone, and/or if they are doing therapy work on their
survivor or other issues.

And yes, Survivor's of Abusive relationships with
personality disordered people can be Femmes, Butches,
Transmen and Transwomen too; all sexual and gender
orientations.

Greco

Connecting the dots...going NO CONTACT...
 

"Dead end". No contact with the Narcissist is
also no contact on Social Media.



Breaking Up With a Narcissist: No Contact, Obstacles and Healing



Narcissist: No Contact vs. Contact - Part 1


Narcissism Abuse The First Year of No Contact

*This is my last post on this issue.

Know that your not crazy, or bad, and
your not alone. There is support, and Healing.

Yes, I am Survivor and a psychotherapist and wanted
to share this information with my community.

Yes, Survivor's of Abusive relationships with
personality disordered people can be Femmes, Butches,
Transmen and Transwomen too; all sexual and gender
orientations.


Greco

Finding Meaning...Aging with Grace...
 

Dispelling Beauty Myths: Aging With Grace | Allure

...find the woman with the long salt and pepper hair
stunning!...

What a great idea!

How about a full length documentary about our community
aging gracefully...:glasses:

Greco

Finding Meaning...Aging with Grace...Deshun Wang
 

An 80 year old runway model - Deshun Wang


Deshun Wang at 57yo - Living Sculpture

much respect, he's 81yo now and acting again
in films

Greco

Finding Meaning...
 

J. K. Rowling - A Year In The Life (TV, documentary, 2007) (Egy év J. K. Rowlinggal, dokumentumfilm)


Greco

M
 

Haruki MURAKAMI: In SEARCH of this elusive WRITER (DOCUMENTARY)

not for everyone, but can he write!

Greco

Underwater...
 

Meet the Transgender NCAA Swimmer from Harvard | Identify

Greco