ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

The Intelligent Plant

By Michael Pollan — 2013

In 1973, a book claiming that plants were sentient beings that feel emotions, prefer classical music to rock and roll, and can respond to the unspoken thoughts of humans hundreds of miles away landed on the New York Times best-seller list for nonfiction.

Read on michaelpollan.com

FindCenter Post-Image

Is Grief Mental Illness? With Psychiatric Changes, Maybe

Normal bereavement and major depression share many of the same symptoms. And because of those similarities, psychiatrists have historically carved out what is known as a "bereavement exclusion." Its purpose was to reduce the likelihood that normal grief would be diagnosed as clinical depression.

Article
Tim Townsend
2013
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

DSM-V: Interview With Social Worker Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, FT

I believe that social workers need to focus on that which we are trained to do: extend civic love and compassion to the client, staring where he or she is. We are not wed to the medical model; social work is ecological, psychosocial, and systems oriented.

Article
Georgianna Dolan-Reilly
2013
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Winter: Our Challenge to “Get Out in It”

Each year, on the winter solstice, we share this reflection on the season by Parker Palmer. In 1995 Parker wrote a welcome for the Fetzer Institute’s newly built retreat center, Seasons, which included a reflection on each of the four seasons.

Article
Parker Palmer
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Connection with Nature