The Wisdom of Ants ll By Stephanie Boulton

By People House | April 7, 2020

This blog post is an amalgamation of excerpts from a paper I wrote a year and a half ago for an eco-psychology class. We were asked to write about a natural being that we found a connection with:  Ants are among the social insects (social insects are all of the genera Hymenoptera which also includes…

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Being With the “Full Catastrophe”: Cultivating the Nine Attitudes of Mindfulness to Navigate These Uncertain Times ll By Michelle LaBorde, MA, LPCC

By People House | March 31, 2020

Thirty years ago, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn published his groundbreaking work “Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and illness”, outlining his work utilizing mindfulness practices to help patients. In this moment, we find ourselves grappling with a collective version of the “full catastrophe” in the form of…

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