Addictions

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The Narrowing of Minds

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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How do you measure creativity if you never find it in the first place? I have noticed over the past five to eight years is that youth are progressively less aware of their creative potential. … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well

Dependence

From: On Opium

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This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The … 36 $3.60 Add
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A Drug-Users Union

From: Fighting For Space

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This chapter throws light on the early years of struggle and the subsequent formation of Vancouver Area Network Drug Users (VANDU). 30 $0.90 Add
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Chapter 10

Nail Biting

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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Though not as dangerous as other addictions, Wood notes that nail biting was his longest-standing vice. An impulse to hurt himself came with it. Being in the hospital to support Nora during … 8 $0.80 Add
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Ethics in Nature-based Therapy

From: Nature-Based Therapy

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As ethical practitioners and researchers, we ask our colleagues to ensure your practices are guided by an ethic of care, child and family rights, and professionalism. Ultimately, in the name of … ; ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Of Systems and Process

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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We want to teach children not only how to use technologies, but how to choose technologies, and how to make them. We also want to teach them the caveats including biological hijacking and … 24 $2.40 Add
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well

Independence

From: On Opium

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The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral … 32 $3.20 Add
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Back to Biology

Peigenetics and Vestibular Regulation

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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Epigenetics simply means is how our individual genetics mix with all the potential influences in our individual environment. As we are increasingly learning, epigenetics are not only important, … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 11

Cigarettes

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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Wood notes that some of his "lowest moments of addiction" were related to cigarettes, certain he wouldn’t be able to escape them. He describes the withdrawal as more constant than … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting Well

Interdependence

From: On Opium

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This chapter explores community, including various methods of harm reduction and a conference in Portugal, where all drugs have been decriminalized. The author describes online support systems … 58 $5.80 Add
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Chapter 12

Red Meat

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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Eating red meat wasn’t out of his control. However, Wood didn’t want to be a part of the climate problems connected to red meat. Nora is the next guest on his podcast. She remarks … 4 $0.40 Add
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From i-Kids to i-Brains

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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In this chapter, I would like to speak to my greater concern. Not changes in temporary brain state(s), or vulnerabilities that leave us all somewhat liable, not even the differences in … 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 13

Dairy

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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Wood cleverly begins the chapter by using an "unhealthy alcohol use" questionnaire and makes dairy the subject instead. The results are telling. Wood notes that overeating was similar … 10 $1.00 Add
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Learning, Play, and Parenting

Conflicting Needs in a Busy, Busy World

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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With a little walk through history, and a little more developmental theory, I will explore larger cultural shifts in parenting and family systems, expand on the blurred lines of learning and … 22 $2.20 Add
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Chapter 14

Porn

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

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Wood describes his inroduction to porn and his strange relationship with it. Quitting porn wasn’t the biggest struggle of the month, however. Wood’s health was still suffering, and … 9 $0.90 Add