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Grant News: “Together in Nature: Pathways to a Stronger, Closer Family” Tool Kit Now Available

In fiscal year 2010–2011 (which ends on July 31st each year) the FHL Foundation made a $25,000 grant to the local chapter of Children & Nature Network (C&NN). The purpose of the grant was to develop training tool kits. We are happy to announce that the first of these tool kits is now available. Used […]

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Comment On: “One in 12 teenagers self harm, study finds”

One in 12 teenagers self harm, study finds – Yahoo! News. By Kate Kelland | Reuters Just a quick comment on the above article by Kate Kelland. I was stunned to hear that one in 12 teenagers engage in self-harm behavior, such as “cutting, burning or taking life-threatening risks” (quoting the article). As a psychotherapist working with […]

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US Banks: A Modern Frankenstein’s Monster Representing Both Problem and Solution

During the course of  a rather spirited email exchange on the topic of the current Occupy protests, a philanthropy colleague of mine simply and firmly stated: “US banks nuked our economy.” My colleague made this statement as a way of saying that this core truth was to a large extent animating the Occupy protests. (Witness […]

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Does Chronic Internet Use Mimic Insecure Attachment? Bowlby’s Theory Gives Us a Possible Answer (Part III)

In this final installment I’d like to continue blogging about Nicholas Carr’s book The Shallows—What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. In my post from October 21st, 2011, I finished up by saying that I would look at what Carr calls “deep relationships.” Throughout his book Carr suggests that deep relationships are the royal […]

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Does Chronic Internet Use Mimic Insecure Attachment? Bowlby’s Theory Gives Us a Possible Answer (Part II)

Way back in my August 25th, 2011, post, I wrote the following: How do we make sense of the following trends: autistic, “nerd,” “database” or mechanical worldviews are on the rise, while at the same time holistic, systems-oriented or biological worldviews are on the decline we’re increasingly moving away  from knowledge and wisdom, and toward […]

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