The Invitation.

The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn’t interest mewhat you do for a living.I want to knowwhat you ache forand if you dare to dreamof meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest mehow old you are.I want to knowif you will risklooking like a foolfor lovefor your dreamfor the adventure of being alive. It doesn’t interest mewhat... Read More

Recommended Poetry and Prose for Narrative Medicine

Recommended Poetry and Prose for Narrative Medicine The stigma against mental illness has always affected how free we are to speak about it. But in fiction — poetry and prose — I think there is a tremendous opportunity to discover a community of shared experience. Some of the greatest minds in literature have struggled with some form of mental illness and written about... Read More

Turning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) “Inside-Out”

Turning Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) “Inside-Out” by Elizabeth Han If you haven’t already, I urge you to watch Pixar’s newest animated film, Inside Out. Centering on an eleven-year- old girl, Riley’s, move from Minnesota to San Francisco with her parents and the subsequent fallout, it’s an ode to childhood and growing up, family, the places... Read More