Comments on: Call for Submissions: Nature as Nurture: Mental Health and the Environment http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/06/30/call-for-submissions-nature-as-nurture-mental-health-and-the-environment/ Dr. John Grohol's daily update on all things in psychology and mental health. Since 1999. Sat, 26 May 2012 02:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Treatment Tips for Panic Attacks | Panic Attack Info http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/06/30/call-for-submissions-nature-as-nurture-mental-health-and-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-629572 Treatment Tips for Panic Attacks | Panic Attack Info Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:23:39 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=4922#comment-629572 [...] Call for Submissions: Nature as Nurture: Mental Health and the … [...] [...] Call for Submissions: Nature as Nurture: Mental Health and the … [...]

]]> By: Alicia Sparks http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/06/30/call-for-submissions-nature-as-nurture-mental-health-and-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-629260 Alicia Sparks Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:57:23 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=4922#comment-629260 @ sooraj singh - I do believe to some degree we are products of our environments, but, I also believe it's up to us to be mindful of those environments - take the good that's there, and make it work for us, as well as recognize the bad that's there, and fight against letting it "shape" us. Thanks for the link - it looks like you've got a good start! @ libramoon - Lovely! Did you submit it to States of Mind? @ sooraj singh – I do believe to some degree we are products of our environments, but, I also believe it’s up to us to be mindful of those environments – take the good that’s there, and make it work for us, as well as recognize the bad that’s there, and fight against letting it “shape” us. Thanks for the link – it looks like you’ve got a good start!

@ libramoon – Lovely! Did you submit it to States of Mind?

]]> By: libramoon http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/06/30/call-for-submissions-nature-as-nurture-mental-health-and-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-629239 libramoon Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:21:16 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=4922#comment-629239 Human Nature Raging winds and rain. Cataclysmic interconnections. A wild ride through ever disintegrating times. Can we assimilate where we've been? Ancient footfalls inexorably emerging into battering rams, explosions, firey projectiles, grief, despair, immolation, utter destruction. Can we feel the pull into the maelstrom, powers ripping our being into basic components, the essence of nature? Perhaps there was/is/will be a time of peaceful reflection, hoped for abundance, shared joy and laughter, ecstatic entertainment moving us higher through an upward spiral of feeling so good, feeling so free, feeling so loved. Perhaps it is here, around an unseen corner, ever available, to those who can perceive, who can let go of misperception and it's hate-filled companions. Perhaps the only solace is in stolen moments, the sweet taste of summer wine, the innocent joy of uncomplicated affection, the pure sensuality of passionate dance. Perhaps these will tell us, if and when we stop to listen, will lead us to the promised land. Human Nature

Raging winds and rain.

Cataclysmic interconnections.

A wild ride through ever disintegrating times.

Can we assimilate where we’ve been?

Ancient footfalls inexorably emerging into

battering rams, explosions, firey projectiles,

grief, despair, immolation, utter destruction.

Can we feel the pull into the maelstrom,

powers ripping our being into basic components,

the essence of nature?
Perhaps there was/is/will be

a time of peaceful reflection,
hoped for abundance,

shared joy and laughter,
ecstatic entertainment

moving us higher through an upward spiral

of feeling so good, feeling so free, feeling so loved.

Perhaps it is here, around an unseen corner,

ever available, to those who can perceive,

who can let go of misperception and it’s

hate-filled companions.
Perhaps the only solace is in stolen moments,

the sweet taste of summer wine,

the innocent joy of uncomplicated affection,

the pure sensuality of passionate dance.
Perhaps these will tell us,

if and when we stop to listen,

will lead us to the promised land.

]]> By: sooraj singh http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2009/06/30/call-for-submissions-nature-as-nurture-mental-health-and-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-629148 sooraj singh Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:49:06 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=4922#comment-629148 very interesting. However, does nature cause nurture or simply does it interact with it? arent we all products of our environments? some of which are controllable and others that are not, and then there are those that SEEM out of our control... please check out my psych blog at pupsingh.wordpress.com very interesting. However, does nature cause nurture or simply does it interact with it? arent we all products of our environments? some of which are controllable and others that are not, and then there are those that SEEM out of our control…

please check out my psych blog at pupsingh.wordpress.com

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