Remote Control.

Hello, my name is Joy… and I’m a control freak. Not in a bad way, I mean I’m not Fidel Castro, but I do admit to a penchant for control. Because I could never be sure what I would get from my parents, and in my home, I subconsciously decided later to control as much […]

Body, Meet Mind…Oh, You’ve Met?

How did the mind and the body become so separate in Western medicine when it is obvious that they are connected in every way? It seems so counterintuitive to divide the mind and body into two regions, as it were; emotional issues separate from physical and vice versa. How could it be possible that the […]

What a Pain!

In the city where I live, there’s a huge crisis/controversy at the moment involving homelessness coupled with drug – specifically heroin – addiction. I’ve also seen a lot of national news stories lately dealing with the growing heroin problem. There is an odd mixture of censure and compassion in these reports; camera shots lingering lovingly […]