Worlds Apart A Conversation About Mental Health

It’s been a while since you caught up with Charissa. You finally – finally! – find the time to meet your friend for coffee, but after the usual pleasantries, she opens up to you. She’s been diagnosed with depression. A moment like this can feel like a fork in the road. Will it lead to an emotionally rewarding conversation or… cause a lot of confusion and awkwardness? Many of us still largely choose not to talk about mental health – and that often breeds misconceptions and social stigma. Join Charissa as she guides you through these unfamiliar territories and terrains that can be difficult to navigate. Let the conversation begin.

Badly damaged from its encounter with Something Horrible, Pegasus limps into the tiny Eventide star system; hoping to find food supplies and materials to repair its shattered systems. Instead, they find a low-technology backwater colony called Eventide. Worse, the same alien busybodies that wreaked havoc on the colonies of Yronwode and Fallon are there also; preparing to mess with the Eventidian colonists as well. The Kariad try to "fix" human societies that don't measure up to their standards of equality and social justice, usually with disastrous consequences. Commander Keeler makes a wager with the Kariad, if he can fix Eventidian society, the Kariad must leave humanity alone. If he fails, the Kariad can take a crack at restructuring his homeworld. From there follows a tale of sea-going adventure, free enterprise, and pornography as Keeler and his crew travel the seas of Eventide seeking access to the 'Anything Boxes' that are the source of all the planet's wealth. If they can shut down the Anything Boxes, Keeler reasons, they can force the planet's people to work for themselves and set society right. Of course, those who control the Anything Boxes will do anything to stop them and hold onto their power. Worlds Apart Book 10: Eventide incorporates parodies of several of Shakespeare's plays (Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello), Firefly, the Twilight Zone, Twilight, and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Two brothers grow up on the Jewish streets of Warsaw. At the turn of the twentieth century, Adolphe leaves to seek work and start a family in Switzerland. Marcus moves east, inspired by his Communist beliefs. In Moscow, he is arrested and exiled. They would never see each other again. A hundred years later, Marcus' great-granddaughter, Nadia Ragozhina, rediscovers the missing part of her broken family. Could she piece together the stories hidden for generations? Love and separation, hope and paranoia - the lives of the patriarchs, their daughters and granddaughters are set against the Russian Revolution, Stalin's repressions, the persecution of Jews across Europe and the Second World War. Worlds Apart is a rare portrayal of the tumultuous events of twentieth century Europe, seen through the eyes of six women who fought for the survival and happiness of their families.

In this highly inspiring factual account, Jenni Shell traces the circumstances and consequences of traumatic events in two early childhoods: the one of her mother in the Edwardian era, and her own in the last years of the Second World War and after.Although her mother had been diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia, there were indications that she might have been silenced, and it became her daughter's heartfelt commitment to bring to light the 'truth' about what might have been a tragic misdiagnosis. Trying to understand her mother's suffering led the young woman to discover spiritual meaning in many so-called 'delusional' realities and synchronicities, which seemed to contradict her traditional upbringing. We become witness to a life-long search in an attempt to reconcile reason, practicalities and the soul's cosmic way of communication, and how this experience led her into mediating and teaching what she had learnt to many others.Worlds Apart is, in a personal sense, a late and moving story of redemption: an account of the never told events that triggered her mother's illness, and ultimately the path of healing commenced in the next generation.In 1981 Jenni founded Maat – a Mystery and later Qabalah school - designed to inspire individuals to put into practice their life as personality, soul and spirit, beyond any rigid perspective. Well over 6,000 people from all walks of life attended and have had the chance to work closely with this powerful, down to earth and modest teacher. Despite her exposure to the public, Jenni has not sought a great deal of public attention. Worlds Apart shows why. Her whole life's focus - initially triggered by family trauma – has always remained in exploring the fine line between what can be misunderstood as mental illness on the one hand, and the urgent language of spiritual impressions on the other. Students felt attracted to and deeply understood by this approach.The need to understand the vital forces of the psyche and adjust one's life practically in order to grow as human being, has always been at the centre of her life and teachings.

This groundbreaking two-volume set examines the psychological, social, physical, and environmental factors that undermine or support healthy development in African American children while considering economic, historical, and public policies. How does one go about shifting the psychology of a people whose sense of worth, purpose, and potential have been denigrated and disenfranchised for decades? What specific factors conspire to douse African American children's dreams before they reach adolescence? And what can we learn from African American families determined to help their children beat the odds and succeed? This unique two-volume set examines the forces affecting psychological development and achievement motivation in African American children today. These books address the current political, global, economic, and social contexts as they impact African American families and tackle the tough issues of genes, environment, and race. Experts from leading universities, research institutes, federal agencies, and nonprofit organizations discuss factors such as parenting beliefs and practices, peer influences, school and community environments, racial profiling, race and ethnicity, spirituality, and immigrant status.

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A millionaire is killed. A golden statuette of a Buddha goes missing. A penniless student, who is afflicted by dream-like fits, is arrested and accused of murder. In typically crisp, unfussy prose, Gazdanov's delicately balanced novel is an irresistibly hypnotic masterpiece from one of Russia's most talented émigré writers. Slipping between the menacing dream world of the student's fevered imagination, and the dark back alleys of the Paris underworld, The Buddha Returns is part detective novel, part philosophical thriller, and part love story.