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Aboriginal prisoners often shut out of healing lodges

March 14th, 2013 | Posted by ccsadmin in people first radio - (Comments Off)

Report on Aboriginal prisoners in Canada finds limited understanding of Aboriginal people, culture and approaches to healing within federal corrections, especially among front line staff in facilities

picture 463bA report by Canada’s Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers has found that disparities in opportunities and outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders continue to widen. Aboriginal offenders now account for 21.5% of Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) incarcerated population and 13.6% of offenders supervised in the community. The total Aboriginal offender population (community and institutional) represents 18.5% of all federal offenders. The situation of Aboriginal female offenders is even more concerning. In 2010-11, Aboriginal women accounted for over 31.9% of all federally incarcerated women,9 representing an increase of 85.7% over the last decade. (more…)

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A story of recovery

January 31st, 2013 | Posted by ccsadmin in people first radio - (Comments Off)

Amy Candido lives in recovery from eating disorders

picture 446The beginning of February marks the launch of the Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness (PEDAW) campaign and National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (Feb. 3-9, 2013).

PEDAW coordinator Amy Candido has a passion for prevention, after being tortured for years by her own eating disorder.  Amy’s eating disorder began in grade eight and continued until her mid twenties.  “I was existing, not living,” she says. (more…)

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A passion for prevention

January 31st, 2013 | Posted by ccsadmin in people first radio - (Comments Off)

Loving our bodies and ourselves is the focus of eating disorders prevention efforts

picture 447bThe Provincial Eating Disorders Awareness (PEDAW) campaign is launched the first full week in February with activities and events taking place throughout the year.  It’s a British Columbia province-wide effort to raise awareness around prevention and early intervention of eating disorders as well as media literacy, resiliency, building healthy body image and self-esteem.

You are invited to take part in supporting the ongoing Love Our Bodies, Love Ourselves movement in promoting health and preventing disordered eating and eating disorders. (more…)

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Adventures to be had when you’re over 60

November 15th, 2012 | Posted by ccsadmin in people first radio - (0 Comments)

Stories and reflections encourage and support readers in living vibrantly through wholeheartedly embracing life’s challenges

Gail Boulanger is a coach and counselor for “vibrant living” in Nanoose Bay on Vancouver Island. She says that vibrant living infuses our lives with energy and enthusiasm just as sun infuses the day with light and warmth. But Gail also says that vibrant living rests on a foundation of healthy grieving. (more…)

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Analysis and the grail of the unconscious

April 26th, 2012 | Posted by ccsadmin in people first radio - (0 Comments)

A form of psychotherapy, Jungian analysis is an interpersonal process of coming to terms with the unconscious

Carl Gustav Jung was a psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. He is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as “by nature religious” and to make it the focus of exploration. Jung emphasized the individuation of a person. The process might be described as being all that we can be by uncovering the hidden parts of our personality through dreams, active imagination and self-observation. (more…)

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Dream analysis for the everyday dreamer

January 26th, 2012 | Posted by ccsadmin in people first radio - (0 Comments)

C.G. Jung viewed dreams as offering a snapshot of our current mental condition, alerting us to problem areas

Carl Gustav Jung was a psychiatrist and the founder of analytical psychology. He is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as “by nature religious” and to make it the focus of exploration. Jung emphasized the individuation of a person. The process might be described as being all that we can be by uncovering the hidden parts of our personality through dreams, active imagination and self-observation.

A Nanaimo group interested in Jung’s approach to dream interpretation will hold a public lecture on the evening of Saturday February 4, 2012. (more…)

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