Psychologist Kristin Neff is the mother and wife featured in the book and movie, "The Horse Boy." The movie was reviewed here on "The Journey with Grace." I found Neff's work via a Google search after I first viewed an advance copy of the film. What an incredibly, multi-talented, loving, amazing family.
Recently, I stumbled upon an online interview about how Neff used her research practices on Self-Compassion for herself when her son was diagnosed with autism.
I love how this journey of autism/disAbility can use our gifts to transform not only ourselves but those around us near and far….
Happy Valentines Day, tomorrow. Love yourself. You are the foundation of your Life, Your Family, Your World. Compassion for others–so needed in our world–starts from Within….
Here's another incredible look at loving and taking care of yourself from the perspective of another special needs, mother. Julie Keon: What I Would Tell You.
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Interestingly, a week ago after walking Radnor Lake I returned to my car to see someone had gifted me two discount sale copies of The Horse Boy. (Who are you? Either you know me or you saw my autism bumper sticker and puzzle magnet…?) I am keeping one copy since you meant for me to have it and will donate the other to our local Autism Society. Thank you!
I notice that evnryoee (especially politicians) is very careful to refrain from actually saying it:ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS WOULD BE GREATLY DIMINSHED IF THERE WERE LESS OF US HUMANS ON THE EARTH!Bovine overpopulation that is a plausible cause of global warming; but the cow population is directly proportional to the human population. Increased use of fossil fuel is causing global warming, but it is due to the increase in human population. I live in Utah, and I hate to knock anybody’s religion, but enough is enough! There is no longer a need to have 8 kids. You really don’t need to create your own baseball team. LETS MAKE FEWER BABIES AND MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE AN OPTIMAL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WE MAKE. There are far too many poor, hungary, sick, huddled masses in the world we should really get serious about human population control. And while I am at it, let me say something about this GREEN campaign What a crock if something is made of real wood, it isn’t green. What if we buy well-built furniture, and keep it for generations like people used to (they called these things heirlooms, and passed them down)? I see all sorts of junk for sale everywhere, because we want to own lots of stuff now, but we can’t afford that much good stuff. So we buy junk. The junk goes off to the landfill 2 years from now (and the cost of the junk is still on our credit cards). So is it really green? Did it contribute to our economic crisis? Why don’t we buy good stuff, pay lots of money for it (so craftsmen in this country can have a good job and afford health care), pass it down to our children (so they can buy other things), and keep the junk out of the landfills? What we do now is buy junk which permits factories in China to crank out junk without regard for the environment, the junk comes here and goes into our landfills where it leaches God-knows what into our water (because China has very lax manufacturing standards). NOTHING IS GREEN UNLESS YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND IT IS STILL GREEN. Buy quality goods, reuse those goods and when they can no longer be used recycle them. Purchase items with the end result (recycle) in mind. I don’t buy shampoo in colored bottles why? Because here in the intermountain west, we have to ship empty bottles to other states to have them remade into new bottles. Most manufacturers will not use recycled plastics that cannot be died to the perfect shade for their product. So, they don’t get my business. In my mind, they can put a colored label on it. I don’t need a purple or green shampoo bottle that cannot be recycled and must go to the landfill because nobody will re-use it. AND NEITHER DOES ANYBODY ELSE So there, you got me started. But if people would really think green with their pocket book, the world would get greener. If people would think safety and health with their pocket book the world would get safer and heathier. If people would think quality with their pocket book, the quality of the world would increase. But you have to think cradle to grave. We don’t we want it now and who cares about where it goes or what it does to the environment or the economy once we toss it out.