Sara and Clint, the previous owners of SoulFood Books recently had twin girls! They decided to concentrate on raising their family and have turned over ownership of SoulFood to long time customers Makia and Kevin.
Posted by Phil Borges & filed under Ch. 5 – Importance of Community, Crazywise.
Sara and Clint, the previous owners of SoulFood Books recently had twin girls! They decided to concentrate on raising their family and have turned over ownership of SoulFood to long time customers Makia and Kevin.
Posted by Phil Borges & filed under Ch. 4 – Living Outside the Social Norm, Crazywise.
Adam has been staying at his friend Craig’s apartment, who had an extra room. Craig recently found someone to rent the room, meaning that Adam will soon be homeless again.
Posted by Phil Borges & filed under Ch. 5 – Importance of Community, Crazywise.
When interviewing the people who frequent SoulFood Books we always ask, “What is special about this place?”. The most common answer is, “I can be myself”.
Posted by Phil Borges & filed under Ch. 5 – Importance of Community, Crazywise.
While filming at SoulFood Books we have met many amazing people that make this particular community so supportive for Adam. Jordan is one of the regulars at SoulFood and has become good friends with Adam.
Posted by Phil Borges & filed under Ch. 5 – Importance of Community, Crazywise.
After returning to Seattle and spending two months, somewhat isolated in Ron’s garage, Adam and Ron both agreed that it was time for Adam to move out and start interacting with a larger social sphere. Adam left and went to the one community in the Northwest
Posted by Phil Borges & filed under Ch. 5 – Importance of Community, Crazywise.
In our interviews with Rick Tarnas, Sadhguru and Roger Walsh we’ve found that Western culture does not have a context or foundation for someone going through an episode of severe mental distress that could potentially lead to a spiritual awakening
Posted by Phil Borges & filed under Stirring The Fire.
I managed to finagle my way onto the walk up the Volcano de Agua. We set out at 4:00am to catch the buses from Antigua to the town of Santa Maria where the hike began – at 5:30 we started the hike up the volcano. The altitude, terrain and number of participants made for a… Read more »
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Editor’s Note: Stirring the Fire comes to you from Guatemala where our team is producing a documentary about how Population Council Guatemala is preventing violence against Mayan women. STF team member Kara Marnell reports from the field below. As I knelt down and searched the bright brown eyes of a little Mayan girl, I saw a future… Read more »
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The story of two friend’s trauma and healing
Spiritual growth in Hawaii
Adam’s search for a supportive community
Points of view on mental health