HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

Making Meaning. 

“Our most painful emotions point us to our greatest possibilities” writes physician and author Dr Gabor Mate in his book When the body says no. Our pain whether it is disguised as distress, grief, fear, of physical or mental origin, can prompt us into questioning and searching for richness and meaning in our lives. Artist Isamu Noguchi states “to order space is to give it meaning” how we orchestrate the symphony of our lives maybe how we are able to find a significance and sense within it. Meaning arises from the mergence of body and mind, from how we feel and interpret the unfolding narrative of our lives and where we find value. It can be a felt quality found in the unspoken, immeasurable, unobjectifiable, a presence rather than a pursuit. Finding meaning can stretch us beyond the boundaries of our self into the space between, a place of connectedness and completeness.

References and Further Reading/ Listening.

Mate Gabor, 2003, When the body says no, the cost of hidden stress, Scribe Publications, Brunswick Australia.

Tippet Krista (Host). Hendren Sara Our Bodies, Aliveness, and the Built World. Podcast. 16 Nov 2023, Published Onbeing.Accessible online here. https://onbeing.org/programs/sara-hendren-our-bodies-aliveness-and-the-built-world/

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