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On the Nahanni, 2007

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My name is Barry Cull, I live in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.  This blog is my place in the cloud to record things that are of interest to me, and I hope might be of interest to you.  Let me take the time to introduce myself and some of the things that I am involved in.

For nearly 40 years I have been working in social services.  I started my career as a child care worker, and for 30 years I have been a psychotherapist and a registered psychological associate (psychologist).  Since 1997 I have been teaching psychology at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario.  Having recently (2010) retired from private practice, my current interests include positive psychology and mindfulness.  Both of these disciplines are concerned with building human strengths and creating happiness in one’s life.  (You’ll find more about these topics under the listed menu items.)

I experience “flow” in my life in a number of areas that I wish to record here.  I experience flow when I am teaching, when I am in my canoe, when I am playing music with friends and most importantly when I am giving back to my community.  I invite you to share with me what gives you flow in your life.  On the pages herein please leave your comments and let’s have a dialogue.

Much joy and peace,

Barry

2 Comments

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    Le
    July 18, 2011 - 5:06 am | Permalink

    Hi Barry,
    Thank you for letting me in your community!
    This is quite a synchonicity for me to land on your web site.
    I have been reading books on happiness written by Robert Holden and listening to “Stumbling on Hapiness” by Dan Gilbert. I followed the link from umasmed.edu trying to find information on how I can learn then help people release stress and be happy.

    I also had opportunity listening to Mathiew Ricard from Youtube and Ted.com and was so delighted seing his name mentioned in your home page.
    I experience “flow” when doing volunteer work. (I help Toronto public library coordinate the “Youth Leadership Program” or mentor the Litteracy program. I also experience flow when I am in the library flipping through books and looking for idea on how to motivate people.
    Outside daily job, I experience flow when sitting, talking with friends in yoga class.

    Thank you very much for making this nice and relaxing web page available. I have not read all your posts and will come back for that.
    If you plan on teaching a class MBSR in Toronto, please let me know.
    I checked the college where you teach but did not find a class that I am looking for.
    I may need to sign up as participant to get the experience.
    Regards,
    Le

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    Barry
    July 18, 2011 - 1:20 pm | Permalink

    Hi Le:

    I am delighted to hear from you. I think you have discovered an important key to happiness, volunteering, doing things for others, is an important way to build happiness in our lives. If you want to read a really great book on happiness, I would highly recommend Martin Seligman’s “Authentic Happiness”. (website – http://www.authentichappiness.org).

    Two colleagues of mine teach an MBSR class at Conestoga College through extension. If you contact me by e-mail or twitter I can provide you with contact information.

    All the best
    Barry

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