t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 04/03/2025As a Canadian I am curious how my followers in the USA are feeling about your President using economic force against Canada and Mexico. Does it feel really great to you? 000
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Never in my life have a read a novel in which I so totally identified with the main character. Published in 1972, this book has the grace of being writerly written, a book about artistic integrity. Check out my review. www.twiltondale.ca/wiltons-read... www.twiltondale.ca/wiltons-read...twiltondale.caWilton's readsOn the pages linked to this one there are dozens of book reviews. To make finding what will interest you easier, I've given you two browsing pages (the Book Shelves) -- one for fiction,... 010
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 20/02/2025We all strive for, and pride ourselves in, being objective. However our subjectivity can be full of wisdom and sensitivity. My blog for this month looks at this dualism from the perspective of being a reader and a psychotherapist. #psychotherapy #literature #books www.twiltondale.ca/blogtwiltondale.caBlog - T Wilton DaleWelcome to the blog of T Wilton Dale, author of A Greater Good and An Incoming Tide. 020
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 05/02/2025So, an imagined conversation … Musk: can you create a distraction for me so I can dismantle everything that stands in the way of our greed and lust for power? Trump: Sure, I’ll gather all the reporters we allow in to talk about tariffs, and Gaza, and military force to get Greenland and Panama. 020
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 05/02/2025We finally know the game. It’s called “Who wants to be the 51st State?” So far we know of four contestants: Canada, Panama, Greenland and Gaza. Of course, all want to be kicked off the show before it even begins. 000
Reposted by t wilton dale🇨🇦 Made in Canada 🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP 💪🍁🦫🌈🦋 @canadianpride.bsky.social · 04/02/2025But the orange turd already knows this. The tariff threats are not about this. Its threats to our sovereignty and his fantasy world domination. Dont get complacent, keep your foot on the gas #buycanadian #madeincanada #truenorthstrongandfree 13327
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Apparently Trump thinks Canadians will have better health care if he annexes our country as a 51st state. We spend half as much per capita on healthcare but have a much longer life span. Universal healthcare works much more efficiently. No need to deflect $ to admin and profits. 000
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Just what might be improbable about a psychiatrist? Setting aside the hackneyed jokes about crazy shrinks, can we think of them as people with their own struggles? Check out my review of this recently published memoir www.twiltondale.ca/wiltons-read.... #booksky, #Writing and Books. 020
Reposted by t wilton daleJess Hughes @vibranthughes.bsky.social · 14/01/2025The water King | pencil on paper | 18" x 24" 231
Reposted by t wilton daleJean Davison @jeandavison.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Derek was a patient with me at High Royds Day Hospital in the 1970s when doctors subjected this kind man with a great sense of humour to appalling experimental brain surgery without his consent. OMG, none of us was safe in their hands! RIP Derek. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comExperience: I had a lobotomyThere was nothing mentally wrong with me. I’ll never know for certain why they chose me for the procedure 001
Reposted by t wilton daleDr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 20/01/2025I treat survivors of trauma, some of which is beyond imagining. Let me be clear. Gestures of oppression and hate are intended to instill fear and perpetuate the horrors tied to them. A gesture of hate is active participation in harm to other human beings. It is violence. 182
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 18/01/2025So much hard work goes into the creative process… be that in the arts or in the endeavour of humanistic psychotherapy. I examine both in my most recent blog posting. www.twiltondale.ca/blogtwiltondale.caBlog - T Wilton DaleWelcome to the blog of T Wilton Dale, author of A Greater Good and An Incoming Tide. 011
Reposted by t wilton daleAustin Lanos @zotamorf.bsky.social · 18/01/2025<dons mathematician hat> Sufficiently complex processes will and do give rise to chaotic and unpredictable behaviors. Something as straightforward as a hand-cranked eggbeater will produce an effect so complex that the *exact* results are unpredictable. 101
Reposted by t wilton daleAustin Lanos @zotamorf.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Chaos theory is only about a half century old, but it is a good model for understanding how deterministic systems produce unpredictable outcomes. The idea that a complex but completely deterministic brain could produce imagination and creativity isn't far-fetched at all. It seems to be inevitable. 001
Reposted by t wilton daleJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Listen, if they really cared about girl’s sports, they would make sure that girls have the same access as boys to funding. Or facilities. Or coaches. Or uniforms. Or bus budgets. They don’t care about girl’s sports. They care about punching down on a minuscule number of trans athletes. 762194447
Reposted by t wilton daleMarie Renaud 🇨🇦 @marierenaud.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Disabled Albertans are no strangers to harm caused by shortsighted, incompetent UCP policy. However, the cruelty in this case is jarring. Total gov savings of $420k will harm hundreds of people with intellectual disabilities from Lethbridge, Calgary, Edmonton. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAlberta government axes funding for 3 disability advocacy groups | CBC NewsThe Alberta government has cut funding to three self-advocacy groups for people with intellectual disabilities more than a year before the expiry of their contracts. 99762
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Lady! Our rescued Great Pyrenees. 120 pounds of stubborn independence. We love her for her unique personality. 010
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I hope all of you in the USA know that when Trump puts 25% tariff on Canadian crude oil that consumers at the gas pumps will be paying much more for fuel! 110
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 13/01/2025As Trump talks of economically destroying Canada and using military force against Mexico both countries send help to fight the fires in California. 010
Reposted by t wilton daleMelissa Nadia Viviana @thebeatphilosopher.com · 06/01/2025Here's my problem: if each & every day we make thousands of micro decisions & they are not the same each moment... &, as determinism posits, any single behavior we possess is deterministically caused, then a different deterministic force would have to exist for EVERY single deterministic effect.thebeatphilosopher.substack.comFree Will Part 1: Quantum MechanicsQuantum Mechanics, Determinism, & Occam’s Razor 229715
Reposted by t wilton daleMelissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 06/01/2025On this Jan 6th, take it from a person who grew up with a narcissistic mother: RESISTANCE isn't always combat. Resistance is also choosing actions that give you your own self-respect. Finding healthy sources of information outside of them. & fighting FOR your own ideals, instead of fighting them. 33866164
Reposted by t wilton daleMelissa Nadia Viviana @thebeatphilosopher.com · 07/01/2025Certainly imagination, creativity, and invention are 3 aspects of the human mind that don't make sense in deterministic frameworks. We sort of imagine progress - and then work to make it reality. We don't “choose" the future, we actively create it or will it into existence. 131
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Our Christmas present for my spouse and me for/from each other. By amazing Canadian artist Steve Mitts. www.stevemitts.com 010
Reposted by t wilton dalejenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024I encourage folks to move away from New Year's resolutions and instead focus on intentions. Rather than treat yourself like a machine with production value, think about your dreams. What makes you feel good? Aim for those things. Don't guilt yourself all year. Let yourself grow. 10329124
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 29/12/2024My most recent fiction read took me back about a hundred years and travelled me across the continent on a train from Montreal to Vancouver. Interesting characters accompanied me (and one took good care of me). This novel, a Canadian Prize winner, is worth the read. www.twiltondale.ca/wiltons-read... 020
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Traffic accident deaths will drop from 12.7 per 100,000 to 5.3. -You will spend half as much on health care yet get better outcomes. -Poverty in Canada is 1/3 the rate in the USA. -Although Canada has fewer millionaires, we more fairly distribute wealth (better income equality). 110
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 29/12/2024We would like to invite various states such as Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts in the east or Washington, Oregon, and California in the west to join Canada and become our 11th+ province. To our American cousins, sorry to have to say this, but the benefits of joining Canada include: 110
Reposted by t wilton daleBiteSize Therapy @bitesizetherapy.bsky.social · 27/12/2024It would arguably seem, looking from the outside, that knowledge gained is the primary outcome of graduate training, with psychotherapy skills coming in a distant second, and self-awareness coming sometime after lunch. - Nicholas Ladany 2113
Reposted by t wilton daleMarlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Only a moron would think Canada would want to join a country that has a dictatorship in the making, while Canadians enjoy… National wide Healthcare Minimum Wage $15-$17 Paid maternity leave Subsidized Day Care Pro choice Democracy And, we are ranked 3rd best country to live in. 489107642680
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Perhaps you are growing tired of seasonal images, the cheery reds, the pristine snows, the sentinel fir trees. I am. Then BlueSky sent me this image, one my heart and mind could embrace. Thank you BlueSky and,especially, thank you, Ele. 020
Reposted by t wilton daleSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Word of the day (of course) is ‘scurryfunging’, from US dialect: the frantic attempt to tidy the house just before guests arrive. 1073260563
Reposted by t wilton daleWisdom🦋 @wisdomexplained.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive. Jhumpa Lahiri, American author 042
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 21/12/2024For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, this is the day with the shortest number of daylight hours. I reflect on the dark, both in terms of the sky and human nature in my blog for this month. Consider it a post-card from the psychotherapy room. And yes, there is hope! www.twiltondale.ca/blogtwiltondale.caBlog - T Wilton DaleWelcome to the blog of T Wilton Dale, author of A Greater Good and An Incoming Tide. 030
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 18/12/2024This is our little Lady. 120 pounds of Great Pyrenees. We’d just gone for a walk with windchills of -30c (-22F) and she doesn’t want to come back in the house. She’d rather stay outside and play in the backyard. A little cold for me to try to get a picture. 010
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 18/12/2024This is so true. As a psychologist for four decades I had clients return to therapy after they had not seen me for a few years. They spoke of how they felt when they were in before. 032
Reposted by t wilton daleKevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Fun fact: writers don't 'finish' books, we just eventually stop editing before we spiral into madness. #booksky 1052062182
Reposted by t wilton daleJust Me Marney @maestramarney.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Good night, Familia. Healing takes time. Be gentle with yourself and know that you are loved. Today, tomorrow, always. Love you, all ❤️🩹🍃🕊️ 381945283
Reposted by t wilton daleDaniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Childhood trauma leaves invisible scars. 💔 In my blog, I explore the truths behind my debut book Shattered Paths, a story inspired by my journey through foster care. It’s about pain, resilience, and hope—showing how light can emerge from darkness. Read more: www.danrolph.com/post/explori...danrolph.comExploring Childhood Trauma: The Heart of Shattered PathsChildhood trauma is one of the most significant influences on a person’s life, shaping everything from emotional resilience to personal identity. It’s a topic often spoken of in whispers or avoided en... 510719
Reposted by t wilton daleGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Writing is an act of rebellion. Writing is an act of creation. Writing is an act of salvation. Writing is an act of exploration. Writing is an act of emotion. Writing is an act of confession. Writing is an act of speculation. Writing is an act of reflection. Keep writing. 366260595419
Reposted by t wilton daleWisdom🦋 @wisdomexplained.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (1875–1961) 0114
Reposted by t wilton daleElizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Shout out to the therapists who are digging deep for energy and stamina this week! 1212
t wilton dale @twiltondale.bsky.social · 17/12/2024So just why does psychotherapy work? Five years retired after four decades as a psychologist I’m still probing that question. My recent blog on darkness and its antidotes shares my take on the question. It is just a five minute read but I bet it will get you thinking. www.twiltondale.ca/blog.twiltondale.caBlog - T Wilton DaleWelcome to the blog of T Wilton Dale, author of A Greater Good and An Incoming Tide. 000
