by Lawrence Cooper | Aug 2, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Newsletter
I have signed up for 100 Thousand Poets for Change. In so doing, I will be hosting an event on September 28, a Saturday, place and time to be determined. The topic will be Mental Wellness – Surviving and Thriving with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder). I will be...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
We will be starting our Pub Night for Poets from 7 to 9 pm on August 18 at the Cornerstone Taproom in Courteney. The theme will be Bad Poetry Day. This is meant to be a fun night for poets to get together and share some laughs and good conversation. We are also...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 27, 2019 | Blog, Borderline Personality Disorder, Mindfulness, Newsletter, The Higher Self
Impairment 11: Significant impairments in interpersonal functioning – b. Intimacy: anxious preoccupation with real or imagined abandonment. What We Know Liebke and others (2018) developed an interesting computer based assessment tool, the Mannheim Virtual...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 23, 2019 | Borderline Personality Disorder, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Mindfulness, Newsletter, Poetry, Poetry Presentations, Uncategorized
The healing part of my journey was now complete. Those patterns and compulsions had all been changed through the miraculous healing power of forgiveness. I had peace of mind instead of generalized anxiety. I had joy instead of depression. I was a whole contented being...
by Lawrence Cooper | Jul 22, 2019 | Blog, Comox Valley Poet Laureate, Comox Valley Poetry, Newsletter, Poetry Workshop
I attended a workshop on poetry at the Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival. The session titled the Poetry of Place was conducted by Billeh Nickerson. Billeh is a Canadian writer, editor, performer and arts advocate from Vancouver. He causally and...
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