Let me say, from one who thought I could never do aromatherapy, now that I’ve found the right line for…Continue Reading
Category: Psychology
the spine at the center of all my studies
Apocalypse Dream Work
The curious power of healing dreams Author and psychologist Marc Ian Barasch studied dreams for fifteen years before he wrote…Continue Reading
Art as Therapy | Lick My Injuries
There’s little doubt I would not be here today without art in various forms. It made my mother’s life bearable…Continue Reading
Unspinning Liberal
Responsible communicators use language carefully to make meaning transparent and present facts and ideas with as little bias as possible.…Continue Reading
My Feminist Journey
Pre Gender Paradise I’m a little kid with no awareness of what gender is or that it even exists. I’m…Continue Reading
A Brief Introduction to Gender Identity and Dysphoria
Biological sex, gender, and sexual orientation are three separate concepts that are sometimes confused in discussions of gender. Biological sex…Continue Reading
A teenager captured in the wild, bathed in the blue glow of an unseen screen.
Children and Electronic Devices
In this time of predominance of electronic devices, parents and caregivers must be mindful about our screen time decisions for…Continue Reading
Terry Crews Portrait by Gage Skidmore
Terry Crews Fights Toxic Masculinity
I am thrilled by what Terry Crews does as a famous and manly man to bring awareness to misogyny and…Continue Reading
Storm clouds and shimmering rays of light over the San Francisco Bay, photo by Paprika Clark, 2018.
The Ocean of Our Inner Selves
Naomi Epel refers to herself as a “literary escort” as she shares virtually verbatim conversations with writers about their dreams…Continue Reading
Eight men pushing the Towhee tiny house on wheels into place on a residential plot in Malibu California. Photo by Paprika Clark, 2011.
Core Wisdom for Effective Action
This is a round up of several of the most pithy but powerful bits of guidance I use as touchstones…Continue Reading
Feminism, Patriarchy, and Sex Work
I had an interesting conversation the other day around the intersection of feminism, patriarchy, and sex work. It’s complicated of…Continue Reading
This is me, fighting depression. Just kidding, it's actually a picture I took of a lion statue in The Grand Bohemian Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina.
Write Now
I’ve said more than once I don’t have any trouble writing, in fact if anything I write too many words. What I only say to a select few is… what I write usually (almost always) diverges from what I’m “supposed to” be working on.
Teaching Optimism
How to Model a Positive Approach to Daily Life For Kids The world will always present lots of potentially negative…Continue Reading
Paprika Clark sits on the battery storage bench on the front porch of the first tiny house built by her company, Bungalow to Go. Photo by Dylan Pankow.
Blog Slog Ramblings
The RealTimeRealTiny blog was my way of sharing the process of building one tiny house. This one tiny house represents…Continue Reading
Mind the Music: Raise kids’ awareness of pop culture messaging
In an average day our kids are exposed to hundreds of messages, and a great number of them come from…Continue Reading