The Heart's Playground: A Psychologist's Musings on Spirituality, Creativity, and Healing

As a psychologist, writer, artist, Tibetan Buddhist and yogi, I offer my thoughts on spirituality, creativity, and healing through playing with art, story, and rhyme. Got a general question that needs answering? Maybe you're not the only one. Email me angemackay@yahoo.co.uk and I'll try to blog you an answer.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The River of Energy: How to Get Out of Anxiety's Fast Current or Depression's Deep Stagnation and Get Back into the Flow of your Life

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So, this metaphor is totally cliche, but it works, and that's why I use it. I feel a bit like Forrest Gump saying this, but here goes: ...
Monday, June 11, 2012

My Birthday Celebration/Death Contemplation: Contemplating Death in Order to Celebrate Life

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So my 36th birthday was just a few days ago.  I took the day off, with several things on my list of fun things to do to celebrate, includi...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Procrastinating the Positive: Explorations on Why We Don't Do the Things We Love to Do

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So, I was looking at the date of my last blog post and I realized it has been five whole months since I have written. Five months! How did t...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Red-Eyed Multi-blob Monster: The Wisdom of the Inner Critic

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   Once upon a time, in land not so far away, the land of your dreams, nightmares, and darkest secrets, there was a monster. And not ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Healthy Hula Hoops: How to Have Healthy Boundaries

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Imagine that you and all human beings have a hula hoop around them, just floating in space. In this hula hoop resides your rights as a pe...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Unravel my Riddle

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Some say I'm addicted, but I don't think so – I say I'm in love. Some say I have too many, that I don't need any more, ...
Monday, October 3, 2011

Ivan the Impatient Caterpillar

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Ivan the Caterpillar was not patient at all. He couldn't wait for anything, neither big or small. Most of all, Ivan wanted to fly ...
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Angela Dawn MacKay, Holistic Psychologist, Writer, and Celtic Artist
I obtained my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Acadia University and went on to complete my Masters of Science in Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary. I am also a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner. When I am not at the office seeing clients, you'll find me creating art for my new company, Knotted Words Celtic Art. I am involved in the formal study and practice of Ashtanga yoga and Tibetan Buddhist meditation. As well, I am an aspiring author/illustrator of children's books and am currently submitting manuscripts to publishers and agents.
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