Tsibousi in Glyfada!

Eat-In Athens Part II

Το Σάββατο 26 Φεβρουαρίου στις 12:30 το μεσημέρι στην Πλατεία Εσπερίδων στην Γλυφάδα κανούμε το δεύτερο ΕΑΤ- ΙΝ για να γιορτάσουμε το δικαίωμα όλων για καλό φαγητό!! Θα στήσουμε τραπέζια για ένα χορτοφαγικό μεσημεριανό μεζεδάκι με αγνά υλικά, εποχιακά και ντόπια.

Όποιος θέλει να φτιάξει φαγητό το οποίο είναι χορτοφαγικό, με ντόπια και εποχιακά υλικά για το Eat-In, μπορεί να επικοινωνήσει μαζί μας στο eatinathena@gmail.com μέχρι κ...αι την Παρασκευή. Για πιο εύκολο σερβίρισμα προτείνουμε φαγητά που δεν χρειάζονται μαχαιροπίρουνα και πιάτα, όπως πίτες, ψωμί, κέικ, μπισκότα, ή ακόμα και σάντουιτς ή ξηροί καρποί - Και αν δεν έχετε χρόνο για μαγείρεμα, ελάτε να φάτε!

On Saturday the 26th of February at 12:30 in Plateia Esperidon Glyfada, the second EAT-IN will take place, celebrating everybody’s right to good food as well as reminding ourselves of the importance of enjoying food in community that is nutritive for our body and spirit.

If anyone is interested in making something, yummy, vegetarian using local, seasonal ingredients for the EAT-IN contact us ateatinathena@gmail.com by Friday. We are serving finger food only, like sandwiches,pies, bread, cakes, dry nuts, some vegetables and dip; and if you have no time to cook, just come by for a nibble and a chat!

Via-Troō//Food//Liberation

Get connected!

I watched a great Brazilian movie last night, called "O Cheiro do Ralo", in English "Drained". In this amazingly well written story, a lonely pawn shop owner takes out his neurosis on those who come to sell him their belongings. It is a story about the misery and sadness in not being able to connect to those around us and desperately trying to do so through sadistic and damaging ways.


This made me ask myself: "How am I connecting to the people around me?"
Do I want to exert power over those who come close to me? Do I need to prove to them my views of the world are the right views of the world? Do I put myself in a victim position, always waiting for someone  to make me happy and frustratingly never experiencing this so sought after happiness? Do I fake love and affection just to receive it right back? Or am I  incessantly giving all my essence to others and never expecting anything in return?

In "A General Theory of Love", a great book that scientifically approaches human emotions, authors Lewis, Amini and Lannon state that "Within the effulgence of their new brain, mammals developed a capacity we call limbic resonance - a symphony of mutual exchange and internal adaptation whereby two mammals become attuned to each other's inner states".

Which shows us that our connection to those around us goes way beyond words, there is a resonance in the way we interact that needs nothing but the interaction itself, no words, no gestures. Just being there is enough to sense and give and take accordingly.

So I ask you, do you feel you are getting from your relationships that which truly makes you happy?

HOW ARE YOU CONNECTING TO THE WORLD AROUND YOU?

I'm here again!

It's taken so long to start blogging again! In the meanwhile between the last post and this one, I have moved to a different country, finally settled into a flat I love and have pursued interests that I had been thinking about for a long time. I am currently training to be a life and career coach and am following a shamanic path which includes daily meditations and much strengthening of the body, mind and soul!
So I decided to commit to this blog again in a different way. I will not be limiting information and ideas only to child-related issues. I will be spreading the word about all things that interest and help me and hopefully you reading this, to LIGHT UP OUR SOULS!!

Happy readings!

Imaginary Friend: Friend or Foe?

My nephew has an imaginary friend! He talks to him all the time and includes him in family discussions. He sometimes gets angry at his friend and at times laughs his head off with him! It was all very confusing at first, but we soon found out more about those make believe buddies.

According to a study conducted by Elaine Reese, associate professor of Otago University, and Gabriel Trionfi, of Clark University, children with imaginary friends have more advanced narrative skills than those who don't have imaingary friends. That is probably due to the fact that children with imaginary friends included more conversation in their fiction stories.

Parenting expert, Armin Brott, says imaginary friends are wonderful for stimulating creativity and even acting as a confidant when there is no one else to talk to.

Nevertheless, you do have to remember, children need contact with other children to learn about those ever important socialization skills. Also, help your child understand that shifting responsibility for wrongdoings to his/her imaginary friend is ok once in a while, but that does not mean that he can be exempt from responsibilities.

So if your kid introduces you to a friend you can't exactly see, greet him with respect as this relationship is bringing more advantages than "meets the eye".

Starting off

It has taken me many anxious ridden new years to realize that the whole concept of a new year's resolution is just a quick fix to taming my already over stimulated mind!

NO, I didn't make a new years rosolution for 2010! I didn't promise myself to start jogging again, I didn't promise myself that this year I will not say so many bad words and I definately did not resolve to cut down on chocolate! This has been a resolution-free new year and free is exactly how I feel!

That freedom is probably what mobilized me to start writing about things of my interest and that might interest other like minded people out there!

I am a psychologist and body psychotherapist who has a deep and thorough curiosity about the human nature. I love observing people, their reactions, their actions, their words and body language...that curiosity was sparkled tenfold when I started working with children. I have been teaching English for children for the past years and the amount of knowledge I have gained from these little creatures is astounding!

Anyone who has children at home or works with children (and is a little honest with her/himself) knows that apart from the absolute beauty and honesty they bring forth, coexisting with children brings daily questions and uncertainties.

So this blog will hopefully present you with interesting and useful information, cute stuff, cool pictures and all that I find along that is destined to those who work closely with children or have some of these miraculous beings at home!!

Enjoy!! I already am!
And happy 2010