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SUMMARY:VV and Vancouver Peak Oil present: HOW TO STAY SANE AS THE WOR
 LD GOES CRAZY w/ Dr. Kathy McMahon
DESCRIPTION:VV, Vancouver Peak Oil, Boards of Change, Cool North Shore
  and How to Boil a Frog present:\n\nHOW TO STAY SANE AS THE WORLD GOES
  CRAZY w/ Dr. Kathy McMahon\n\nCost: By Donation (Suggested donation i
 s $10, or whatever you can afford)\n\nAs we’re bombarded with alarmi
 ng headlines on a daily basis, how do we find the sane space between D
 oom and Denial? Is there a place for\nwit when we examine the major ch
 allenges of our lifetime: economic\ndepression, environmental degradat
 ion, and energy depletion? Is blind\noptimism itself, a diagnosable me
 ntal disorder?\n\nWith humor and insight clinical psychologist Kathy M
 cMahon addresses a few of the major challenges of our time and discuss
 es why “all or\nnothing” thinking is cutting short a more serious 
 conversation about\nwhat we value, how our values dictate our behavior
 , and what we need to\ndo to prepare for a future that may be very dif
 ferent from what’s been\npredicted.\n\nShe’ll introduce Panglossia
 n Disorder with subtypes such as:\n\n· Rhett-Butlerism – (“Peak O
 il? Planetary and economic collapse? Frankly, my dear, I don’t give 
 a damn...”)\n\n· Scarlet O’Hara-ism- (“I’ll just have to thin
 k about that tomorrow...”) and\n\n· Frank Zappa-ism: (“As soon as
  things get really bad, they’ll come up with something”- a belief 
 that necessity is the mother of invention.)\n\nAll of these are popula
 r but ineffective psychological strategies for handling bad news. What
  we face aren’t simple problems with clear cut\nsolutions, but rathe
 r complicated dilemmas that require good humor,\nmature thinking and t
 he ability to tolerate both unpleasant emotions and\njoy in the unexpe
 cted. Come join us as we search for a space where we\ncan all be more 
 human than otherwise.\n\nBio: Since 2006, Kathy McMahon, “The Peak S
 hrink,” has been offering clinical wisdom, common sense, and good hu
 mor to an international\nreadership, who’ve shared their stories and
  sought her advice about\nmanaging in these hard times. Her research p
 roject, www.PeakOilBlues.com\nis a collection of these narratives, inv
 estigating the emotional impact\non ordinary people, living through dr
 amatic economic, energy, and\nenvironmental upheavals.\n\nFor more inf
 ormation visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/vv-and-vancouver-pea
 k-oil
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CATEGORIES:talk, and, "discussion\""
LOCATION:SFU Harbour Centre -- Room 1400
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ORGANIZER:Ross Moster, VV and Brennan Wauters and Jon Cooksey, Vancouv
 er Peak Oil
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