Category: Bachelor’s Degree

The Mediocre Meditator Says: The Word for 2014 Will Be Neuroplasticity

If mindfulness was last year’s most popular phrase in psychology and self-help, this year’s word is bound to be neuroplasticity.  Neuroplasticity means that the brain and nervous system can change.  Of course psychotherapists have always believed this, else what have we been doing all these years.  Meditation teachers have known this, as have experienced members… Continue reading The Mediocre Meditator Says: The Word for 2014 Will Be Neuroplasticity

Pianos in the Streets

On a recent trip to California, I headed to Santa Barbara to visit one of my favorite art supply stores, Art Essentials, and to see the exhibit of photographer John Divola at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Meandering down State Street I encountered four pianos, each a block apart, positioned on the sidewalk near… Continue reading Pianos in the Streets

Performance Art at the Fall 2013 Expressive Arts Opening

One of my favorite parts of the Expressive Arts Opening of the Psychology and Counseling Program is the student artists’ presentation of their own work as “Performance Art”. At our opening during Fall 2013 Residency, Nicole Grubman read from her book, “I Left My Sole in Vermont: A Walker’s Journey and Guide through Central Vermont… Continue reading Performance Art at the Fall 2013 Expressive Arts Opening

Fall 2013 Expressive Arts Opening

I have returned to Goddard for fall residency and am immediately inspired. Students have shared their work at our Psychology and Counseling Expressive Arts Opening and the principles of Expressive Arts Therapy are embodied by the works created as well as by the creators. Students have engaged with varied mediums including clay, photography, written narrative,… Continue reading Fall 2013 Expressive Arts Opening

Poem Written by a Student in Tribute to David Frisby

  Something, Sometimes         by Diana Abath Something told me to move towards you A camaraderie of the skin—yet not that simple A connection of the heart, the mind No—for I knew neither about yours or mine in that moment Something told me to move towards you A message—in your stance, your sitting, your comfort… Continue reading Poem Written by a Student in Tribute to David Frisby

A Beginning Farmer Shares Her Journey

Kelly Allen (BAS ‘14) is developing a small farm in Maine where she is growing and marketing vegetables to individuals and restaurants. Her self-designed studies this semester included garden preparation, permaculture design principles, soil science, composting, cold climate farming practices, growing fruits, grains, and beans, GMOs, seed saving, how to market vegetables, and an evaluation… Continue reading A Beginning Farmer Shares Her Journey

Installing The Good

  “Mother Nature wants us to be afraid,” says Rick Hanson, the author of Buddha’s Brain.  Survival of the most cheerful is not, after all, what counts over the millennia.  Survival of the alertest does. The individual who is sensitive to fear will be the first to tell her hunting and gathering comrades that she… Continue reading Installing The Good

Soul Cards and Reflection by Student Nirodha Stearns (MA PSY '13)

  I created fifteen “Soul Cards” [pictured at left] for the Expressive Arts exhibition at our MA in Psychology & Counseling Residency in April 2013. What started out as something like just a compliance to fulfilling coursework for a course on Addiction turned into an adventure in discovery, interaction and personal healing. My father died… Continue reading Soul Cards and Reflection by Student Nirodha Stearns (MA PSY '13)

The Mediocre Meditator #7: One Day or One Moment at a Time is Easier Said than Done

I have learned a lot from AA, although I am not an alcoholic.  When my mind is twittering about what I need to do tomorrow and what so and so said earlier today, whether I canget it all done, and what did she mean when she said x or y and did I handle it… Continue reading The Mediocre Meditator #7: One Day or One Moment at a Time is Easier Said than Done

The Mediocre Meditator Wonders Whether Meditation is for Everybody

And she answers: Probably not. Meditation is only one way to find stillness within. My husband sings in two choirs.  A good friend walks in the woods. Well, I walk in the woods. I even like walking in the woods.  But walking in the woods doesn’t make me quiet. I feel refreshed, usually, and ready… Continue reading The Mediocre Meditator Wonders Whether Meditation is for Everybody

The "Why" of Tiny

Meet Mariah Coz (BAS ‘14), left. She lives in a renovated 1960s off-grid trailer she named “The COMET” (Cost-effective, Off-grid Mobile Eco Trailer) while she pursues her studies in Tiny Houses in relation to the environment, the economy, and sustainable principles. Mariah is also exploring the space outside of a tiny house – small, intensive,… Continue reading The "Why" of Tiny

International Democratic Education Conference

  Goddard College students, along with a few faculty and alumni, met during the January Goddard EDU residency to plan and discuss the role that the College could play in the upcoming International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC). IDEC 2013 will be held in Boulder, Colorado this August 4th through 8th, providing an exciting opportunity for… Continue reading International Democratic Education Conference

Student Reflection on Psychology and Counseling Art Opening #3

  From Greta Enriquez (MA PSY) I was very nervous sharing my artwork. For me art is so personal and the interpretative aspects of viewing art compounded my anxiety. That was before I was called on to introduce my product. Stepping up in front of my classmates was immediately calming- the support and acceptance was… Continue reading Student Reflection on Psychology and Counseling Art Opening #3

Students Reflect on the Psychology & Counseling Art Exhibit #2

  Being part of the Goddard family has blessed me with the opportunity to express myself in ways that are extremely natural to me.  Creating art, and then being able to show it in this year’s Expressive Arts Exhibit, was a way to travel full-circle through my research and learning process.  Coming from an art… Continue reading Students Reflect on the Psychology & Counseling Art Exhibit #2

Artwork at the Psychology and Counseling Spring Residency

  It’s wonderful to be back on Goddard’s campus in the midst of the mountains as spring insistently pushes its way in. We welcomed new students and presented our Expressive Arts opening in the Haybarn Theatre Gallery for the 6th time. As usual, the container created by the works on the wall, the artists’ presence… Continue reading Artwork at the Psychology and Counseling Spring Residency