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Author Archives: annebuist
Shrinks: Psychiatry and the Brave New World
I read somewhere that if your favourite subject in your last year at school was English Literature (or American Literature I’m sure for the USA readers) and you did medicine, then you had a high likelihood of becoming a psychiatrist. … Continue reading
The Nature of Life
(And Inga Simspson’ Nest) Having just returned from the Festival of Colour, held annually in Wanaka in New Zealand, amongst the beautiful mist covered mountains of the south island, I’m taking a moment to appreciate nature. The animated conversation in … Continue reading
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Festival of Colour
Festival of Colour One of the joys of being a new author with a book that has sparked some interest (so this puts me in a small but not elite group as interest is not a pseudonym for financially successful … Continue reading
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Getting the Most Out of Life
I first titled this blog The Meaning of Life, which immediately had me oscillating between existential philosophy, scant recollections of Derrida, a google search for who said ‘if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around did … Continue reading
Parenting the “Non-Perfect” Child
In my work in perinatal psychiatry, I am often assessing parenting. What help does this mother need and what does she have in way of supports, what risks if any are there, for her and her child or children, second … Continue reading
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A Literary Taste of Dubai
1.Dubai Dreaming Back to being a handbag last week, as on the invitation to the Emirates Literary Festival I was the “guest”…amongst more square metres of Malls than I have ever been to in my life to this point—all likely … Continue reading
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Tagged dubai, emitrates literary festival, graeme simsion, marcus zusak, peter robinson, sophie hannah, stuart macbride
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Adelaide Writers’ Week: Reserved with Hidden Depths
Adelaide Writers’ Week 2015 #AdlWW From the windy west last weekend, this weekend (and into the week), I find myself in Adelaide, at their Writers’ Week, for the first time. It has been going since 1960 so it isn’t as … Continue reading
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Perth Writers’ Festival – From Handbag to Lanyard
Two years ago I attended the writers’ festival here in Perth, accompanying my husband. As an avid reader I wasn’t sure why I hadn’t ever been to more—the occasional session that took my fancy in my home town festival had … Continue reading
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Tagged #perthfest, #pwf15, Miranda Richmond Mouillet, Perth, Tom Rob Smith
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Psychiatry, Therapy and the Writing Legacy of Irvin Yalom
As far as I know, Yalom at 83 is still alive and at least until a few years ago, still seeing patients. So writing legacy aside, he stands as a formidable role model of how to grow old actively. I … Continue reading
An existential take on book criticism
Maybe it’s because I watched the world leaders walking arm in arm behind a massive Parisian crowd. Maybe it’s just New Year reflections, or the fact I was staying with a therapist friend and his bookshelf was more erudite than … Continue reading
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