👻 Halloween Ghosts and Cold Ocean Therapy ( Bonus Episode ) 🎶

Season 5 Episode 99

"Between, between" ( a Halloween-appropriate song ) 3:32

An introspective pop anthem of changes in our world and our perception at this time of year, vanquished by a cold ocean swim

On CBC Early Edition in Vancouver, Stephen Quinn lost his voice this morning… which got me thinking about the origins of Halloween and the exceptions we have of it.

Having recently watched “Ingress” by Rachel Noll James I realized How the brain maintains coherence: the present writes the past in real time. Grief resists because it's a memory with high emotional valence; identity evolves by loosening that grip; growth is the art of living with multiple ghost-timelines without letting any one possess you. We are all quiet multiverse travellers, jumping from one edited memory to the next.

At Halloween, the traditional change of seasons, the lack of cognitive coherence due to sometimes rapid environmental changes and increased darkness in the northern hemisphere can lead to increased anxiety, hence the boo, and ghosts traditionally associated with Halloween.

Full Song: Between between

Singers, please see: instrumental-only version with CC to sing along.

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👻 Halloween Ghosts and Cold Ocean Therapy ( Bonus Episode ) 🎶