Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Thomas Verny
Publication Date: October 31, 2025 - 06:00
Halloween provides a timely reminder to confront our masks in daily life
October 31, 2025
Thomas R Verny is a clinical psychiatrist, academic, award-winning author, poet and public speaker. He is the author of eight books, including the global bestseller The Secret Life of the Unborn Child and The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness and Our Bodies.
As luck would have it, today is Halloween. Historically, Halloween marked the transition to winter and a time when the boundary between the living and dead was believed to be frail.
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