CERIOHS – Cranium Ex Rectum Institute of Happiness Studies
Why CERIOHS Matters
CERIOHS is about having fun. It’s about finding our way back to a child’s innocence – when we told the truth, shared our toys, and trusted each other automatically.
Does it make you laugh or cringe? You know, someone once admonished me about using the word rectum when working with youth. As if that’s the worst word youth will ever hear, right?
The truth is, your reaction says an awful lot about you. People who laugh at Cranium Ex Rectum get it – it’s funny and we’re supposed to laugh at ourselves. People upset by the phrase are most in need of learning its value. The more upset you get, the more you need to chill out and take life a little less seriously.
What CERIOHS Means
What does it mean – Cranium Ex Rectum? Yea, sure, there’s the crass version we’ve all heard yelled or said in anger. Well, cranium ex rectum means the same thing literally, but it’s a lot funnier (and milder) in the Latin. You have to think about it a little to get it.
But the meaning is a little deeper, too. We often think of the cranium and the head being the same, but they’re slightly different. The cranium is really just the part of the skull enclosing the brain. Cranium Ex Rectum is about getting your brain unstuck from bad thought habits.
Rectum, on the other end, is the final section of the large intestine. Your arse is the big fleshy muscles of your bum. Your anus is the strong muscle that holds everything closed. And the rectum is the last place poop gathers before being pushed out of your body.
And if you know anything about me, you know I’m big on PEP versus POOP. So it really strikes me as appropriate – Cranium Ex Rectum – get your brain free of the POOP in your life.
Using CERIOHS
CERIOHS – Cranium Ex Rectum Institute of Happiness Studies is about replacing the personally obstructive, offensive practices (POOP) we so often use with personal empowerment practices (PEP). CERIOHS combines self-image engineering, personal responsibility, community accountability, and active listening.
CERIOHS Vision
A world connected by healthy relationships, motivated by personal responsibility, and supported by community accountability.
CERIOHS Mission
CERIOHS pursues its vision of a world connected by healthy relationships, powered by personal responsibility, and supported by community accountability, through commitment to equipping people with education, examples, and opportunities to help each person build a strong, positive self-image.
Core Values
We’re still working out way through this, but here is what we have so far:
- Candor – speak the truth
- Caring – speak the truth with love
- Consistency – always speak the truth with love
- Creative – always looking for new ways to speak the truth with love
- Convivial – entertain yourself always looking for new ways to speak the truth with love
And this is some of our methodology:
- Sweat the details and make no excuses
- Foster creativity and innovation
- Encourage “learn it all” rather than “know it all”
- Expect the best and trust the learning process
CERIOHS Board of Directors
You can reach any member of the Board via email using [support at ceriohs dot org]
Conrad Hall, Founder and President
Officially: Reverend Lord Conrad Donald Hall (but he prefers being called Conrad)
Chris Lawson, Treasurer
We do have a CPA who makes sure we stay on track.
Cynthia Sabadello, Secretary
CERIOHS was incorporated in 2015 in the province of Ontario. It is a not-for-profit corporation with no CRA charitable status. (That means no tax receipts for donations.)
We are open to folks who want to join the Board. We are looking for folks who can help us make connections, build an audience, and deliver programs.
CERIOHS.org and FamilyShed.ca are the corporation and program websites.