“Deirdre, this note is long overdue… Every month I wait for your email feeling reassured by your words and supported by the practices you provide. I learn and practice something every month that makes a difference as I live each and every day. It’s an incredible guide.” ~ K.( Australia) It’s those kinds of [...]
Coming in Massachusetts March 29-30, 2012 I’ll be presenting a workshop on “Loving Our Broken Hearts.” For more information see the NASW website. Robert Karen wrote that attachment is “a theory of love and love’s central place in human life.” Using the current information on attachment and shame, this workshop will explore the newest generation [...]
“What day is it,?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh.” thanks Judi Zoldan my colleague and friend in Belmont, MA for posting this and reminding me of the simple, precious things of life.
The artist, Deb Koffman, created this installtion, “Love-Hate” exploring our internal dynamics by making them visually compelling. The installtion allows a shift in perspective which can give us different ways of experiencing the world.
A couple years ago I met Sara Willerson at a conference in Europe. It was like meeting a soul sister. Since then we’ve kept in touch about her work in equine therapy in the brave and wonderful state of Texas. To see a video of her work click here. Here’s a blog post she [...]
I have had the good luck to be friends with and taught by someone who is an extrodrinary yoga teacher. Thomas Amelio [Shivananda] taught me about Advaita yoga in the 1980′s. A long time monk who is now a layperson. Currently a teacher in the New York City area you can check out his site [...]
Last week Tom Ashbrooke had an intriguing conversation on his NPR radio show about the Ability to Forget Much of the conversation centered on the value of forgetting without clinging to memories which is an enormous change from the previous 100 years of psychology. This change that Dr. Mike Anderson and other cognitive neuroscientists are [...]
This guest blog was written by Bret Lyon who will be presenting a workshop on Healing Shame in the Boston area May 19 & 20, 2012. Click here for more information. Anatomy of a Freeze – or Dorsal Vagal Shutdown (Drawn from Steven Porges and Peter Levine) In order to sustain life, [...]
Alice Rosen has written here on the blog before. Click here to read her post on the Hard Heart Revisited. When it comes to eating and weight related issues I suspect that many of us think that Manager-led eating and focusing upon weight loss is the way to go. This is the epitome of the Diet Mentality. [...]
If you haven’t had the absolute and joyous pleasure of interacting with the artist Deb Koffman I encourage you to wholeheartedly and absolutely take the plunge. Her latest book, The Magic Lamp is short, sweet, and a guide to how to use imagination to change your life. One of the things I [...]