Make Your Life a Blessing

For many people, the bombings in Boston mean that life will never be the same again. Victims, families and community institutions will all suffer from posttraumatic stress. Read More

It is hard to imagine trauma and resiliency without hearing the stories of people actually living daily under an existential threat. Below is a description from an American woman, very familiar with Israel, and there during the most recent skirmish. More information about trauma in Israel can be found at the PDF here at http://bit.ly/U3e35g Read More

Our Jewish penitential period is more than the Ten Days of Awe... Read More

The decline of the body in aging often brings depression and grief over loss of function, expression, and sense of self. In this keynote talk, given at the Poetics of Aging Conference (Nov 16—19, 2011), I share basic principles of a movement group for elderly, using movement in the expression of feelings to address the existential issues of mortality and meaning. Read More

Have you seen the film: "A Dangerous Method"? What is your response? Read More

In "Black Swan," I was most compelled by the portrait of eating disorders, body image distortions, and archetypal co-mingling of the polaries: reality/illusion, light/dark, perfection/imperfection, and domineering stage/mothers/frightened little girls. I see these issues too often in dancers and young girls with eating disorders (Serlin, 2005). Read More

APA Convention San Diego: Whole Person Healthcare Tool Kits, CE Read More

Like most of us, I'm fascinated with fairy tales about couples who missed each other the first time around, but rediscovered each other later in life. Read More

Have you ever had a client or a friend who thought they were stupid or cannot understand why he or she cannot catch their grammatical or mathematical mistakes, or a client or a friend, who is a supervisor, complaining that co-worker is being lazy or not careful with their work, and the stress this causes an adult with a learning disability is rarely understood. Read More

In his bestselling book In Defense of Food, journalist Michael Pollan reminds readers who are confused and anxious about fad diets that there is a simple solution: Good nourishment is about relationships. Read More

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What does "Make Your Life A Blessing have to do with your work or life? Isn't it religious? What if you do not believe in God? Or do not believe that blessings (as you may have known them) have anything to do with reality. Let me explain a bit... Read More