by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Mar 10, 2023 | Blog
The Creative Process – Our True Nature. This blog will begin a few writings on the creative process and our true nature. For many years, friends and colleagues commented on my creative abilities- I did not embrace those compliments as I could not see myself in...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Mar 3, 2023 | Blog
How Do you Get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, Practice, Practice…… One of the early temptations I had as a consultant was to always come up with something new to teach or share with my corporate clients. I was sure they would stop hiring me if I didn’t have some new...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Feb 24, 2023 | Blog
Separate Realities. Many years ago my husband and I attended an Oscar winning movie that provoked a great deal of emotion in both of us. As we are leaving the theatre, I was keenly interested in what his take was on the film and its deep reflections on redemption. ...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Feb 17, 2023 | Blog
Feeling our Thinking One of the breakthroughs in the new psychology is that we are feeling our thinking 100% of the time – not 82% or 67.54% – but 100% without exception. When you look at the above photo- you can see the feeling of coziness or cuddliness – you...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Feb 10, 2023 | Blog
Love is Everywhere Recently one of my favorite teachers has been giving me exercises in recognizing the Love that is everywhere-the Love that is in me, the Love that is me, the Love that is in each and every one of us in disguise. For some reason, it has been so hard...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Feb 3, 2023 | Blog
No Exceptions. When I finished studying for my doctorate, I thought I had just wasted an enormous amount of time, and money. The entire field was predicated on finding out what was wrong with people, identifying a cause and providing a long-term plan of discussing...