by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Nov 4, 2022 | Blog
Leading and Living from Heart The most important part of this shift is the change of mind to focus on the heart- to focus on a feeling rather than a set of facts or figures. Rather than everything that has been tried before; we try new tools and delve into new...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Oct 28, 2022 | Blog
Heart Centered Leadership For me, the new era for humanity calls for a new form of leadership with an emphasis on different qualities and different capacities. If we were to describe the era we are living through; I think it would contain a very masculine energy – a...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Oct 21, 2022 | Blog
The Infinite Intelligence In a podcast this week, with Deepak Chopra, he said the following: “The intellect cannot correct mistakes of the intellect.” It resonates with what Einstein said about solving problems. For me it speaks to the shift necessary to bring in...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Oct 14, 2022 | Blog
Meaningful Solutions It might have been Freud who said doing the same thing over and over expecting different results could be the definition of insanity. When I look across the landscape of events- from stock market losses to gas prices (here in CA at $7 plus...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Oct 7, 2022 | Blog
Vision or Visualization One of my favorite quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King is ..” the arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice.” I never realized how profound a vision he must have had to say that in his time. There was very little evidence of justice...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Sep 30, 2022 | Blog
Desmond and the Dalai The proof of Ubuntu- Some years ago, I was privileged to attend a series of talks in Reno gifted through the Tobacco Millennial Scholarships. One of the speakers was the late, great Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He began his talk with thanking...