by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog
The Inner Life It is very tempting to attempt to survive this chaotic period by messing with structures, policies and the people who manage them. I am in favor of new policies for sure, but I have less faith in them if we don’t also accompany them with new mindsets. ...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jun 3, 2022 | Blog
May the Force Be with You I was a young professional living in San Francisco as the Star Wars phenomena hit the scene. I had no interest in sci-fi and as hard as it may be to believe, special effects were not the “thing” at that time. I was dating a guy who was...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | May 27, 2022 | Blog
DIVINE FEMININE As May closes as the month we celebrate mothering and the nurturing energy of the Divine Feminine- this week seems to call out for that energy to be with us in greater amounts. The Divine Feminine is portrayed in every tradition – in every...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | May 20, 2022 | Blog
Loving Presence It has been a while since I wrote anything about Love. Someone remarked once …”oh no, not love again.” At the time, I kind of laughed. This week, hearing about the situation in Buffalo New York, I decided that perhaps you can’t write about Love too...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | May 13, 2022 | Blog
Unmitigated Joy Happiness is a subject object relationship. We often find ourselves (subject) happy about something (object). Happy that its spring, happy to see our dog, happy to win the lottery. On occasion we find ourselves just feeling happy for no reason…but...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | May 6, 2022 | Blog
The Wisdom within Two contemporary gurus, Calvin and Hobbes sum up my point for this week quite nicely. Hobbes: Whatcha doin? Calvin: Getting Rich Hobbes: Really? Calvin: Yep, I am writing a self-help book! There’s a huge market for this stuff. First, you...
