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...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Apr 29, 2022 | Blog, It’s a Wonderful Life
You Can’t Make an Elephant Purr ….and other reasons to give up resistance… Its about developing a different operating system – about hooking into a 5G frequency through which blessings can freely flow. It’s a day to celebrate how far you have come – a day to give up...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Apr 22, 2022 | Blog
You Are What You Are looking For I love turning the idea of a “selfie” on its head. It is our conditioning that tells us that the answers to our so-called problems, issues or desires are things to be found in the external. Rumi told us “You are What you Seek” which...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Apr 15, 2022 | Blog
Metamorphosis My favorite Easter card to send this year was the journey of the caterpillar to the butterfly. This has been my personal symbol since I was in my early twenties. My wonderful sister, who transitioned this January, gave me a book called Butterflies are...