by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Nov 12, 2021 | Blog
Radical Kinship My mother had an often-repeated phrase when she wanted me to be more connected to my sister or my cousins or other members of the family. And I quote “blood is thicker than water.” I can remember even then, pondering that for a time, because it just...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog
Flow Motion I am a product of the “make it happen” generation…if it is to be, its up to me. Somehow that phrase captured the notion of effort or force…and there is no doubt that when applied; stuff happens. I would often be exhausted and wonder why it wasn’t as...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Oct 29, 2021 | Blog
Boundless Compassion The next few weeks will contain what I have come to realize as the needed prescription for bringing in the new – for revealing the Renaissance that wants to come forth from a time of swift change and crippling loss. It is clear to me that relying...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Oct 22, 2021 | Blog
Qualities of Transition – Part 1 “First you see it, then you believe it”…Wayne Dyer To move from transition to transcendence we need to have vision. We need to move from the seen to the unseen…from what we must work with …to what the possibilities are in the...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Oct 15, 2021 | Blog
From Transition to Transcendence There are transitions in life that we can label…empty nesting, retirement, marriage, child rearing to name a few; and I believe we think of them as temporary, as the next stage follows quickly after an event. Then I think there are...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Oct 8, 2021 | Blog
The energy of Inventiveness A few months ago I wrote about the coming of a Renaissance…that historically that is what follows a period of darkness including the Plague and other pandemic like activities. Some wonderfully curious woman in Italy decided to study that...
