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...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog
Love On Every Breath In my Twenties I was inspired by many global leaders…from the Kennedy legacy to Dr. King to Oprah- a diverse group to say the least. I thought at the time that no greater motivation could infuse me than to change the world. And it did indeed seem...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Sep 24, 2021 | Blog
Fear and It will Appear It is often a challenge to discern what is at the very foundation of things happening in our personal worlds and in our world at large. It has looked to me from time to time as complicated issues and complicated motivations and so- called...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Sep 17, 2021 | Blog
Relax and Release One of my primary teachers recently said that 80% of our spiritual journey is Letting Go…he didn’t say what the other 20% was but I imagined it to be acquiring…acquiring knowledge or practice -whether of meditation or yoga or chi gong. That hit me...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Sep 10, 2021 | Blog
WU WEI all the way wu wei. (wo͞o wā) n. A Taoist principle of action in accordance with the true nature of people, objects, and systems, rather than striving for dominance and control. I have a good friend in Ohio who shares the goal with me of going with the Flow. ...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Sep 3, 2021 | Blog
Look for the Good As citizens of the world, the last couple of weeks have been hard to watch – full of emotion and the temptation to judge harshly how things should be going. As a lover of New Orleans, the last week has been hard – remembering the horror of Katrina...
