by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog
SAY YES TO LIFE, In spite of everything The title of this blog is also the title of a newly released book of writings by Viktor Frankl. For those of you who may not have heard of Viktor – he is also the author of Man’s Search for Meaning. He wrote that book 9 months...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jun 26, 2020 | Blog
Not All Change Is Progress- let’s make this one progress. Whether we like it or not, Life is change – every moment of every day – I think we have accepted that but may not have accepted that we can’t choose the changes that come. It would be too obvious to say, we are...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog
Black Lives Matter – so now what do we do? Reflecting on the past weeks has provoked many memories. If you were born between 1955-1960 you probably remember other protests – then called riots. You probably remember marches, and sit-ins and the endless controversy over...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jun 12, 2020 | Blog
The Meaning of Life is made, not found. Robert Holden As I was studying to be a psychologist, we had many guest lecturers during the course of our program. Most were serious, focused on academic research and centered on the question of “what is wrong with people?” But...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jun 5, 2020 | Blog
Time To Rise Let your strength give us strength, let your hope give us hope, let your faith give us faith, let your love give us love….Bruce Springsteen This has been a week of hurt, violence, sadness and recognition. A combination of events has pulled on the heart...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | May 29, 2020 | Blog
Radical and oh yes Amazing Grace Love is the crowning grace of humanity. Petrarch Grace is a term that defies definition..it’s often associated with concepts of God or teaching from the Bible. I called this a more radical idea of grace because I intend to define it in...
