by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jul 24, 2020 | Blog
THE BIG “F” The Big F in this week’s blog is Forgiveness. And to be more specific, self-forgiveness. Forgiveness is a term that often means different things to different people. It can mean overlooking and then just keep going. It can mean letting go of an action...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jul 17, 2020 | Blog
HAKUNA MATATA “We are like Superman who must remain disguised as nerdy Clark Kent, or Harry Potter who is not allowed to do magic while on holiday.” Anton St. Maarten My thoughts for this week’s blog basically follow the plot of The Lion King. Simba, tracked by his...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | Jul 10, 2020 | Blog
BUT NOW WHAT DO WE DO? Each week we have new information and new challenges appearing on the scene. Everything from what to do about school openings, to how the election is looming, to personal family decisions and the inability to plan. More often than not, people...
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...
