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...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | May 22, 2020 | Blog
Don’t Worry….Be Happiness This is a take off on the famous song by Bobby McFerrin…don’t worry be happy…it was a fun little ditty back in the day. I was living in San Francisco in those days and went to one of the little clubs in North Beach and watched him perform it...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | May 15, 2020 | Blog
Who do you trust? I think that was the name of a TV show in the fifties-or maybe it was to Tell The Truth – but this week its been on my mind. Information has been coming at a rapid rate – much of it contradicts information that came before – States have been...
by Debora McDermed, Ph.D. | May 8, 2020 | Blog
“To lose the earth you know, for greater knowing; to lose the life you have for greater life, to leave the friends you loved, for greater loving, to find a land more kind than home, more large than earth.” Thomas Wolfe RISE AND SHINE….. Back in the good old days or...
