We live in mysterious and difficult times, times of spiritual emergence, times of great collective and individual suffering, times of breaking free from the limiting belief systems of the past, and learning how to carry forward the best of our heritage, as we slowly and painstakingly come together to forge a more just and sustainable world. My life's work is about understanding and supporting this process in the individual psyche and in communities around the world.
I am an educator, writer, psychotherapist, and spiritual counselor. It has been my joy for over 30 years now to accompany people on their path of becoming stronger, more true, more real. I have come to understand that human suffering is not an arbitrary affair, but a magnificent workshop in which the jewel of the human spirit is cleansed and polished, only to shine more brightly as we learn to stand strong, relinquish force, and meet life with grace.
When we become aware of that reality in our lives we become spiritually literate and life is no longer a scary affair.
I am an educator, writer, psychotherapist, and spiritual counselor. It has been my joy for over 30 years now to accompany people on their path of becoming stronger, more true, more real. I have come to understand that human suffering is not an arbitrary affair, but a magnificent workshop in which the jewel of the human spirit is cleansed and polished, only to shine more brightly as we learn to stand strong, relinquish force, and meet life with grace.
When we become aware of that reality in our lives we become spiritually literate and life is no longer a scary affair.
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My work integrates mindfulness-based understanding of moment-to-moment human resilience with an overall developmental and psychodynamic perspective on whole-person healing and development.
I believe that psychological and spiritual health are inseparable, and that healing requires us to work with the brain, the mind, the body, and the soul, as well as with transforming the sociocultural contexts which generate suffering.
I work with people from a deep belief in the presence of Spirit in our lives, and with reverence for the unique perspectives each person brings.
I believe that psychological and spiritual health are inseparable, and that healing requires us to work with the brain, the mind, the body, and the soul, as well as with transforming the sociocultural contexts which generate suffering.
I work with people from a deep belief in the presence of Spirit in our lives, and with reverence for the unique perspectives each person brings.
In these times of unsettling transition into a global society under conditions often tenuous, fragile, and unpredictable, the age-old human quest for meaning and connectedness has acquired a new sense of urgency.
Globalization has brought our lives closer, connecting us to one another and the world, yet also facing us with bewildering complexity.
Our different and often competing worldviews and philosophies are brought face to face, deepening further the sense of uncertainty, and bringing about a defensive ideological hardening of boundaries.
Globalization has brought our lives closer, connecting us to one another and the world, yet also facing us with bewildering complexity.
Our different and often competing worldviews and philosophies are brought face to face, deepening further the sense of uncertainty, and bringing about a defensive ideological hardening of boundaries.
Can you see and feel in this picture the active force of attraction to beauty, unity, and growth that we call love?
To love and feel loved are human needs as fundamental as our need for sustenance and shelter.
Our capacity to respond to another with love is innate and can be clearly seen in the natural empathy of little children toward living things.
Yet, the story of what happens with this most fundamental human capacity throughout life goes to the heart of what it means to be human.
From the quality of early attachments to our evolving ability to love and accept ourselves, from our felt connections to others to our blossoming love for values, the human capacity for love is the most redeeming aspect of human nature.
To love and feel loved are human needs as fundamental as our need for sustenance and shelter.
Our capacity to respond to another with love is innate and can be clearly seen in the natural empathy of little children toward living things.
Yet, the story of what happens with this most fundamental human capacity throughout life goes to the heart of what it means to be human.
From the quality of early attachments to our evolving ability to love and accept ourselves, from our felt connections to others to our blossoming love for values, the human capacity for love is the most redeeming aspect of human nature.
My thinking about the construct of critical consciousness began inductively, through trying to organize and name my personal experience and observations around questions of social responsibility and citizenship while living and working in several different societies and cultures: Bulgaria, where I was born and grew up, Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Zimbabwe, and the United States.
The question that became prominent for me was what accounts for some people, particular sensitivity to injustices and half-truths; what gives them the courage and strength to resist forces of collusion both within and without, and to search their own hearts in order to understand that in our human nature which continues to enable social and global injustice; what gives them the commitment to persevere in pursuit of viable ideals and their steadfast implementation; what life influences might have helped them develop such level of integrity and agency.
The question that became prominent for me was what accounts for some people, particular sensitivity to injustices and half-truths; what gives them the courage and strength to resist forces of collusion both within and without, and to search their own hearts in order to understand that in our human nature which continues to enable social and global injustice; what gives them the commitment to persevere in pursuit of viable ideals and their steadfast implementation; what life influences might have helped them develop such level of integrity and agency.
From a neurobiological perspective, a lot of psychotherapy is about re-building the social brain.
An important part of becoming whole and integrating the self has to do with identifying and clearing unconscious core beliefs, which undermine us emotionally and physically, and distract us from coming fully into ourselves.
These beliefs are often the result of painful childhood experiences and later developmental traumas, which become encoded in the limbic system, and cause repetitive and debilitating patterns in adulthood.
An important part of becoming whole and integrating the self has to do with identifying and clearing unconscious core beliefs, which undermine us emotionally and physically, and distract us from coming fully into ourselves.
These beliefs are often the result of painful childhood experiences and later developmental traumas, which become encoded in the limbic system, and cause repetitive and debilitating patterns in adulthood.
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