We need to value intangibles. Intangibles like family, friendship, contributions to our communities, and our spiritual / religious commitments defy easy measurement. Yet they add essential meaning and value to our lives. As Albert Einstein said:
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
Category Archives: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
The Truth: Others Don’t See Your Self Doubts and Insecurities
I was just an insecure 16 year old, uncertain about everything from my appearance to my place in the universe. One day like any other, I found myself in a sea of students crossing the glass hallway in both directions. Suddenly I realized that of the hordes of students, literally no one was focused on me. Not a one. They were just trying to get to class on time, and most felt just as insecure as me.
How Radical Acceptance Transforms Our Lives
Radical Acceptance helped me to gain perspective in a very dark period and supports now me through these challenging times. Of course past injuries run deep and leave scars. Still we can build better relationships with love, faith, trust and open communication.
Yoga for Emotional Resilience Amid Conflict
At times you may feel like me that we are living in an upside down world. Both my longstanding Jewish observance and Yoga practice have been very helpful for me since October 7th. What are you doing to find comfort and safety in these difficult times?
Blogging in Wartime: Starting Again
My feelings of shock and grief in the aftermath of October 7th froze the part of me that blogged about healthy aging and other topics related to 2nd Middle Age. I am once again falling back on Radical Acceptance, trying to accept my ongoing sadness 5 minutes at a time as a part of my identity as a Jew and as an Israeli. Now I am just going to give it a go, and will try to post again on a more regular basis going forward. Thank you for being here on this journey with me.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2)
We need to face the reality of the important role of bad actors – including the UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres and global media including The BBC – in distorting perceptions in the aftermath of October 7th. It is essential that we see the world as it is, and not as we wish it to be.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
October 7th is one of those seismic events that requires us to question all of our assumptions and beliefs, our hopes and illusions.
Who is afraid of living life without illusions?
What are the illusions that you personally may be living with – consciously or otherwise?
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Leaving Washington DC
Washington DC can be a cold and indifferent place …if you felt claustrophobic during COVID-19 lock-downs imagine how it would feel if that was all you had, all the time, with nothing to look forward to, adding in the necessity of drugging your son to help him get through the reality of his daily life and his very real feelings of being in his words ‘left behind.’
Practicing Radical Acceptance: 5 Minutes at a Time
Radical Acceptance aims at removing the judgment from things in our lives that are not working, to make it easier to accept painful realities. The bottom line is that only by accepting the reality as it is and not as we wish it to be can we reduce suffering and to find peace.
Your Second-Middle Age: 