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The Pre-Trans Fallacy of Attachment
The Pre-Trans Fallacy of Attachment Alexis Johnson, PhD It is a pity that the word attachment is used in two very different ways. In early childhood attachment is essential for human growth and development. It is also clear that human … Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Leave a commentEmpathy: from neuroscience to mindfullness
Empathy: from neuroscience to mindfulness Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.- Victor Frankl I have often wondered about … Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Leave a commentIn the Eyes of the Beholder
by Judith Sarah Schmidt PhD “Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, (hu)man will have … Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Leave a commentThe Secret: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
by Alexis Johnson, PhD Center for Intentional Living The best-seller, The Secret first came to my attention at the very beginning of this year when a client, a vibrant 70 year old asked me if I had seen it. When … Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Leave a commentCapacity for Creation and Destruction
CAPACITY FOR CREATION AND DESTRUCTION by Judith Sarah Schmidt PhD. When I was a young mother during the Vietnam War, I carried my daughter on my shoulders in the peace marches; we would sing: ‘all we are saying is give … Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Leave a commentHide and Seek: Thoughts on the Act of Creation
HIDE AND SEEK: THOUGHTS ON THE ACT OF CREATION By Judith Sarah Schmidt, Ph.D. I first saw Irena on a video tape brought back from a Romanian orphanage by her prospective adoptive mother. She showed me the tape because of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Leave a commentReflections on the Face
JUDITH SARAH SCHMIDT PhD Have you ever observed a baby as it finds the face of its mother? How intent it is as it lingers there, drinks deeply with its eyes the eyes of her, the smile of her? The … Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Leave a commentHope and Resilience
Hope and Resilience by Judith Sarah Schmidt, PhD. “Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all” –Emily Dickinson The taproot of the capacity for hope … Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Leave a commentShame and the Capacity for Self-Reflection
Shame and the Capacity for Self-Reflection by Alexis Johnson, Ph.D. Only in an open, nonjudgmental space can we acknowledge what we are feeling. Only in an open space where we’re not all caught up in our own version of reality … Continue reading
Posted in Articles | Leave a commentThe Power of the Father
by Alexis Johnson, Ph.D. During the fall of 2002, the Washington DC area was terrorized by a string of deadly sniper attacks. The culprits have turned out to be two men: a 42 year old American black veteran of the … Continue reading
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