Imagining Forgiveness

audio message Earth, when I am about to die I lean upon you. Earth, while I am alive, I depend upon you. Ashanti prayer in honor of the ancestors My Message for the New Year: Remembering those who have passed in both peaceful and violent ways. Innocent children taken in a terrible moment and elders [...]

Betty Frain, PhD, MFT and I recently went to Shanghai for the 2nd International Conference on Existential Psychology (assocated with APA Division 32) and presented the films we made with our family members about experiences growing up with a brain injured sibling. We both had an extremely meaningful experience, meeting with colleagues from the East [...]

Jungle by Claudia (Coco) Rohde I just had to share my 7-yr-old niece’s painting with you. It is her impression of a jungle.

I recently had the pleasure and honor of attending an open house at the Santa Ynez Valley Therapeutic Riding Program (H.E.L.P). I was quite impressed with what is happening over there and I wanted to share it with you. I will quote from their brochure: “The HELP program involves therapists and horses in an experiential [...]

Mbuti_exhibit_flyer_FINAL[1] Please join us at Antioch University Santa Barbara for an opening reception for the beautiful photographic exhibit “Mbuti: Children of the Rainforest.” The Mbuti are one of the oldest indigenous people of the Congo Rainforest region of Africa and their very existence is being threatened. This exhibit, which will be up through the end [...]

The guest this week on Emotional Pathways at www.webtalkradio.net is psychotherapist and author of Becoming a Wise Parent for Your Grown Child, Dr. Betty Frain. She speaks about Parenting the Adult Child. To find out more about Dr. Frain visit www.drbettyfrain.com or www.becomingawiseparent.com or www.50fabulous.com. Next week’s guest is Dr. Steve Kadin, who will speak [...]

As we move through this “holiday” season and into 2011, approximately 800,000 people are being cut off from unemployment benefits. We are going to be witnessing many heart-wrenching stories. There will be those who lose their homes, their vehicles, and worst of all, their sense of hope. While extreme poverty on this planet calls our [...]

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Please listen to my web radio show entitled Emotional Pathways. Go to www.webtalkradio.net and scroll down to Emotional Pathways and you will be linked in to the audio of the show. This week’s show is about being the parent of an autistic child with guest Jan Linder-Koda and next week’s show is entitled The Healing [...]