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Thursday, July 29, 2010 Documentary film OPERATION: Emotional Freedom offers "The Answer" for treating veterans with PTSD
This is the first feature-length documentary on energy psychology and along with featuring many of the preeminent practitioners in EP including Gary Craig, the founder of EFT and Carol Look, PhD the film is being sold and shown worldwide in over 30 countries. On July 21st the film was included in a presentation to the House of Representatives Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 Omega Institute's Elizabeth Lesser on "Broken Open" and Personal Transformation, Part Two
People don't think twice about having someone fix their computer or car, or they don't question going to the doctor when they feel bad, or to the gym when they want a trainer to help them get strong or lose weight. But when it comes to psychological or spiritual help, there's a general squeamishness. There's a cultural bias against paying someone to help us figure out things like relationships, purpose, feelings, grief.
Thursday, July 1, 2010 Omega Institute's Elizabeth Lesser on "Broken Open" and Personal Transformation
The hardest aspect of memoir is that it involves writing about not only oneself, but also about the people in one's life. My children, my parents, my husband, my ex-husband, my friends: none of them asked to be characters in my book. I am sure I caused discomfort for some of the folks in my life. But I did it for a reason that I still feel clear and good about.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 Chatting with Uncommon Thinker and Best-Selling Author, Robert Fulghum, Part Four
Well, I wish people could say that about themselves: I do what I can do as well as I can do. And that's my part. I speak for a lot of people when I say I can't fix it all. But I can still take care of my own corner. And my corner involves writing what I write and saying what I say and hoping that it's useful.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Part Two: Chatting with Uncommon Thinker and Best-Selling Author, Robert Fulghum
I don't have to be in one place anymore as a writer.I've got family in Seattle.I have friends now in many places. I feel so lucky that I can go and live in a place like Bali for several months and think, "Wow, mine is not the only way to live in the world." You know that abstractly. You live in a village, you experience it; that really jars you loose from your prejudices and preconceptions.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Chatting with Uncommon Thinker and Best-Selling Author, Robert Fulghum, Part Three
The band that got all the press was the Rock Bottom Remainders, which was a group of writers -" Stephen King, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, people like that. And a publishers' rep in San Francisco found out that we were musicians. It was her idea that we should put this band together and we would raise money for good causes and,in the meantime, have a lot of fun. I can tell you outrageous stories.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Chatting with Uncommon Thinker and Best-Selling Author, Robert Fulghum
You suddenly look in the mirror and think "Why, I are a writer now. "And if they'll take that stuff,maybe if I put my mind to it, I could write something else." So, the second book, It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It came along. And they traded #1 and #2 at the top of the NYT best-seller list for months. And so I thought, "Well, this is something I can do." Well, it'd be crazy not to see how far it would go.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Part Three: Talking with Dr. Temple Grandin, Author of "Animals in Translation"
I couldn't figure out why I didn't fit in. It's very important to get these young Asperger nerdy kids into these specialized activities where they're going to have peers who are also interested in computers or playing music or playing chess or building robots or anything. If I hadn't had my science teacher when I was in high school, I would have been in a real mess.
Monday, October 26, 2009 Part Two, Talking with Dr. Temple Grandin, Author of "Animals in Translation"
When I first started out in my career,I thought I could fix everything in the industry with engineering and designing a facility. I've now learned that I can only fix about half of things. Because the other half is management. I've been a big advocate of getting out and measuring handling. Then I can look at the numerical scores and ask, “Am I getting better or am I getting worse?”
Sunday, October 25, 2009 Talking with Dr. Temple Grandin, Author of "Animals in Translation"
People may wonder why it's so important to be humane when,in the end,the animals are still dead and we eat them.Well,it causes pain if you're not nice to them.You wouldn't say to this person “It only takes a second to yank out a tooth so we're not going to use any anesthetics.”It's really important to prevent suffering and animals are definitely capable of feeling pain and fear. There's absolutely no question about it.
