tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37259752005553790092024-09-28T17:35:13.877-07:00Elizabeth Malamed, MA, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Southern California. She believes that it is vital to be aware of what is going on in the world and to respond to it from a mental health perspective. She also wants the world to live in more joy and humor. Feel free to contact her via facebook or her website at www.emalamed.comEMalamedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14868093848320699008noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725975200555379009.post-50635808136516667822010-10-12T06:45:00.000-07:002010-10-12T07:22:26.156-07:00

A few days ago, I was catching up with a colleague and he was generally expressing how busy life was and how there was so much going on in his brain. I had a simple solution:Empty it out. No, I wasn't advocating trepannig for him. But I hear this more and more: people are overwhelmed with thoughts, feelings, memories, and decisions to make. Each one of those is so fascinting to us that we get

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May I be safe from harmMay I be happy and peacefulMay I be strong and healthyMay I take care of myself with joy -Thich Nhat HanhToday, let us meditate on this in ever-widening circles:May we be safe from harmMay we he happy and peacefulMay we be strong and healthyMay we take care of ourselves with joy...

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A few weeks ago, I was at a family wedding, I was asked about what I thought of Dr. Laura. He asked,"Who is going to take her place?" he told me that *I* could be the next Dr. Laura.For a moment, I saw myself in a broadcasting booth verbally abusing callers. Did people really need more of that? Of course, it's possibly just him saying I have a face for radio...My immediate response was,"Why would

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Sunday morning, I had an amazing dream. I woke up feeling free and confident. The dream went like this: I am standing around with a bunch of people I don't know. This guy comes up to me and flirts with me. I'm not interested, but I assume that he's harmless. Then he grabs at my chest. I tell him to stop, and then I tell him to stop again. I tell him a third time, pull away from him, and at the

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Yesterday, I went out to breakfast with my friend and mother-in-law, Pat. I was talking to her about the Prince of Piffle article, and she gave me some insight. She explained that many non-religious people are really frightened by what has been going on in the world, with the current forms of religious oppression. (I can think of the Catholic church sex abuse scandal, the violent response by

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Christopher Hitchens wrote a scathing article about Prince Charles on Slate (www.slate.msn.com). He attacked both the future monarch's character as well as his religiosity. I definitely agree that the Prince looks foolish, at least in this context, but many people hold similar views: that the destruction of the environment is connected to a mechanistic view of nature. Prince Charles referred to

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This weekend, I was planning to watch an old favorite on TCM: the black and white female romp The Women, with a gaggle of old Hollywood glamour ladies, including Joan Crawford. The movie is known for good writing and a keen eye about the relationships between the fairer sex. I was looking for a good time, and this time around I didn't find it.I had forgotten about all the backbiting.It all starts

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It's a common problem. Carrie wants to go out on the town while Mr. Big wants to hang out on the couch and watch tv. Of course, by the end of the movie, this problem is solved by... jewelry.(Spoiler Alert!) I guess for some protagonists, that would be enough. A token of love and affection to stave off impending existential crises. But the problem will crop up again, and again, and again...

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