Author: loisholzman

15 Jun The Possibility, Pleasure, Progress and Paradox of Play

Posted at 10:32h in Events, I Like This, Look and Listen, Play, Speaking Engagements, What's New 2 Comments

I'm really pleased to share TEDxNavesink PLAY, which took place on May 10th at Two River Theatre in Red Bank NJ. You can watch the terrific videos of the talks and entertainment (talks grouped under Possibility, Pleasure, Progress, and Paradox; you can find mine under Possibility). ...

07 Jun Play is a Human Right

Posted at 17:51h in Human Development, I Like This, Look and Listen, Play, What's New 3 Comments

You might be surprsied to know that play is a children's right according to the UN. Here's a video to promote and advocate for its realization around the globe. This is Me: Article 31 and a Child's Right to Play (narrated by CUNY Graduate Center's Roger Hart) My question—what about the rest...

07 Jun What’s Developing in a World in Crisis?

Posted at 14:20h in Community Organizing, Education, Human Development, Look and Listen, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, What's New 0 Comments

Through the programs of the East Side Institute I've had the privilege of working with hundreds of people around the world who have added elements of social therapeutics/a psychology of becoming to their practices as educators, artists, performers, youth workers, therapists, health workers, psychologists, and community organizers. At this date,...

28 May New Institute Website

Posted at 20:03h in I Like This, Look and Listen, What's New 0 Comments

The East Side Institute has a newly designed website—easier to navigate, update and interact with. Check it out! ...

28 May Duck-Rabbit and Dog

Posted at 19:49h in Overweight Brain Mini Blog, Philosophy, What's New, Wittgenstein 4 Comments

What do you see above? A duck? A rabbit? In his book Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein presents us with this "ambiguous figure" of a duck-rabbit to show us how how perception is not reducible to the mechanism of the eye and optic nerve. (Most people see either a head of a duck...

21 May One on One…with Me

Posted at 11:19h in Interviews, Look and Listen, What's New 2 Comments

Appearing in the May issue of The Psychologist, published by the British Psychological Society...

21 May A Symposium and Workshop Like No Other—Discover Development NYC

Posted at 01:25h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Events, I Like This, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Training/Classes, What's New 1 Comment

I spent the weekend with nine terrific people discovering and creating development. The occasion was the spring Discover Development-NYC, a twice-a-year three day adventure that I have the privilege of leading thanks to the East Side Institute. People come together and immerse themselves in developmental activities of the Institute, the...

19 May A Look at Reader Poll Results

Posted at 20:02h in I Like This, Overweight Brain Mini Blog, What's New 0 Comments

May 19, 2014 Along with comment sections of each chapter, The Overwight Brain Reader Polls give you a chance to participate in the activity of creating this book. They also give me some idea of who you—the readers—are and what you think. I deeply appreciate your participation! By far the most popular...

14 May What Psychology COULD Look Like

Posted at 17:49h in Events, Human Development, Speaking Engagements, What's New 0 Comments

Fresh from TEDxNavesink in NJ, I'll be heading to Belgrade Serbia VIA SKYPE on Friday, May 30 to speak at the conference of the Serbian Psychological Society. My topic is What Psychology’s Future Could Look Like. Thanks to the University of Belgrade's Bojana Skorc and Tamara Dzamonja for the opportunity! ...

07 May What Does It Mean To Be Alive?

Posted at 18:04h in Creativity, Events, Human Development, I Like This, Performance Movement, Play, Speaking Engagements, What's New 4 Comments

That's the title TEDxNavesink gave to an item on their blog that that features me—I like it! I've enjoyed and hated (sometimes in the same moment) preparing my talk for its performance this Saturday May 10 in Red Bank NJ. I'm excited to do it and to meet all the...