Author: loisholzman

03 Apr Words to Ponder # 44

Posted at 02:34h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Psychology of Becoming, Words to Ponder 1 Comment

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"If the human race is still here in 100 years, it will be because of lots of people doing lots of little things. Bigger things can get co-opted or bought off by the powers that be. But if there are many, many little things going on it will be too...

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28 Mar New Letter to The Developmentalist: I’m an emotional mess in a tragically messed up world!

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28 Mar New Letter to The Developmentalist: In this hybrid, down-sized world I’m a leader without a team!

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07 Mar Speak English Any Way You Want

Posted at 21:06h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Language, Look and Listen, Play, Psychology of Becoming 4 Comments

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I'm so delighted by a project initiated by friends in Taiwan that I decided to share it with readers. What follows is a guest post written by Pei and Joe Spirito. Enjoy! Speak English Any Way You Want  By Pei and Joe Spirito For the last year or so, we’ve been teaching a...

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03 Mar New Letter to the Developmentalist: How Do I Share My Grief?

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20 Feb Words to Ponder # 43

Posted at 15:33h in Critical psychiatry, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming, Words to Ponder 0 Comments

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The opening paragraph of  "We’re Obsessed with Labelling Suffering, But Our Power to Think about it Matters More," a post on Mad in America by Charlotte Beale The philosopher Ian Hacking described a looping effect, whereby people adjust themselves to become more like the labels foisted upon them. “Sometimes, our sciences create...

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19 Feb New Letter to the Developmentalist: What if I Can’t Just Forgive and Forget?

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28 Jan New Letter to the Developmentalist: The Goddess of Competition

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27 Jan Vital Presence and Development

Posted at 01:42h in Human Development, Interviews, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics 0 Comments

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I was recently a guest on Sally Fox's podcast, Vital Presence. We had a delightful conversation that meandered through play, performance and development. Sally's website is Engaging Presence—an apt description of Sally herself! Please listen! Lois Holzman-the art of becoming through play and performance Alex Doman, Sound and brain health...

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13 Jan Humor and Therapy—A Conversation with The Developmentalist

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Loved this interview with Katy Bee and Jim-Bob, hosts of the Laugh Box (podcast of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor). I didn't expect to, but I talked about how I'm developing! ...

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