“Babi, you have many wrinkles on your face” Leo was six years old at the time, and was sitting with me in the kitchen. His little finger was on my face. He checked my expression to see if he can continue to explore, and what he sees in my face is my love for him. He...
“May this Torah be a legacy in your family.” This blessing was given to us by an American Airlines employee, after a challenging conversation about bringing a very big bag containing a sacred Torah scroll through security and into the airplane. The conversation turned...
These days my beloved Yumi resides firmly in the Lobby of his inner world. The metaphor of an elevator, which takes us from the Penthouse, to the Lobby, and to the Basement of our inner world, came to me one day as I was teaching a couple how to “cross the...
How do we get to the True Encounter? And what is the distinction between Conflict Resolution and Conflict Dissolution? I would like to share a story today that illustrates a special quality of listening which generates a true Encounter as well as Conflict Dissolution....
It was wonderful to spend time with Jess Crosbie. In her podcast, Jess talks about life’s toughest topics with, as she says, “lots of different brilliant people.” In our time together we talked about intimacy, what it means in all its...
