Hedy’s Blog
The Miracle of “Normal”
Now he looks at my eyes and gently touches my eye lids. “Babi over your eyes you have so much skin that when you open them there are many millions of wrinkles.” Meanwhile, I am loving the tender touch, the exploring eyes, the affectionate finger over my face, the sweetness of the exchange. I am over the bridge in Leo’s world in the neighborhood called: The World is Full of Wonder for me to Explore…
May This Torah Be a Legacy for 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 from: “It is impossible!”, said stridently and conclusively, to an authentic, meaningful encounter…
The Magical Inner Elevator
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 bridge” to each other’s worlds…
Creating Encounters Through Generative Listening
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…
Let’s Talk About Intimacy—on Let’s Be Honest, The Podcast
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 multi-layeredness, and we dove into the essence of what it means to be in connection.,,
Lovers Live in Each Other All Along
“Lovers don’t suddenly meet. They live in each other all along.” -Rumi
I thought about this saying by Rumi when I received an e-mail from an Israeli woman by the name of Hadassa. She wrote to tell us about the sudden passing of her husband Shmulik…