“Stop!” I say to the couple. My hand comes down between them. I say it strongly. I say it decisively. I say it emphatically. What am I stopping? I am stopping 13 minutes of their toughest, most loaded conversation. I want to teach them a guiding principle, how to...
I’d written to members of my community: “As ‘Bridge Builders’ our task, now more then ever, is to support each other in shaping a world where the relational space is safe and sacred, where we honor the ‘Other,’ and where together we create the conditions for the...
“On Tuesday I got off the wheel” is the last line of a poem by Mark Nepo titled Thinking like a Butterfly. It was given to me by a friend after I told her the following story: Eleven years ago, a TV series was shown on Israeli TV. It was called Couples Therapy. It...
How long does it take for 3000 Muslims and Jews to cross the bridge to each other and unify? It takes less than one hour!!! How did this miracle occur? It happened because 3000 people, people who often are on very different sides politically, filled their relational...
For her podcast, Belinda Lams and I discussed the hero’s journey, including some very difficult times in my life, and especially one of those after which I heard a voice that led me to a higher purpose, to Yumi, and to the work that I do today. This podcast is...
