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Episode 012: The Impact of Infertility Treatment on Couples and Relationships: How to Bear the Unbearable with Dr. Erica Berman

PodcastBy mitchelladmin

I have the good fortune of speaking with my colleague and friend today, Dr. Erica Berman, who developed a specialty of working with couples who are going through infertility treatment.  Even if this isn’t your reality, the subject applies to almost any relationship, as it really highlights the challenges couples can face. When dealing with…

The Dignity of Suffering From the Perspective of an Artist

BlogBy mitchelladmin964 Comments

Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.

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Intimacy: A Fleeting Feeling Versus a Way of Life

BlogBy mitchelladmin232 Comments

  I have heard a lot of chatter lately about healing, working through one’s baggage, and finding balance. Often this is spoken about in terms of being ready to enter a relationship or properly grieving and working through a past one. The interesting thing is that when I meet with couples, so often, the ways…

Episode 011: Like a Rooted Tree: The Importance of Self Reflection in Parenting and How to Withstand the Child’s Difference with Psychotherapist Maria Kempinska

PodcastBy mitchelladmin56 Comments

I wanted to focus today on a subject dear to my heart, which is perhaps not that well understood. To a large extent, it has to do with parenting but, more broadly speaking, affects and is involved in all of our relationships.  The core of this idea is the capacity to symbolize. People often ask…

How to Practice Compassionate Scrutiny of our Trauma and Suffering

BlogBy mitchelladmin1,847 Comments

Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.

The Danger of All or Nothing Thinking: Why Nuance is our Best Friend

BlogBy mitchelladmin3,076 Comments

  “I haven’t fully grieved” “The people in [name that country] are so arrogant” “I can’t wait until I achieve a balance in my life”    It seems that it calms human beings down to be able to think about ourselves, others, and our situation in broad terms. We react to our vulnerability by establishing…

Episode 10: Sometimes You Just Have to Die: The Art of Taking Risks with the Renowned Cirque de Soleil Founding Choreographer Debra Brown

PodcastBy mitchelladmin917 Comments

What a special episode I have for you today. In it, I have a conversation with one of the most renowned choreographers in the world, Debra Brown, who was with Cirque du Soleil for three decades. Not only is she a creative force but she has become a good friend over the years as well.…

How the West is So Trauma Uninformed and What to Do About It

BlogBy mitchelladmin503 Comments

Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.

Go As Far As You Can See and You’ll be Able to See Further

BlogBy mitchelladmin1,070 Comments

  I was speaking to the iconic Debra Brown this week, the founding choreographer of Cirque du Soleil and just a downright beautiful human being. She was talking about the creative process, and she remarked about a piece of advice she was once given about not needing a bright light to know where you are…

Episode 9: Society’s Emotional Awakening: The Shifting Grounds of Psychotherapy and Our Self Images

PodcastBy mitchelladmin248 Comments

It’s quite a special week. There was a confluence of timing in my interview with Gabor Maté last week and the release of his film The Wisdom of Trauma. If you haven’t seen the film, it is well worth watching. I sat on the couch with my wife last night and we held each other…

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