About Me

A semi brief blurb about me…

I was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel. It was and is a country rife with conflict. My home life was also tumultuous and much of my childhood was spent fearful – fearful for my country’s survival and fearful for my safety and emotional well-being. In retrospect, I can say that a large part of my young life was spent finding ways to survive without incurring my father’s wrath. Ironically, when we moved to Canada in 1966, the fear of war subsided but my family life became even more difficult.

Why am I telling you this? Because, it is this background of conflict that has defined my life and led me on a life-long inquiry, which is the subject of this blog. While most of my life, I have been asking the universal questions: Why are we humans here? Where are we going? Is this all there is? I have been mostly preoccupied with what it takes for people to get along. Such a simple line of inquiry…and yet it seems that we have no idea how to answer that question. Our tiny planet is fraught with wars, hatred, anger and suffering, not to mention the threat of ecological disasters.

‘This can’t be all there is’ and ‘there has to be another way’ were beliefs I’ve held on to, for many years. I don’t know exactly when I started using them as my anchors but I do know, I was always looking for a better answer than what I was seeing, a better solution than what the world provided.

My quest for answers led me to explore many different paths. I was introduced to meditation while still in high school and to Yoga soon after. By my mid twenties I was a massage therapist.  Still, the peace of mind I sought was nowhere to be found. Nor were any answers to my questions.

In the early 1980’s, I moved to Vancouver, BC and became actively involved in the human potential movement via a transformational process called rebirthing.  It was a process that used certain breath exercises as the bridge between the conscious and unconscious mind. The process was a wonderful way for me to release some of the pent- up frustration, sorrow, anger and fear from the past. I devoted five very intense years to dealing with my own emotional ghosts and demons.

From Vancouver British Colombia, I relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico for two years, during which time I co-led and co-ran The Center for Loving Relationships.

Along with my private practice, in 1988 I co-founded Visions Unlimited, facilitated numerous workshops, which were designed to help participants expand various aspects of their lives and co-led intensive four-month workshops that helped participants change the way they saw themselves in relationship to the rest of the world.

My Masters Degree in Psychology and Spirituality was earned in 1998, from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont; and I am currently in the midst of turning my thesis “The Spiritual Psychology of Relationship” into a book.  In May 2013 I will also be receiving my certification from the University of Toronto for Mindful Meditation. Always interested in learning more I got a diploma in conflict resolution at York University in 2004 and became a certified hypnosis counselor in early 2009. I have always believed that in order for me to be a facilitator of growth, I must also be a student. In other words, I strive to be open to learning and to the change I am espousing.