by Karina Stell | Dec 18, 2014 | Karina's Blogs
In these days after the Sydney siege, I probably don’t remember myself crying as much over matters that didn’t directly affect my loved ones, since 9/11. Sydney is my home. It is where 2 of my children live, where the people they love and I love live. We are getting...
by Michael | Dec 3, 2014 | Michael's blogs
As a beginning to Part 2, I want to quote from one of the most eloquent and articulate writings on immigration – from a chapter from “The Brain That Changes Itself” (Norman Doidge), and the sub-chapter is called ‘The Culturally Modified...
by Karina Stell | Dec 1, 2014 | Karina's Blogs
Having lived through a long and savage chemotherapy regimen as recently as just four months ago, I often find myself reflecting on what this has taught me. From the moment my legs buckled under me at being told my diagnosis, it has seemed imperative to me that it held...
by Michael | Nov 28, 2014 | Michael's blogs, Uncategorized
The following vignette is about my family’s first emigration, from South Africa to Israel, August 1988, and is written in 2 parts. I remember our family’s arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, the excitement, the hope, the curiosity and the...
by Karina Stell | Nov 12, 2014 | Karina's Blogs
In years gone by when I struggled with life in differing ways, being authentic was an ever increasing challenge. In teenage years, it was a time of hyper-vigilance, exhausting me to the point of sleep at times, just to maintain ‘acceptability’. As I grew older and...
by Michael | Nov 7, 2014 | Michael's blogs
I return again to who I am as a therapist, and what is it that I do? I recently read something but do not have a the author’s name or reference to properly attribute his/her exquisite and prescient words. “She spoke explicitly of her vocation, and of yours...
by Karina Stell | Oct 30, 2014 | Karina's Blogs
What does it mean to live with fear on a daily basis? How does one live always waiting for the other shoe to drop? I remember being young and facing what I perceived to be terrifying issues. I used to writhe in them, wondering how to be in the world around me. I...
by Karina Stell | Oct 28, 2014 | Karina's Blogs
Sunday, 26 October 2014 What you see in the world around you is a reflection of what you are. There is a story of two dogs. Both at separate times walk into the same room. One comes out wagging his tail while the other comes out growling. A women watching this...
