by Lissa Rankin | May 19, 2017 | Mental Health, Spirituality
When I came back from Bali after the US presidential election, I took a several month hiatus from Facebook because I couldn’t tolerate all the hateful, polarizing energy I felt on both sides of the left/right divide. Even off Facebook, I felt pain in my community. I...
by Lissa Rankin | Feb 27, 2017 | Relationships
I first heard the term “generous listening” almost ten years ago, when I took a workshop for doctors with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD. She told us that most doctors don’t listen generously. They’re always in their heads, trying to fix someone, rushing to a diagnosis and...
by Lissa Rankin | Feb 18, 2014 | Spirituality
The woman in front of you in the grocery store line just lost her mother after a nine year battle with cancer. Your boss just found out his wife is having an affair. The other mother you ran into in the schoolyard just found out her daughter has a brain tumor. The...
