by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…was just this past February, when I was viewing the frozen Hudson from a train window. I’d lived in New York State for many years, yet I’d never actually seen the great river iced over. It was amazing watching the Coast Guard Cutter breaking up the...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain The...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
“…Peace to all beings, everywhere. No exceptions.” So my very beloved teacher Birgit W Patty ends our meditation sessions, in our shared Buddhist practice facilitated through Apex Yogic Living. What does this mean? Forgive the gunman who killed at...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…One of the funniest and strongest scenes of both the original Star Trek II series’ movie “The Wrath of Khan” and the first Star Trek movie directed by JJ Abrams demonstrates that Captain Kirk refuses to accept the no-win conditions of the...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
A young man I know, who gave me permission to quote him, shared a very wise understanding with me. He said, in an elegant and simple way, “You can choose what you do with your work, but don’t destroy other people’s work.” This young man...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…being the target of bullying tears down self-confidence, undermines esteem and destroys the hope of escaping victim-hood. The recent remake of The Karate Kid demonstrates this quite powerfully. Many of the child clients in my practice have experienced bullying...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…Baseball great Dizzy Dean was famous for bragging about his prowess at the game. Maybe it’s time we acknowledge that some of our finest work is worth “crowing” about. We were fortunate to witness our daughter’s graduation from her...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…In his article “Reform ignores disabilities” Mike Ervin points out that this population has not yet even been invited to the table to participate in the discussion (Newsobserver.com, 9.19.09). Adults have to impoverish themselves even to qualify for...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
We just helped our oldest move into his first real apartment. The one he is paying for himself. It was different and less scary than when we left him, eyes blinking wide, at his dorm room at college. This time he’s an adult, embarking on an exciting life: with a...
by Dr. Heiko | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog
…The reviewer for the book, The Mind’s Eye by Oliver Sacks, states in her New York Times review that “Sacks is most engaged by the process of compensation, how people make up for what they have lost…I found myself longing for the return of the...
