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Dr. Lynn Somerstein, RYT
Psychotherapy and Yoga—Use your head and follow your heart!
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Living Well Blog
Yoga, psychotherapy- and Ayurveda too, let’s not forget- help you establish happy, healthy generous life habits. That’s what this blog is about- how to identify and develop the life you wish for and deserve. Remember- you’re in charge of making the best choices- decisions which will nurture you, your dear ones, and the world around you.
Serge Prengel’s interview with me about yoga and psychotherapy can be heard on his radio program for Somatic Perspectives.
Living Well is a curiosity cabinet containing stories and videos that are just plain fun, about how to make life juicier, and examples of people who triumph against odds.
Blog Posts
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May 16, 2013
By the time she was 30 years old, “Roberta” was the mother of a beautiful baby boy she was crazy about—but about her husband “Harry,” the baby’s father, not so much; Roberta had more than enough of Harry. They fought all the time, and Harry was about done with Roberta, too. Their fights started getting physical; once, Harry threw a wooden salad bowl at Roberta, striking her in the chest, but this was an isolated case. Neither of their families provided help of any kind. Want to read more? Press here: When Divorce is Right. Read more →
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May 14, 2013
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/daily-prompt-unconventional-love/ I can barely say this out loud, but I’m in love with my plant. I love many plants, but this one is special. Our relationship is intense– this plant pines when I’m not home, and would die without me. Can you see how close we are to each other? Read more →
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Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev:the Boston Terrorists
April 20, 2013
The brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev worked together to kill,maim and terrify the people of Boston. It seems at first glance that the older brother, Tamerlan, may have been the instigator and mastermind of these attacks. Their relationship reminded me of another pair of terrorists, the Washington Snipers. They weren’t brothers, not even related, but the unbalanced power structure between the two may have something to say about how the Tsarnev brothers’ minds worked. In the space of a few weeks, in the fall of 2002, the serial killers known as the Washington Snipers, John Muhammad and John Malvo succeeded in terrorizing people living... Read more →
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April 11, 2013
http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/stuck-changing-unhealthy-behavior-0411134 As in the case of Don Draper from TV’s “Mad Men,” getting stuck in unhealthy patterns of behavior can make it very difficult to see clearly and find your way out. Therapy can help. Read more →
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NEW BOOK: What is it like to be a therapist?
March 29, 2013
Defining Moments For Therapists If therapy is a relational process, it takes a person on the therapist’s end. The goal of the project is to capture the therapist’s evolving sense of self as it is shaped by our experiences as active participants in a creative interaction. The essays in this book are first-person accounts, by eleven therapists, of some “Aha!” moments when they got to understand themselves better, and to understand better why they do what they do. Publication date: April 18, 2013 The book will be available for sale: - as a regular book, on Amazon,... Read more →
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March 13, 2013
Narcissism: Inside the Lonely, Envious World of the ‘Perfect Ones’ Narcissistic people prey on those lacking self-confidence, their perfect companions. But beneath the surface of narcissism lies shame, envy, anger, and loneliness.” Read more →
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I Don’t Forget to Wear My Red Dress; He Always Brings Me Flowers
February 12, 2013
Thirty-three Valentine’s Days and 32 anniversaries later, my marriage continues to blossom. No, it hasn’t been all roses, but he kept the flowers coming every Friday anyway. I Don’t Forget to Wear My Red Dress; He Always Brings Me Flowers Read more →
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Therapists Troubled by Suicide Epidemic among Military
February 6, 2013
Suicide Epidemic among Military Read more →
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My boyfriend’s ex is difficult.
February 1, 2013
My Boyfriend’s ex is difficult, and he won’t let me vent. Is this a situation you might want to know more about? Read more →
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Meet the therapist at Good Therapy
January 28, 2013
Meet the therapist Good therapy interviews Lynn Somerstein. Read more →
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Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn’t a broken person | Video on TED.com
January 24, 2013
Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn’t a broken person | Video on TED.com. See this amazing, moving and sometimes funny video of an indomitable woman of spirit, whose Olympic dreams were ruined by a truck. Read more →
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January 19, 2013
Petition | The New York State Legislature: Amend scopes of practice of Licensed MH Practitioners to include diagnosis | Change.org. Please read and sign this important petition to make sure that all New Yorkers have the mental health care they need. Read more →
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January 11, 2013
Goofing up or Goofing Off? Which is it- the decision is yours. Read more →
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Laws of Physics Can’t Trump the Bonds of Love
December 25, 2012
This video is about Jeffrey Wright, a loving and creative physics teacher, and how he cares for his son Adam Wright, who has Joubert syndrome. Watch Wright’s Law. Read more →
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December 23, 2012
William Broad writes here about the The Perils of Yoga for Men. Many yoga schools protest that yoga is absolutely safe- which it is, if done CORRECTLY, taking into account individual differences of abilities– which includes the physical and the mental/emotional. Integral Yoga has the best safety record of any type of yoga, as stated by Yoga Journal. Read more →
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December 19, 2012
Thank you for joining the Moment of Silence on Friday, Dec. 21 at 9:30am ET. Please invite your friends to take part. Memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy Please join in a national moment of silence in honor of the Sandy Hook victims called for by Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy. At 9:30 a.m. EST, spend several minutes reflecting quietly on this terrible tragedy and take a five minute pause from all online activity. If you have a website or blog, please spread the word by placing this badge on your page and observing online silence in your own way. In the coming weeks and... Read more →
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Left Out Like Rudolph: Factioned Families and the Holidays
December 18, 2012
Left Out Like Rudolph: Factioned Families and the Holidays by LynnSomerstein Lynn Somerstein, PhD, RYT – When families become factioned, be it the result of divorce or other turmoil, children are often caught in the middle. At no time of year is that more apparent than the holiday season. Read more of this post LynnSomerstein | Decemb Read more →
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December 14, 2012
How can we explain the horrific events in Newton, and so many others tragedies like them? This is what Mr. Rogers says: ”When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.” — Mister Rogers Let’s work together to make gun control a... Read more →
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The Hindu : Arts / Music : Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away
December 12, 2012
The Hindu : Arts / Music : Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away. Read more →
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