Last night I had two interesting guests on the radio. Judy Smith, coach and founder of The Center for Planned Change, focuses her practice on helping women over 50 create new lives after divorce. You can sign up for her newsletter and learn more about her philosophy and strategies for surviving this common but difficult life transition on her website http://judysmithdivorcecoach.com.
Additionally, my guest Dr Adam Cox provided his unique perspective on parenting, raising boys, and ADHD syndrome. Dr Cox is very passionate about how the ADHD label is being misused and abused. Again, his website http://www.dradamcox.com is loaded with relevant information and is a must read for any parent concerned about his/her son. After my talk with Dr. Cox I became more convinced then ever that the shared greed of the pharmaceutical and insurance companies is setting us up for a crisis. Together they are peddling easy/temporary fixes that will ultimately result in severe, long-term, negative consequences.
On a much more positive note I just joined a wonderful new organization called Common Tables - http://www.commontables.org Common Tables is an organization that uses small group dinners to promote respect and understanding between traditionally disconnected communities. I absolutely love their idea of bringing small groups of diverse people together over dinner. If anything can help us transcend our differences and create meaningful dialogue, its a good meal. Please remember, never underestimate your power to make a difference.
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What I absolutely love about Common Tables, is that it's not "dry." Theory is reading a book. The practical touch is meeting people who live their life based on principles that in some cases I was previously unfamiliar with. What's better than meeting great people and learning!
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Dear Dr Robin, welcome to Common Tables. I've participated in two 'dialog' dinners and feel a genuine camaraderie with my table partners.
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Duane Troxel
(Baha'i)
Your succinct description of Common Tables is bang-on. What I find most intriguing is that it makes you be clear and honest with yourself as much as with others...not a bad place to start! A decent dinner with decent people, not to mention an excellent objective, sure beats sitting back and moaning or feeling useless!!
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