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Forming a Grass-Roots Organization – Healing as a Social Task: Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophical Medicine (PAAM) Introduces the New Patient and Friends Organization

January 17, 2019/in 2019, anthroposophic medicine, Health /by Kirsten

by Stephen Johnson, DO A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members. ---Mahatma Ghandi Although being president of the Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophical Medicine (PAAM) can be a challenging task at times (especially saying the name), I appreciate the opportunity it affords me to meet so many good people from around the world. Recently, I have ... Read More ►

Cinderella-Aschenputtel Viewed Through Anthroposophy

January 17, 2019/in 2019, Anthroposophic Psychology, Spirituality /by Kirsten

by Cathy Marconi Fairy tales transcend time. Their origins go back to the distant past and are found in oral traditions around the world. Fairy tales take us on a journey that joins body with soul and spirit. They are often inspired, and are thought to bring us closer to the angelic realm through their picture-language. According to artist and ... Read More ►

Winter 2019, Issue #94: Editor’s Note

January 17, 2019/in /by Kirsten

Hello readers and welcome to the Winter 2019 issue of LILIPOH, On the subject of women and women’s health, I would like to offer my gratitude to the team of women who bring this issue to life four times a year. Each issue we receive letters from authors who are so pleased with the layout and graphic treatment of their ... Read More ►

From the Publisher

October 29, 2018/in 2018, Past Issues /by Kirsten

Dear Readers, What to say! What to say! What to write – what to write. I was considering leaving the page empty – speechless. I was considering just one word – VOTE. How to proceed in the face of distortion, untruth, manipulation, mockery? How to stand strong in the face of homophobia, hatred of others and immigrants? How to process ... Read More ►

Old Age

October 29, 2018/in 2018, Death, Eldercare, Health, Past Issues, Spirituality /by Kirsten

By Renee Meyer, MD Even if we are enjoying a vigorous middle age, somewhere in our sixties we begin to sense our mortality. A quiet, persistent reminder arises from deep recesses of our thoughts, or stirs the air behind our shoulders. It breathes “but time may overcome you,” when we indulge in long-term planning or think fondly of undertaking a ... Read More ►

Talking our Children to “Deaf”

October 29, 2018/in 2018, Children & Families, Past Issues, Youth /by Kirsten

By Nancy Blanning There are moments of wonder which leave us astonished in joy as we witness a young child coming into beinghood. With each new step, she progresses further in coming into connection with this new physical and social world. Satisfying the infant’s hunger and snuggling establish a physical connection with the mother. The first smile reaches out as ... Read More ►

The International Youth Initiative Program – A Personal History

August 26, 2018/in 2018, Community, Past Issues, Youth /by Kirsten

By Silas Beardslee The only truthful way for me to illustrate the International Youth Initiative Program (YIP) in Sweden, I believe, is with the story of my own experience as participant, alumnus, co-worker, and then contributor. With each passing year, and each group of individuals passing through the program, YIP becomes ever more diverse, and continues to prove that it is ... Read More ►

Dementia

August 26, 2018/in 2018, anthroposophic medicine, Eldercare, Health, Past Issues, Rudolf Steiner /by Kirsten

Renee Meyer, MD There is an advertisement picturing a middle-aged couple walking down the beach. As they walk, the woman’s image slowly dissolves, leaving just one beach walker. Families of people with dementia experience this feeling of dissolution and loss. In the early stage of dementia, the afflicted patients themselves can often feel loss and sorrow as their own organizational ... Read More ►

Summer 2018, Issue #92; Editor’s Note

August 26, 2018/in 2018, Community, Past Issues /by Kirsten

Hello Readers, I am writing this note to you while sitting in my favorite rusty lawn chair, parked in the middle of my flower bed, Pacific Northwest Style, in full bloom. I am filled with gratitude and more than ever, as our social and political systems are under increased pressure, I am acutely aware of my place of privilege as ... Read More ►

Spring 2018, Issue #91: Editor’s Note

May 8, 2018/in 2018, Past Issues /by Kirsten

Hello Dear Readers, Flowers are blooming and the sun is shining up here in the Pacific Northwest! The earth keeps turning and we are well out of the season of endless gray days and long dark nights. The days are getting longer and sunnier. Within the next several weeks they’ll culminate in seemingly endless 18 hour days! An almost manic ... Read More ►