Lifedancing

People say that what were all seeking is a meaning for life. I dont think thats what were really seeking. I think that what were seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences, on the purely physical plane, resonate with our own innermost being, so that we actually feel the rapture of being fully alive. JOSEPH CAMPBELL The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. ~Albert Einstein Become the Master of Your Lifes Movement Change is often NOT easy to create or survive. Most people slog along from day to day until their proverbial boat gets leaks, or sinks. Be prepared for life storms using the LifeDancing approach. LifeDancing is a step-by-step process that easily looks at the big picture of your life, problem solves, visions your dreams, plans, creates action and feedback, and guides and enhances your daily dance of life. Using LifeDancings Self-Directed Well-Being approach, you are invited to create your LifeDance now, and savor your applause!! For counselors, life coaches and psychotherapists LifeDancing is a tool you can use for yourself and with clients to teach self-management and self-directed well-being skills. There are tools you can use in a crisis, as well as life and future building moments. Discover the LifeDancing Master Class and the LifeDancing Journal! www.LifeDancing.com

The LifedanceAs human beings we are both unique individuals and social creatures who need others for both our physical and emotional well being. Our life is thus characterized by two conflicting urges-to satisfy our own needs or to defer to the needs of others. How to keep a satisfactory balance between these opposing pulls is the subject of The Lifedance. The attitudes and skills enabling us to perform this back and forth "dance" between autonomy and mutuality are clearly described. Interesting vignettes of people caught in the typical dilemmas of the Lifedance are provided. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter to test reader's understanding of the attitudes and skills presented.This fascinating book is written in a lively, accessible style and provides important information helpful for people having difficulty keeping this crucial balance."A delightful and novel book full of valuable information that readers will find very helpful."Harold Dawley, Ph.D., Clinical PsychologistLucille Osterweil is a clinical psychologist who has spent 30 years helping clients achieve the difficult balance between autonomy and mutuality. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Osterweil has also taught psychology at the university level as well as to psychiatry residents.

Presents an outrageous imagining of what a dictionary might look like thirty years after the 2004 presidential election and contains examples of words from over two hundred writers, musicians, and artists along with a twenty-two-track CD.

"Five, six, seven, eight!" Defines the life of actress, dancer, choreographer, and director Miriam Nelson. Miriam's life reads like a 1930's musical. While still in her twenties, she appeared in six Broadway shows. On the day she moved to Los Angeles, Miriam ran into old friend Billy Daniels from New York who took her to lunch at Paramount. During lunch, Miriam ran into another New York friend, Paramount president Buddy de Sylva, who hired her on the spot for Lady in the Dark starring Ginger Rogers. Miriam has been dancing with the stars ever since! Nelson has tapped and chassed with countless stars, including Julie Andrews, Ingrid Bergman, Doris Day, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, John Travolta and Billy Bob Thornton. Miriam was there for the opening day at Disneyland - Walt Disney hired her to choreograph dance numbers around the Park, including the famous Golden Horseshoe Revue. Miriam's career spans both the famous and infamous eras of stage, screen, and television. Encouraged by friends and family to recall her special "behind the scenes" moments, Miriam sorted through memories, scrapbooks and mountains of photographs to enable readers to share the excitement and anticipation, the joy and the sorrow that chronicled her extraordinary life. Fortunately, for those who love to dance and those who love to watch dance, Miriam Nelson remains an exciting part of the professional American dance scene. "You're a darling girl, Miriam, and I love you for all that you did. God bless you always, your dear friend," - Busby Berkley

“Peter Lovatt, author of The Dance Cure,… the ease with which his dancing can cheer me up is frightening.” — The Guardian “Peter Lovatt, author of The Dance Cure… the ease with which his dancing can cheer me up is frightening.” — The Guardian

Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people ́s opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland - until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish cultural and political life, ́dancing at the crossroads ́ also crystallizes the argument of this book: Irish dance, from Riverdance (the commercial show) and competitive dancing to dance theatre, conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition which is also becoming a prominent part of European modernity. Helena Wulff is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. Publications include Twenty Girls (Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1988), Ballet across Borders (Berg, 1998), Youth Cultures (co-edited with Vered Amit-Talai, Routledge, 1995), New Technologies at Work (co-edited with Christina Garsten, Berg, 2003). Her research focusses on dance, visual culture, and Ireland.