The Importance of Transformation
For this event I was…
Carrying out the expectations of a Jewish American Princess as a wife, mother, science teacher married to a newly minted or “almost” psychologist. My expectation was that I would stay home, raise children and be supported by my professionally successful husband.
But I was also, “not a sheep,” an explorer, my employer’s first drug store delivery girl, a Senior Girl Scout, not a nurse, not a doctor, but a distributed major in biology, chemistry comma and English literature period. I was also a science fair honorable mention winner and a state essay contest winner.
During this event I struggled with…
The transformation to a respected psychotherapist, teacher and author, and a pioneer in inner child developmentally based psychotherapy. This transformation took many years: 1968 to 1989 and then again until 1994 when I was awarded my PhD.
I struggled with being a female without credentials: with being a leader, married to and in business with a follower and I functioned as the woman behind the man. I also struggled with arrogance and the jealousy of others. I was also raising children, lost both my parents, and in a social system where women were devalued. I learned about codependency, ethics, organizational politics, and finally spiritual development.
After this event, I became…
A confident, mature, respected professional. A PhD. I became a full partner, an instigator and co-creator of a partnership relationship, a life coach, a paradigm changer, a management consultant, and eventually the author of 13 books.