A diversity educator shares her wisdom.
About Edie Weinstein
A Queenager Looks at Life Through an Unexpected Lens
I never thought I would admit feeling old.
I never thought I would admit feeling old.
A Middle-Class White Woman Admits She Doesn’t Have a Clue
Sharing the stage with Black friends who know first hand what racism means.
The Children Are Watching and Listening
What are we teaching them about kindness?
What are we teaching them about kindness?
One Man Opens His Arms and the World Changes
An interview with Juan Mann, the founder of the Free Hugs Campaign.
An interview with Juan Mann, the founder of the Free Hugs Campaign.
The Take-away Message: focus on the good – there is plenty of it around
An Interview with Dr. Harris Cohen.
The global pandemic finds us in a world-wide whirlwind of the factual and fear-driven and sometimes politically motivated information. We don’t know who or what to believe which exacerbates the already deleterious effects of COVID-19. Those who are reading this piece may be on the frontlines of care or service. They may be homeschooling their…
How Do You Define Politics?
Is it about taking sides?
Is it about taking sides?
Absolute Morality vs. Relative Morality
In this time when it could cost lives.
In this time when it could cost lives.
I’m On Your Side
How microscopic organisms are bringing people together.
How microscopic organisms are bringing people together.
What’s a Hugger To Do When a Hugger Can’t Hug?
Learning to adapt to a major life change.
I am an overwhelmingly tactile person. Touch is my primary love language. I grew up in a huggy-kissy-touchy-feely family. No one left or entered our home without a hug. My parents modeled affection in their marriage, with my sister and me and with extended family and friends. As I grew up, I had that same…
An Atypical Day
How I spent the past eight hours.
How I spent the past eight hours.
This Too Shall Pass
Little reminders everywhere.
Little reminders everywhere.
A Time Like No Other
Continuing to navigate the River Corona.
Continuing to navigate the River Corona.
We Are All in This Together
Why it is essential to find our shared purpose.
Why it is essential to find our shared purpose.
What’s the First Thing You Will Do?
A self-quarantined therapist muses about the day of days.
A self-quarintined therapist muses about the day of days.
Radical Uncertainty
No one knows for sure what the next moment will bring.
In the midst of the Coronavirus crisis, I have been using all of the tools at my disposal to remain sane and vertical, healthy and vibrant. I am self-quarantining with the exception of going to my office to see clients. Through the marvels of modern technology, I can now use a telehealth platform called doxy.me…