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The Full Spectrum of Life in This Moment

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In Conversation With Don Rosenthal, Part III by Wanda Waterman The Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 24 2014-06-13 “The primary cause of unhappiness is not the situation, but your thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral, which always is as it is.” – Eckhart Tolle “We move through the day with our mind almost continually occupied … While we are thus preoccupied with our thoughts, we are living like a person in a dream: walking through life in an unconscious and mechanical state. Within this dream, we … Continue reading The Full Spectrum of Life in This Moment

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In Conversation With Don Rosenthal, Part II

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by Wanda Waterman The Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 23 2014-06-06 “To open the closed heart one first focuses on oneself: releasing feelings of unworthiness, accepting that the heart is closed, putting space around judgments, and seeing oneself clearly and honestly.” – Don Rosenthal in Learning to Love Don and Martha Rosenthal are the authors of a number of books for couples, including Learning to Love, a marriage manual informed by their own experiences as a couple as well as their copious knowledge of psychology and spirituality. Don and Martha counsel couples in private practice and conduct weekend retreats in … Continue reading In Conversation With Don Rosenthal, Part II

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In Conversation With Jack Malmstrom, Part II

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by Wanda Waterman the Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 21 2014-05-23 “Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.” – Art Blakey Jack Malmstrom is the swing clarinetist who put together Jack’s Cats, a vintage-style jazz sextet based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that also includes keyboardist Gordon Fader, guitarist Dylan Quinn, bassist Mark Roberts, drummer Dave Skinner, and vocalist Kitty Farmer. The project, which quite successfully revives the “pre-bland” portion of the big band era in music, has also attracted the participation of some of the best jazz names in Atlantic Canada, including Holly Arsenault, Adam Fine, Mike Lee, … Continue reading In Conversation With Jack Malmstrom, Part II

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There’s Never a Reason to Close the Heart

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In Conversation With Don Rosenthal, Part I by Wanda Waterman The Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 22 2014-05-30 “The mind’s habit of closing the heart is tenacious, and the ego will persist in its ancient ways. You will doubtless stumble on the path many times. Nonetheless, change eventually begins …” – Don Rosenthal in Learning to Love “The truth is, although the mind will say it’s not safe to love, there’s never a good reason to keep the heart closed.” – Martha Rosenthal in Learning to Love Psychotherapist Don Rosenthal and his wife Martha, a mind/body/spirit healing practitioner, are the … Continue reading There’s Never a Reason to Close the Heart

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In Conversation with Jack Malmstrom, Part I

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by Wanda Waterman The Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 20 2014-05-16 “Memory is a paradise out of which fate cannot drive us.” – Alexandre Dumas, fils Jack Malmstrom is the swing clarinetist who put together Jack’s Cats, a vintage-style jazz sextet based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that also includes keyboardist Gordon Fader, guitarist Dylan Quinn, bassist Mark Roberts, drummer Dave Skinner, and vocalist Kitty Farmer. The project, which quite successfully revives the “pre-bland” portion of the big band era in music, has also attracted the participation of some of the best jazz names in Atlantic Canada, including Holly Arsenault, Adam … Continue reading In Conversation with Jack Malmstrom, Part I