Jared Michaels, LMFT

What heals

By Jared Michaels, LMFT / January 27, 2015

Dear Friends, Recently I went on a retreat with some fellow therapists who are also close friends. It was a deep and thoroughly safe space. As the retreat went on, I was impressed by how much each of us healed. During a few especially poignant moments I asked myself how we heal. The answer was…

Reflections on the longest night of the year

By Jared Michaels, LMFT / December 21, 2014

Dear Friends, Happy winter solstice! I, for one, am really excited that we are now headed toward the light. Winter solstice, the holidays, and new year’s often make us reflect on a lot. So I thought I’d share with you a truly inspiring piece of writing that I came across. It guides us toward what…

The Full Moon

By Jared Michaels, LMFT / December 7, 2014

Dear Friends, It has been a while since I have written a newsletter. I have been pouring all of my energy into studying for my final licensing exams. I passed them both! (Thank you, I will take a bow now… and a nap.) Now I feel inspired to share a Zen teaching with you in…

The first step to creating a humane and sustainable world: visualizing it

By Jared Michaels, LMFT / September 5, 2014

Dear Friends, I want to let you know that I am leading a workshop on September 27th from 1-3pm in San Francisco, and you are welcomed to come. I think it will be deeply supportive, a source of real guidance, and fun. It’s called The first step to creating a humane and sustainable world: visualizing it.…

Inspired by Stephen Colbert and the founder of Tesla

By Jared Michaels, LMFT / August 6, 2014

Dear Friends, Elon Musk, the Founder of Paypal, Tesla, and Space X, and one of the people who conceived of SolarCity (the biggest solar panel company in America), was recently on the Colbert Report. Here is an excerpt of their conversation. Stephen Colbert: You recently made all the patents for Tesla available for everybody, basically…

Healing Ourselves, Healing the World

By Jared Michaels, LMFT / December 11, 2013

– My Newsletter –   On my journey, I have found and continue to find the stuff of real medicine and I’d like to offer it to you. I’m especially driven in this time of so much suffering on the planet and so much potential for evolution to dig deep for what’ll help. For example,…