MARINA OPPENHEIMER BOOKS AND BLOG

This book was designed to help all those who feel isolated and lonely start on the path of joy and contentment. They not only will discover that we are never really alone in the world, but that we are the creators of our own feeling of loneliness.

  One of its main repercussions is the painful isolation in which older adults live today, and the short time in which they can see their children. The other day, I was watching on YouTube a documentary about life in Japan today. In one of the scenes, several cleaning workers are shown entering an apartment to retrieve the body of an old man who had died in the solitude of his home. When his daughter is interviewed and asked if she was not in touch with her father, she replies crying that she always asked her father to call her, but that he did not comply. It’s not difficult to understand the father's plight; one thing is to meet our children for a meal or coffee, and quite another to call them on the phone when they are busy working. I also feel uncomfortable when I need to call my son during working hours. What's more, if by any chance I decide to call him, I send him a message beforehand to see if he is free to talk. But in a country like Japan, a scene like the one just des...

  Several years ago, I was working at a now-defunct psychiatric hospital as one of the outpatient clinics director, and on one occasion I was asked by a group leader to make a presentation about divorce. After receiving the request, I remember feeling uncomfortable; not only for not being a good speaker, but also the subject of divorce had never interested me. At that time, I was young and the possibility of divorcing had never crossed my mind. To be more exact, the only idea of getting divorced filled me with anxiety and a deep fear of the unknown. Since making presentations was in my job description, I had no option but starting to prepare for it, and then pray that all went well. Because of my dislike of the topic, the task of writing and talking about it was a nightmare; needless to say, the nightmare did not end until the whole event was over. Furthermore, the presentation did not go well because, although I was able to talk about the different theories clearly and professiona...