Devorah Kur, at The Blogs

Mar 15, 2023, 11:06 PM

Fiddler on the Roof – What ‘traditions’ are we passing down?

This week Chaim Topol, the actor best known for playing Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” died at the age of 87 in Israel. Reading this brought up my own childhood memories of this wonderful musical and the songs...

Nov 28, 2022, 10:16 PM

The difference between being healed & being cured

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Through my journey to uncover the difference between "healing and curing," one of my discoveries has been the crucial role the patient plays in his healing journey. We can’t base healing solely on what the medical file says: we...

May 4, 2021, 6:09 PM

A response to the tragedy in Meron

I feel like I need to share some of my thoughts after this devastating tragedy that occurred on Lag B'Omer on Thursday night. First, a little history about why Lag B'Omer is a holiday for the Jewish people, and not...

Aug 25, 2020, 7:30 PM

Elul – A time of Introspection, teshuva and growth

The gift of this month... Elul is the only month in the Jewish calendar where we are not busy with fasts or chagim and have the gift of a full month to contemplate and introspect. It’s an opportunity for inward...

Apr 14, 2020, 2:36 PM

Connecting to the Yizkor Service during lockdown

As a bereavement counselor I see people struggling with the idea of what happens now after someone they love has passed away. They ask, “How can I still have a relationship? Has it ended?” The relationship doesn’t end after...

Apr 7, 2020, 5:14 AM

Why is this Seder night different from all other Seder nights?

The very first Seder was celebrated while we were still slaves in Egypt. How could we have celebrated the festival of our freedom before we left Egypt? Was this not jumping the gun? The still-enslaved Jewish people were able to...

Mar 16, 2020, 9:36 AM

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Coronavirus – inspiration and introspection

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Oct 21, 2018, 10:27 AM

Becoming 21– My Post Traumatic Growth experience.

My Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) experience. Today marks 21 years since my father Harry Bloom died. I was only 26 at the time, pretty young to lose the most influential person in my life. Turning 21 is seen as a...

Aug 7, 2014, 12:54 AM

A new outlook to cope with the stress in Israel

I work as a Reflexologist and Logotherapist, and over the years I have had experience working with people suffering on many different levels, be they symptoms ailments or diseases. At first I started off as a Reflexologist but found...

About Me

Devorah Kur is a Professional Logotherapist, SEP - Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (trauma therapist), Reflexologist and Bereavement Counsellor. She also thrives as an international motivational speaker, lecturing on meaning and personal growth. In her clinic she incorporates mental imagery which uses the mind to help us heal, and Somatic Experiencing - a body-oriented therapeutic model for healing trauma. She is passionate about supporting people through their illnesses and struggles in life, and combines her expertise to empower people to wellbeing of their mind, body and soul. Her forte is to help people ask, “What now?” instead of, " Why me?" She lives in Raanana, Israel with her family where she runs an Integrative Wellness clinic providing face-to-face sessions as well as online therapy. She is the author of “Man’s Search for Healing - a Logotherapy approach to healing through meaning”.

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