the bulletproof therapist is gone - 5.30.26
last week I spotted a notice about Lisa Fliegel having passed away. Then I didn’t see it again. I thought it couldn’t be true and there was no public announcement so it took me a while to get used to the possibility. After all, I had just given her my compression socks for her flight back to the States.
But then her sister sent me an announcement of the funeral, and Becky called with details about her brain hemorrhage and I skimmed through all the pictures I had of her in my mind for the past forty years – how she stood out from all my students with her passion, her poetry, her art, and her amazing ability to make me feel that I was helping the world when it was she who was helping me. She wasn’t just a person who helped others, she was a person who helped others help others.
https://forward.com/culture/828007/lisa-fliegel-trauma-therapist-israel-jewish-appreciation/
What a pause in the day…to read this. I am so sorry for loss of this woman. No words of sympathy could ever be enough for a soul like this. It must be devastating for you and so many others, including those whom Lisa rescued from the deepest traumas. Her “walk of honor” touched me deeply, as this is normally not a ‘Jewish’ tradition…but her commitment to life went way beyond religion and tradition.
May the memory of this lamed vav always bring you blessings and hope for peace.
thank you