“Let’s Become A Community Of Greeters” With Edy Nathan

“I live in NYC, and people walk around the city seeing but not seeing. Busy and yet, alone. I had this idea to create a special street greeting that could be done at a red light while waiting for it to turn green, in an elevator or even in a park. We are a community of greeters — putting a hand out, as if to shake a hand, asking permission for the handshake, looking at the person, smiling, saying “Hi. It’s good to see you today. Make it a great day.” And then moving on — I wonder what that could do for the sense of isolation so many folks feel. The more it’s done, the less afraid people would be when approached.”

I had the pleasure of interviewing Edy Nathan. Grief, loss, trauma, gender and sexuality are her specialties as a practicing NYC psychotherapist. She says that these issues move in and out of one another and are often misdiagnosed. As a self-described “truth seeker,” she works to get past the blindness we all carry within. Edy has been a…