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Diana Raab
Diana Raab
Diana Raab
BornBrooklyn, New York
OccupationAuthor, Poet, Blogger, Speaker
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materCortland State University
Spalding University
Sofia University (California)
GenreMemoir, poetry, nonfiction
Website
www.dianaraab.com

Diana Raab is an American author, poet, lecturer, educator and inspirational speaker.[1]

Early life

Raab was born in Brooklyn, New York of two immigrant parents.[2] She received her B.S. from Cortland State University[3] in Health Administration with a minor in Journalism. She received her R.N. degree from Vanier College in Quebec,[3] Canada and took her licensure in French. In 2003, she earned her MFA in Writing[4] from Spalding University's low residency program in Kentucky. Raab was a medical journalist for 25 years.[5] She has a Ph.D. in Psychology with a concentration in Transpersonal Psychology from Sofia University[6] (Formerly The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology) in Palo Alto. Her research [6] involved the transformative and healing aspects of memoir writing.

Career

Raab received her Ph.D. in Psychology with a concentration in Transpersonal Psychology. Her dissertation/thesis abstract, Creative transcendence: Memoir writing for transformation and empowerment. This narrative inquiry examined the transformative and empowering dynamics of writing a memoir in connection with transcendent and pivotal experiences, particularly the experience of a certain loss, and the relationship between Maslow's theory of metamotivation (of self-actualized individuals) B-(being) creativity and D-(deficiency) creativity, and the writing of a memoir.[6]

Raab lectures and facilitates workshops in memoir, poetry, and writing for healing and transformation.[7]

She is a regular contributor to Psychology Today,[7] Thrive Global.,[8] PsychCentral,[9] and Wisdom Daily.[10]

Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies includingThe Writer, Yoga Journal,[11] Mind Body Green,[12] Well Being Journal, Rattle, Black Fox Literary Review, New York Spirit,[13] and The Washington Post.[14]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ "Diana Raab, Ph.D." HuffPost. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Diana Raab Biography". Diana Raab, PhD. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Raab, Diana (2010). Healing with Words: A Writer's Cancer Journey. Ann Arbor: Loving Healing Press. ISBN 978-1-61599-010-8.
  4. ^ "Diana Raab Joins AUSB Board of Trustees". Antioch Santa Barbara. April 2, 2015. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  5. ^ Raab, Diana M. "Interview with Diana M. Raab". Reader Views (Interview). Interviewed by Tyler R. Tichelaar. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Raab, Diana M. (2014). Creative Transcendence: Memoir Writing for Transformation and Empowerment (Dissertation thesis). Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. ProQuest 1616602113 – via ProQuest.
  7. ^ a b "Diana Raab Ph.D." Psychology Today. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  8. ^ "Diana Raab". Thrive Global. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  9. ^ "Diana Raab, PhD". Psych Central. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  10. ^ "Diana Raab". The Wisdom Daily. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  11. ^ Raab, Diana. "Articles by Diana Raab". Yoga Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  12. ^ "Diana Raab". Mindbodygreen. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  13. ^ Raab, Diana (January 23, 2018). "What Story Are You Being Asked To Tell?". New York Spirit. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  14. ^ Raab, Diana M. (July 13, 2012). ""Kasher in the Rye" by Moshe Kasher, "Ninety Days" by Bill Clegg, and "Memoirs of an Addicted Brain" by Marc Lewis". Washington Post. Retrieved March 27, 2022.

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