09/19/2023
What are you looking to manifest as the Fall Equinox approaches. Join us on Sept 22nd @ 7:30 pm ET for a virtual celebration of the Harvest. Register at https://LMFallEquinox.eventbrite.com
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The Organization & Systems Development Center was established in 1974 at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland with the unique goal of applying Gestalt theory, concepts, and methodology at all levels of system in organizational contexts. The Gestalt Center for Organization & Systems Development (Gestalt OSD Center) conducts training programs and workshops under the auspices of the Gestalt Institute o
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09/14/2023
Join me at the COSE BIG Summit for Life Mapping: Envisioning your 3rd Act and embrace your elderhood on Sept 19th in Cleveland. To register and for more information: https://cose.org/big
09/12/2023
What are you looking to manifest by the end of the year? Join us on Sept 22nd @ 7:30 pmb ET for the Fall Equinox, a virtual celebration of the Harvest and set your intentions in motion. Register at https://LMFallEquinox.eventbrite.com
09/07/2023
Retirement isn't what it used to be. No body is sitting on the porch in a rocking chair. Research shows that as we live longer, we are healthier and more fulfilled if we have a plan for using our passion to make a difference. I will be speaking at the COSE BIG Summit on Sept 19th and I will be helping people map out their Third Act and embrace their elderhood with Life Mapping. Join me on Sept 19, 2023 for the COSE BIG Summit. To register and for more information: https://cose.org/big
09/06/2023
What are you looking to manifest as the Fall Equinox approaches. Join us on Sept 22nd @ 7:30 pm ET for a virtual celebration of the Harvest. Register at https://LMFallEquinox.eventbrite.com
09/04/2023
It's today, The Fall Equinox. And we are celebrating at 7:30 pm ET. There is still time for you to join our Fall Equinox celebration. Register at https://LMFallEquinox.eventbrite.com
04/08/2023
Help us to shift the vibration of the planet in support of love, peace and transformation, Tomorrow, Sunday, April 9, 2023 in a global meditation effort from 6 am - 6 pm. Learn more at https://www.gestaltosd.org/a-celebration-of-love-peace-and-transformation/
This is an invitation to participate in and contribute to: A Celebration of Love, Peace, and Transformation A compelling picture of peace. Three intentions. On April 9, 2023, the Gestalt Center for Organization & Systems Development in partnership with Peacefulness.org will orchestrate an effort to....
04/06/2023
Help us to shift the vibration of the planet in support of love, peace and transformation on Sunday, April 9, 2023 in a global meditation effort from 6 am - 6 pm. Learn more at https://www.gestaltosd.org/a-celebration-of-love-peace-and-transformation/
This is an invitation to participate in and contribute to: A Celebration of Love, Peace, and Transformation A compelling picture of peace. Three intentions. On April 9, 2023, the Gestalt Center for Organization & Systems Development in partnership with Peacefulness.org will orchestrate an effort to....
04/01/2023
If you are concerned about the state of human kind, join us in shifting the vibration of the planet on Sunday, April 9, 2023 in a global meditation effort from 6 am - 6 pm. Learn more at
This is an invitation to participate in and contribute to: A Celebration of Love, Peace, and Transformation A compelling picture of peace. Three intentions. On April 9, 2023, the Gestalt Center for Organization & Systems Development in partnership with Peacefulness.org will orchestrate an effort to....
03/23/2023
On April 9, 2023 Join us for a global Love peace and transformation meditation. See link for details.
This is an invitation to participate in and contribute to: A Celebration of Love, Peace, and Transformation A compelling picture of peace. Three intentions. On April 9, 2023, the Gestalt Center for Organization & Systems Development in partnership with Peacefulness.org will orchestrate an effort to....
12/14/2022
Announcing our winter virtual program Use of Self: Making a Difference with Your Presence. Starting February 2023. For more details click here: https://www.gestaltosd.org/what-we-offer/workshops/
04/27/2022
We are on our way to McLean VA for the She Has a Deal Pitch Competition. Wish me luck .... http://ow.ly/MP5A50IOgZz
Creating pathways to hotel ownership + development for women.
04/27/2022
There is still time to join me and the 9 other women as we pitch our hotel deals on Thurs April 28th at She Has A Deal. Get your ticket today - https://www.shehasadeal.com/shadpitch2022tickets
04/22/2022
Support me with my boutique hotel pitch for national hospitality panel of experts on Thursday, April 28 & 29th with She Has A Deal. Get your ticket today for the inperson or live stream http://ow.ly/YnQb50IOgKR
04/21/2022
Join me as I pitch my new boutique hotel project at She Has a Deal on April 28th & 29th, 2022. In Person or Live Streaming. I am so excited. I can't wait to share my vision and all the ways I am being supported by SHaD sponsors, the community, and the city.
http://ow.ly/9Nej50IOgHq
02/25/2022
Sojourner Truth, in the midst of the horrors of American Slavery makes this statement at a time when Black people faced daily terrorism from white slave owners and those who were committed to white supremacy. In the midst of this environment, she committed to the truth of her experience, the truth of her quest for freedom for herself and all Black people, the truth that Black people were human and should be treated as such. And armed with the truth, she chose to be safe in the midst of her enemies.
I must admit that I saved this quote for the end of the month because I struggled with where I fit into this statement and how it was related to black love. I mostly feel safe where ever I go because I made a choice not to live in fear. And yet the terror that I see and read about in the media inflicted on black men, women and children today be they in a police uniform in any city or a street mob in Wisconsin, or a family in the back of a pick up truck or the mob on the steps of the nation's capital, give me pause. These current events are not much different that those experienced by Sojourner Truth.
It is a revolutionary act to love ourselves and other black people. I proudly follow in the footsteps of my ancestors committing the revolutionary act of loving black people, seeing their humanity and their unconditional love no matter how it shows up. Ashe' to ancestor Sojourner Truth and all the freedom fighters that came before her and that came after her for a live well lived. And God bless the current freedom fighters moving among our midst.
02/24/2022
I really got to know about Zora Neal Hurston when I did a show called "Zora is My Name" written and directed by Ruby Dee at Howard University in the 1980s. It was my honor to be on the crew. Zora's love for Black people, Black culture and herself is inspiring. I try to imagine being so clear and grounded that I would make a statement like this in such a matter of fact manner. This is self-confidence and self-love embodied. We can only hope that we all would be able to heal anything that gets in the way of our walking in the world with so much self-love. Ashe' to our ancestor Zora for a life well lived.
02/23/2022
Lorraine Hansberry was one of the talented 10th. She was prolific in a very short timeframe before succumbing to cancer. She was fearless in telling her truths. Her plays were groundbreaking.
My prayer is that each of us is fearless and obsessive about doing what we are called to do in this life in such a way as to have no regrets. It's how I have lived my life and yet I have also played it safe at times out of my own fear of being too much, too powerful, too big, too bold i.e. risking criticism, distain, challenge.
These last few years have reminded me that life is short and we have limited time to do all that we can in this life. And as the world transforms rapidly in ways that we could not have imagine, it is time to do what we came to do in this life without holding back. Who knows what we might accomplish, create, or inspire. If you want to make a difference, if you want to make the world a better place, there is no time like the present to do just that. Become obsessed with your passion for justice, for equality, for truth, tempered only by love. Ashe' to Lorraine Hansberry for a life well lived.
02/22/2022
As I lean more and more into my role as an elder, I resonate with this statement by Cicely Tyson. Every day I am asking what is needed now for me to fulfill my purpose and make a difference with the time I have left on this planet. Whether I am coaching leaders or working with nonprofit organizations, teaching at the Gestalt OSD Center or engaging with our Life Mapping members, it is all about supporting their vision and self-mastery so more people are making the world a better place. My inspiration comes from a deep place of unconditional love for humankind and a love for oppressed and indigenous people next door to me and around the world. So as we embrace Black History Month, what impact are you having on the people you interact with each day? Is it positive? How are you making a difference especially for those who experience oppression embedded in every aspect of society? How are you doing your best?
Make a goal that is tangible and close to home. Make a difference by educating yourself on internalized racial oppression, white privilege, white fragility and all the nuances of a racist society that are hidden and covered up. Do your inner work and find ways to truly love yourself and others. Use Black history month as a catalyst to truly "love your neighbor as yourself" but first love yourself.
In our Life Mapping community we are exploring the theme of self-love as a precursor to loving others. When we add Black History to the mix, we have the opportunity to move the healing process forward in ourselves and those closest to us.
Thank you Cicely Tyson for all of your work on the screen showing us the depth of Black love over the ages. Thank you for your work off screen to raise up Black people and the next generation of artists and activists. Ashe' to our ancestor, Cicely Tyson for a life well lived.
02/21/2022
My first memory of a Black woman in politic was Shirley Chisholm when she ran for president. I remember watching her on TV in 1972. I was 11 years old and I remember being struck by her presence and her speech and somehow I knew this was an important day and I was proud. She was excellent and she looked like me. It made my mother's words ring true, "You can be anything you want" as she encouraged me to dream big. Ashe' to our ancestor Shirley Chisholm for making a way for generations of black women and men in public office.
02/17/2022
The incomparable Nina Simone. What an amazing gift of artistry she gave us. What an example of creativity. What an amazing example of walking in your own uniqueness and following your spirit even when it is inconvenient or creates delays to your wants. I celebrate Nina Simone this for her spirit, her artistry and her uncompromising love for music and freedom. This ancestor was a true freedom fighter in the way she lived, the art she created, and the voice she brought to the world. Ashe' for a life well lived despite all the challenging obstacles that were thrown in her path.
02/16/2022
Maya Angelou, one of the most powerful voices in America. Her beauty and her stature were awe inspiring. She was tall like me. I remember when I first read her poems. I thought I want to walk like that. I want to be amazing like that. I had no idea that I was already who she was describing --- A Black Woman. In our life mapping community we are focused this month on self-love. And there is no one who taught us more about self-love than Maya Angelou through her words, her song, her dance and her love for Black people. Ashe' to a life well lived, our ancestor Maya Angelou.
02/14/2022
I was blessed to have known Ruby Dee and her husband, Ossie Davis. They did a show at Howard University and I was the assistant stage manager and later in my life when I was Administrative Director at Crossroads Theatre. I love the way they integrated their love for black people, their art, and their activism seamlessly into their everyday life. They were on the vanguard of the Black Arts Movement of the 60s and 70s although their work started decades before. They truly loved the Black Community who also sustained them when Hollywood did not. Ruby's marriage with Ossie was a great example of black love. So on this Valentine's day and during black history month, there is no better topic to explore for each of us than that of inner beauty and self-love. And no better example of Black love than this iconic couple. Ashe' in celebration of our ancestor Ruby Dee.
02/11/2022
It has taken me a minute to think about my black history month posts. So here I am with this first tribute. What I love about Chadwich Boseman and this quote is that he was a true example of fearlessness. Not in a braggadocios way. Not in a careless fashion. He was truly spiritually grounded in reality yet moved in a focused way with love for himself and others. That love that Black people have for themselves and others is what I want to pay tribute to and celebrate this month. Ashe' to our ancestor Chadwich Boseman for a live well lived.
12/25/2021
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!
10/21/2021
To John D. Bargyh and John Carter
07/18/2021
07/06/2021
I was so honored to talk with Nan McKay on her Trailblazers podcast. Check us out! http://ow.ly/rAlS50Fq7Jm
06/30/2021
Check out my sessions with Nan McKay on her Trailblazers' Impact podcast. It's very humbling to see the impact you have made over time. https://trailblazersimpact.com/2021/06/how-to-transform-your-organization-monika-moss-gransberry/
03/23/2021
"Use of Self: Making a difference with your presence" An Introductory Gestalt OSD program still has a few spaces. If you are interested contact us as soon as possible. https://www.gestaltosd.org/what-we-offer/workshops/
Workshops 6 Live Virtual sessions with Faculty In addition, Participants are expected to participate in virtual small group sessions, read assigned materials and watch video presentations. Participation in all activities is required. GestaltOSD Center Faculty: John D. Carter , PhD bio Monika K. Moss...
03/23/2021
11/22/2020
Join us in celebrating our community of practice in Singapore and Hong Kong as they complete their introductory program.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/besonderasia_makingadifference-presence-gestaltosd-activity-6732915092708569088-1RSX
Congratulations to our community of practice in Singapore & Hong Kong on completing the Introduction Series to the Use of Self in (MAD...
08/17/2020
A proposed new rule would allow poultry plants to process diseased chickens. That’s the last thing Americans need.
06/23/2020
Every Sunday, for the past 24 years, Marjorie Eliot and Rudel Drears open the doors of their Harlem apartment to anyone in the mood for jazz. Initially begin...
06/13/2020
Join John D. Carter for the amazing discussion about transformation right here on FaceBook tomorrow at 11 am EST. See info and links below.
🅟🅔🅐🅡🅛 🅦🅔🅑🅘🅝🅐🅡: Heartfully Transforming our Inner and Outer Environment.
The United Nations designated 5th June as World Environment Day to preserve and enhance the environment for the well-being of people throughout the world. “ ”. Now what about the care for our inner environment? In light of the recent events in the US related to racial discrimination, which clearly highlights that the real pandemic is within us, embedded as seeds of intolerance and non acceptance in the deep recesses of our minds and perpetually fed by our prejudice and hatred. How can we possibly protect our outer, when there is chaos within us? How can we save ourselves from the dangers of the constant inner turbulence of judgments, likes and dislikes, and our emotional baggage that accumulates all the time, as well as saving our external environment?
Join our heartful discussion here: www.facebook.com/practiceheartfulness
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04/23/2020
More COVID 19 business grant support. Due 4/28/2020
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LISC is the largest organization in the country supporting projects that revitalize struggling communities.
01/06/2020
We have opened registration for the Gestalt Organizational Systems Development Training Program - Weekend Format.
Gestalt is an amazing practice for understanding and intervening in natural human process. Check out the website (http://ow.ly/eI1w50xwFdU) for more information and if you need to talk about the program in more detail, get on my calendar for a conversation. Here is my link: https://my.timetrade.com/book/18J8R
Training Programs OSD Training Program Brochure Faculty will be drawn from OSD Center staff including: Marcella Benson-Quaziena , PhD - Chair Veronica Hopper Carter , PhD John D. Carter , PhD Rachel Ciporen , EdD Duncan Coombe , PhD Brenda B. Jones , MS Monika K. Moss-Gransberry , MFA Sally
01/02/2020
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Announcing that we are taking applications for the GOSD Weekend Program (2 years, 9 weekend sessions) See details on our website. https://www.gestaltosd.org/trainings/ Dates are now posted. Reach out to [email protected] if you have questions.
01/01/2020
Happy New Year! to our Gestalt Friends! Wishing you health, prosperity, happiness, and that you are able to make a difference with your presence in 2020!
12/31/2019
Habari Gani! What's the Word? Kuumba: Creativity. How will you use your creativity to create the life and world that you want to live in? What will you do in 2020 to make the world a better place? Wishing you peace, love, joy, health, prosperity, and happiness this year!
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Our fellows meeting with John Carter, PhD founder of the
Gestalt OSD Center as they take in his story as preparation for their work with his archive—on site at ATNSC.
A gift of over 2,000 out of print books on gestalt, systems thinking, Black culture and change.
Gestalt OSD Center as they take in his story as preparation for their work with his archive—on site at ATNSC.
A gift of over 2,000 out of print books on gestalt, systems thinking, Black culture and change.
“Awareness of ourselves and awareness of our surroundings equals the capacity to make informed choices about how we are and what we do as each moment unfolds.”
— John Carter, PhD
Founder/ CEO
Gestalt OSD Center
— John Carter, PhD
Founder/ CEO
Gestalt OSD Center
Hi John, I am trying to reach you. Can you call me?
Gestalt CenterOSD
GestaltOSD Program
(2 years/9 weekends)
Dear John,
I need your support to recruit participants for a few positions we have open in our upcoming GestaltOSD program. Please send me the contact information of individuals you think might be interested or have them contact me directly. My contact information is [email protected] and my cell is 216-870-4656.
We have exactly one week before registration closes for the GestaltOSD training and development program being held in the Washington, DC area.
We have a few participant positions we are holding specifically for coaches.
Please pass this information along to any of your colleagues who might be interested in joining this nine weekend opportunity to learn the GestaltOSD body of knowledge.
Visit our Website for more info
www.gestaltosd.org
Meet Monika Moss-Gransberry, Program co-chair
Our goal for our students is that they are able to walk into any room, with any number of people, anywhere in the world and make a difference with their presence.
Your support is appreciated,
Schedule a call to get your questions answered and see how this program can meet your goals.
1-440-205-8606
John D. Carter, Program co-chair
President, Gestalt OSD Center
Gestalt Institute of Cleveland Organization & Systems Development Integrative Studies Center (GICOSDISC
GestaltOSD Program
(2 years/9 weekends)
Dear John,
I need your support to recruit participants for a few positions we have open in our upcoming GestaltOSD program. Please send me the contact information of individuals you think might be interested or have them contact me directly. My contact information is [email protected] and my cell is 216-870-4656.
We have exactly one week before registration closes for the GestaltOSD training and development program being held in the Washington, DC area.
We have a few participant positions we are holding specifically for coaches.
Please pass this information along to any of your colleagues who might be interested in joining this nine weekend opportunity to learn the GestaltOSD body of knowledge.
Visit our Website for more info
www.gestaltosd.org
Meet Monika Moss-Gransberry, Program co-chair
Our goal for our students is that they are able to walk into any room, with any number of people, anywhere in the world and make a difference with their presence.
Your support is appreciated,
Schedule a call to get your questions answered and see how this program can meet your goals.
1-440-205-8606
John D. Carter, Program co-chair
President, Gestalt OSD Center
Gestalt Institute of Cleveland Organization & Systems Development Integrative Studies Center (GICOSDISC
Gestalt CenterOSD
GestaltOSD Program
(2 years/9 weekends)
Dear colleagues,
We need your support to recruit participants for a few positions we have open in our upcoming GestaltOSD program. Please send me the contact information of individuals you think might be interested or have them contact me directly. My contact information is [email protected] and my cell is 216-870-4656.
We have exactly one week before registration closes for the GestaltOSD training and development program being held in the Washington, DC area.
We have a few participant positions we are holding specifically for coaches.
Please pass this information along to any of your colleagues who might be interested in joining this nine weekend opportunity to learn the GestaltOSD body of knowledge.
Visit our Website for more info
www.gestaltosd.org
Meet Monika Moss-Gransberry, Program co-chair
Our goal for our students is that they are able to walk into any room, with any number of people, anywhere in the world and make a difference with their presence.
Your support is appreciated,
Schedule a call to get your questions answered and see how this program can meet your goals.
1-440-205-8608
John D. Carter, Program co-chair
President, Gestalt OSD Center
Gestalt Institute of Cleveland Organization & Systems Development Integrative Studies Center (GICOSDISC
GestaltOSD Program
(2 years/9 weekends)
Dear colleagues,
We need your support to recruit participants for a few positions we have open in our upcoming GestaltOSD program. Please send me the contact information of individuals you think might be interested or have them contact me directly. My contact information is [email protected] and my cell is 216-870-4656.
We have exactly one week before registration closes for the GestaltOSD training and development program being held in the Washington, DC area.
We have a few participant positions we are holding specifically for coaches.
Please pass this information along to any of your colleagues who might be interested in joining this nine weekend opportunity to learn the GestaltOSD body of knowledge.
Visit our Website for more info
www.gestaltosd.org
Meet Monika Moss-Gransberry, Program co-chair
Our goal for our students is that they are able to walk into any room, with any number of people, anywhere in the world and make a difference with their presence.
Your support is appreciated,
Schedule a call to get your questions answered and see how this program can meet your goals.
1-440-205-8608
John D. Carter, Program co-chair
President, Gestalt OSD Center
Gestalt Institute of Cleveland Organization & Systems Development Integrative Studies Center (GICOSDISC
Use of Self and Stages of Development
Published on April 19, 2018
The ongoing natural process of change is represented by GestaltOSD stages of development:
· Orientation/Awareness
· Conflict/Choice
· Responsibility/Cohesion
As part of your everyday life, you are constantly learning
A. How you orient yourself
B. How you resolve the conflicts that arise from your awareness or orientation process, and
C. How you identify your responsibility and attain cohesion and harmony—how you center yourself, ground yourself and connect yourself to the environment
We call stages of development a natural process because they exist in all humans and most living systems.
Stages of development occur at every possible level of system: individual, two-person system, group, individual-group, inter-group, group-organization, or organization.
Orientation/Awareness
In the Orientation/Awareness stage of development, we scan our internal and external environment and assess the “I want” and “we need” of the individual or system.
Our perspective or habitual ways of making meaning determine what we include and what we exclude in our awareness.
Conflict/Choice
In a scan of our internal or external environment, we create conflicts for ourselves and choices that need to be resolved.
Conflict occurs when two things attempt to occupy the same space at the same time.
Anytime we have two or more things attempting to occupy the same space at the same time, we create tension, dis-ease, conflict, and the need to make choices.
Choice occurs when one must select one of multiple alternatives.
Responsibility/Cohesion
We orient ourselves.
We create conflicts and choices, and resolve them to create cohesion and harmony, allowing us to mobilize our energy, act, and creatively adjust to our environment.
All of this is in the service of meeting our needs and accomplishing desired outcomes.
Resolution of tension and conflict usually result in cohesion, some agreement, alignment, common ground, or shared figure/perspective.
This resolution allows us to have clarity about responsibility and accountability.
Both natural and orchestrated change can occur within every stage of development.
If the change is natural, one only needs to attend to where the natural process is blocked or interrupted and free up the blocked energy.
If the change is orchestrated, one needs to attend to the aspects of the situation that need attention to mobilize the individual’s or system’s energy to take action and support contact.
The Cycle of Experience can be used to assess where the natural cycle of change has been interrupted.
To learn about their stages of development processes, the individual or group must slow down and exam what they do in each stage, as well as the how, the when, and where aspects of their process.
There is the ability to increase behaviors that support change and decrease or eliminate behaviors that inhibit change.
For additional information go to www.gestaltosd.org
John D. Carter, CEO, GestaltOSD Center
Edited by Rudy Pucel
Published on April 19, 2018
The ongoing natural process of change is represented by GestaltOSD stages of development:
· Orientation/Awareness
· Conflict/Choice
· Responsibility/Cohesion
As part of your everyday life, you are constantly learning
A. How you orient yourself
B. How you resolve the conflicts that arise from your awareness or orientation process, and
C. How you identify your responsibility and attain cohesion and harmony—how you center yourself, ground yourself and connect yourself to the environment
We call stages of development a natural process because they exist in all humans and most living systems.
Stages of development occur at every possible level of system: individual, two-person system, group, individual-group, inter-group, group-organization, or organization.
Orientation/Awareness
In the Orientation/Awareness stage of development, we scan our internal and external environment and assess the “I want” and “we need” of the individual or system.
Our perspective or habitual ways of making meaning determine what we include and what we exclude in our awareness.
Conflict/Choice
In a scan of our internal or external environment, we create conflicts for ourselves and choices that need to be resolved.
Conflict occurs when two things attempt to occupy the same space at the same time.
Anytime we have two or more things attempting to occupy the same space at the same time, we create tension, dis-ease, conflict, and the need to make choices.
Choice occurs when one must select one of multiple alternatives.
Responsibility/Cohesion
We orient ourselves.
We create conflicts and choices, and resolve them to create cohesion and harmony, allowing us to mobilize our energy, act, and creatively adjust to our environment.
All of this is in the service of meeting our needs and accomplishing desired outcomes.
Resolution of tension and conflict usually result in cohesion, some agreement, alignment, common ground, or shared figure/perspective.
This resolution allows us to have clarity about responsibility and accountability.
Both natural and orchestrated change can occur within every stage of development.
If the change is natural, one only needs to attend to where the natural process is blocked or interrupted and free up the blocked energy.
If the change is orchestrated, one needs to attend to the aspects of the situation that need attention to mobilize the individual’s or system’s energy to take action and support contact.
The Cycle of Experience can be used to assess where the natural cycle of change has been interrupted.
To learn about their stages of development processes, the individual or group must slow down and exam what they do in each stage, as well as the how, the when, and where aspects of their process.
There is the ability to increase behaviors that support change and decrease or eliminate behaviors that inhibit change.
For additional information go to www.gestaltosd.org
John D. Carter, CEO, GestaltOSD Center
Edited by Rudy Pucel
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