Janna Malamud SmithCognoscenti contributor WebsiteJanna Malamud Smith is a psychotherapist and writer. Her latest book is "An Absorbing Errand: How Artists and Craftsmen Make Their Way to Mastery."Recently publishedThe True Toll Of 9/11Our reflex of seeing faraway faces as cardboard masks may help us survive the world’s violence — but also keeps us from altering it, writes Janna Malamud Smith.CognoscentiSep 10, 2021My Mother Was More Than Either Of Us KnewIt took me a long time to understand that many of my most treasured ways of being come from my mother, writes Janna Malamud Smith. CognoscentiMay 7, 2021'When Did You Become White?': The Question All 'White' Americans Must AnswerThe wonder of it all is how smooth and durable the lies about our racist past have been, how self-serving and profitable for “white” people, and how well we have...CognoscentiFeb 3, 2021Never Underestimate The Power Of Saying 'I Like You Just The Way You Are'I believe the polarization and intense anger Red and Blue folks share springs from the unconscious wish each person possesses to feel that they are good enough just as they...CognoscentiNov 24, 2020Turning Away From The Pain Of This Moment Is A Privilege. Instead, Turn Your Discomfort Into ActionI am unimportant as one person, writes Janna Malamud Smith. But multiplied by many, my turning away is the casual gesture that can kill a moment and a movement. So,...CognoscentiJun 11, 2020AdvertisementWhen I Allow Myself To Hope, This Is The World I ImagineMaybe in all that’s upturned and difficult, we can spot new hope for our future, writes Janna Malamud Smith. CognoscentiMay 1, 2020A Progressive Activists’ Guide To 2020We all know, but it’s good to remember over and over again, that participating in collective effort makes each of us feel less isolated and less disheartened.CognoscentiFeb 7, 2020Elizabeth Warren's Cement BootsLike Warren, I want my country to aspire to be a place where all children are treated as our own, writes Janna Malamud Smith. But that ideal is out of...CognoscentiNov 18, 2019America Has A Patriarchy ProblemJeffrey Epstein's predations and the recent mass shootings are related, writes Janna Malamud Smith. They reveal profound and troubling patterns about the place of women in American society. CognoscentiAug 15, 2019What Democrats Can Learn About 'Resistance' From Rosa ParksRosa Parks is an example of the personal force and unequivocal commitment required to achieve real, non-violent change, writes Janna Malamud Smith.CognoscentiJul 22, 2019Next Page
The True Toll Of 9/11Our reflex of seeing faraway faces as cardboard masks may help us survive the world’s violence — but also keeps us from altering it, writes Janna Malamud Smith.CognoscentiSep 10, 2021
My Mother Was More Than Either Of Us KnewIt took me a long time to understand that many of my most treasured ways of being come from my mother, writes Janna Malamud Smith. CognoscentiMay 7, 2021
'When Did You Become White?': The Question All 'White' Americans Must AnswerThe wonder of it all is how smooth and durable the lies about our racist past have been, how self-serving and profitable for “white” people, and how well we have...CognoscentiFeb 3, 2021
Never Underestimate The Power Of Saying 'I Like You Just The Way You Are'I believe the polarization and intense anger Red and Blue folks share springs from the unconscious wish each person possesses to feel that they are good enough just as they...CognoscentiNov 24, 2020
Turning Away From The Pain Of This Moment Is A Privilege. Instead, Turn Your Discomfort Into ActionI am unimportant as one person, writes Janna Malamud Smith. But multiplied by many, my turning away is the casual gesture that can kill a moment and a movement. So,...CognoscentiJun 11, 2020
When I Allow Myself To Hope, This Is The World I ImagineMaybe in all that’s upturned and difficult, we can spot new hope for our future, writes Janna Malamud Smith. CognoscentiMay 1, 2020
A Progressive Activists’ Guide To 2020We all know, but it’s good to remember over and over again, that participating in collective effort makes each of us feel less isolated and less disheartened.CognoscentiFeb 7, 2020
Elizabeth Warren's Cement BootsLike Warren, I want my country to aspire to be a place where all children are treated as our own, writes Janna Malamud Smith. But that ideal is out of...CognoscentiNov 18, 2019
America Has A Patriarchy ProblemJeffrey Epstein's predations and the recent mass shootings are related, writes Janna Malamud Smith. They reveal profound and troubling patterns about the place of women in American society. CognoscentiAug 15, 2019
What Democrats Can Learn About 'Resistance' From Rosa ParksRosa Parks is an example of the personal force and unequivocal commitment required to achieve real, non-violent change, writes Janna Malamud Smith.CognoscentiJul 22, 2019
