Diana Raab Explained

Diana Raab
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York
Occupation:	Author, Poet, Blogger, Speaker
Nationality:	American
Citizenship:	American
Alma Mater:	Cortland State University Spalding University Sofia University (California)
Genre:	Memoir, poetry, nonfiction

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, 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 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.

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

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

• Raab, Diana. Writing for Bliss: A Companion Journal. Loving Healing Press. (2019). (paperback)
• Raab, Diana. Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Plan for Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life. Loving Healing Press. (2017).
• Raab, Diana. Lust: Poems WordTech Communications (2014).
• Raab, Diana. Listening to Africa: Poems. Antrim House Books (2012).
• Raab, Diana. Writers on the Edge: 22 Writers Speak About Addiction and Dependency., co-editor. Foreword by Jerry Stahl. Modern History Press. 2012.
• Raab, Diana. Healing With Words: A Writer's Cancer Journey. Loving Healing Press (2011).
• Raab, Diana. Writers and Their Notebooks, Editor. Foreword by Phillip Lopate. The University of South Carolina Press (2010). (softcover; hardcover)
• Raab, Diana. Your High Risk Pregnancy: A Practical and Supportive Guide. Hunter House. (2009).
• Raab, Diana. The Guilt Gene: Poems. Plain View Press (2008).
• Raab, Diana. Getting Pregnant and Staying Pregnant: Overcoming Infertility and Managing Your High Risk Pregnancy. Hunter House (1991, 1999, 2009).
• Raab, Diana. My Muse Undresses Me. Pudding House Publications (2007).
• Raab, Diana. Regina's Closet: Finding My Grandmother's Secret Journal. Beaufort Books (2007).
• Raab, Diana. Dear Anais: My Life in Poems for You. Plain View Press (2008).

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diana Raab, Ph.D. . March 27, 2022 . HuffPost.
2. Web site: Diana Raab Biography . dead . February 25, 2019 . Diana Raab, PhD . September 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929080751/http://dianaraab.com/about/ .
3. Book: Raab, Diana . Healing with Words: A Writer's Cancer Journey . 2010 . Loving Healing Press . 978-1-61599-010-8 . Ann Arbor . en.
4. Web site: April 2, 2015 . Diana Raab Joins AUSB Board of Trustees . dead . February 25, 2019 . Antioch Santa Barbara . February 26, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190226111133/https://www.antioch.edu/santa-barbara/2015/04/01/diana-raab-joins-ausb-board-trustees/ .
5. Raab . Diana M. . Tyler R. Tichelaar . Interview with Diana M. Raab . October 23, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121114123359/http://readerviews.com/InterviewRaabHealingWithWords.html . November 14, 2012 . Reader Views.
6. Raab . Diana M. . Creative Transcendence: Memoir Writing for Transformation and Empowerment . 2014 . Dissertation . Institute of Transpersonal Psychology . . ProQuest.
7. Web site: Diana Raab Ph.D. . March 27, 2022 . Psychology Today . en.
8. Web site: Diana Raab . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023918/https://www.thriveglobal.com/authors/2292-diana-raab . November 7, 2017 . November 2, 2017 . Thrive Global .
9. Web site: Diana Raab, PhD . dead . February 26, 2019 . Psych Central . February 26, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190226111222/https://psychcentral.com/lib/author/diana-raab/ .
10. Web site: Diana Raab . February 26, 2019 . The Wisdom Daily.
11. Web site: Articles by Diana Raab. Raab. Diana. Yoga Journal. en. February 26, 2019.
12. Web site: Diana Raab . dead . February 26, 2019 . Mindbodygreen . February 26, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190226172726/https://www.mindbodygreen.com/wc/diana-raab .
13. Web site: Raab . Diana . January 23, 2018 . What Story Are You Being Asked To Tell? . March 27, 2022 . New York Spirit . en-US.
14. News: 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 . March 27, 2022 . Washington Post.