Natasha Josefowitz

Natasha Josefowitz

Dr. Natasha Josefowitz was a professor of management for 30 years and is an internationally-known business consultant and keynote speaker. For ten years she had her own weekly program on public radio and a monthly television segment.

Dr. Josefowitz is the best-selling author and award-winning poet of 21 business and poetry books. Her articles and poems have been published in over a hundred newspapers, journals and magazines.

Natasha was inducted into the San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame in 2015. She also received the Living Legacy Award from the Women’s International Center and was named as one of San Diego’s “Top Guns” by the San Diego Business Journal.

The Washington Post says:  “Natasha Josefowitz is helping her generation, and those that follow, find their way into a successful, meaningful and fun older age…her optimism about aging is inspiring.”

Her books, available on Amazon, are linked below:

*A Hundred Scoops of Ice Cream
*Been There, Done That, Doing It Better! A Witty Look at Growing Older by a Formerly Young Person
*Fitting In: How to Get a Good Start in Your New Job (coauthor: Herman Gadon)
*He Writes, She Writes—A Dialogue in Contrasting Views Written in Verse (with Irwin Zahn)
*If I Could Touch the Sky… and Other Poems in Children’s Voices
*If I Eat I feel Guilty, If I Don’t I’m Deprived… and Other Dilemmas of Daily Life
*In a Nutshell: Feminine Verse, Feminist Verse
*Is This Where I Was Going?
*Living Without the One You Cannot Live Without—Hope and Healing after Loss
*Managing Our Frantic Lives: A Humorous and Insightful Look at What Makes Our Lives So Hectic, with 10 Strategies for Coping
*Natasha’s Words for Families
*Natasha’s Words for Friends
*Natasha’s Words for Lovers
*Over the Hill and Loving the View: Poems to Celebrate Growing Older
*Paths to Power: A Woman’s Guide from First Job to Top Executive; Instructor’s Guide to Paths to Power
*People Management: How to Be an Effective Leader in the Workplace
*Retirement: Wise and Witty Advice for Making It the Next Great Adventure
*Sex and Power: Workplace Issues
*Sixteen New Ways for Women to Succeed at Work
*Too Wise to Want to Be Young Again: A Witty View of How to Stop Counting the Years and Start Living Them
*Women’s Secrets: Witty Insights into the Thoughts, Feelings, and Dreams of Women
*You’re the Boss: A Guide to Managing Diversity with Understanding and Effectiveness

‘Three Identical Strangers’ — and me

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In 1963 I was a student at Columbia University getting my master’s degree in clinical social work and writing book reviews for the Child Study Association. Dr. Peter Neubauer, a prominent child psychiatrist and Director of the Child Development Center, had seen my work and called to […]

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Natasha Josefowitz, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

A whirlwind hospital visit for shortness of breath

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I am 92 and had recently noticed that I was getting a little short of breath just walking the hallways. I had not seen a cardiologist in years, so I decided to check things out—the question always being: Is it a normal age-related symptom or something else?

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Natasha Josefowitz, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

The difference between men’s and women’s brains

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I am intrigued by the recent findings in brain research about how our neurophysiology  impacts behavior. Male and female brains differ in their structure. For instance, the hypothalamus, which is a part of the brain that controls food intake, aggression, and sexuality, is larger in males than in

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Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & Education

We need to challenge our brains to be more civilized

  By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — It is time to have a heart-to-heart talk with our brains. Human brains are wired to meet the needs of our ancestors. Those who had descended from the tree tops to walk upright needed to fend off predators, especially other humans. It is by knowing the propensities

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Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & Education