Saul Fisher has spent much of his life trying to understand why we are the way we are—and how paying closer attention might help us better understand and love both ourselves and one another.

Born into a close-knit Jewish family and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Saul grew up sensitive, curious, and painfully aware that he was different. He struggled considerably in school, with reading, memory, math, and conventional ways of learning. But he could move.

His father, a talented dancer, entertainer, and entrepreneur, gave Saul and his younger brother David the gifts of movement, rhythm, creativity, perseverance—and the tap shoes that would change their lives. Before long, the two Jewish boys from Newark were professional entertainers, performing Latin dance in hotels and nightclubs, traveling through the Catskills and Miami, and growing up in an adult world of musicians, dancers, and show business.

More of that remarkable chapter can be read in Saul’s book, Tap Shoes & Mambo Rhythms, linked below.

But Saul’s father was also a wound. His volatility and reactivity left Saul trying to understand not only his father, but himself—the ways people respond, the patterns families fall into, and how changing our own behavior can change a relationship. That curiosity eventually led him to psychology and a career spent helping children and families, including roughly 35 years working in the Bryn Athyn community. 

Now living with Parkinson’s, Saul has had to surrender some of the great loves that once defined his life, including tap dancing and birding. Yet he continues to pay attention to what is still here, and his philosophy remains consistent: follow your loves and see where they take you.

Welcome to episode 67.

Check Out:

Shoes & Mambo Rhythms: Two Jewish Boys from Newark Find Themselves on a Latin Stage – Saul Fisher

Discipline In the Context of Love – Scott Daum & Saul Fisher.mp4

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