Meet
Marilyn Metter
Marilyn is happily retired after thirty years as a psychologist! While working, she enjoyed providing emotional and behavioral support to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, and led an amazing team of behaviorists, nurses, and case managers. Through her work and experience, she gained a great deal of insight into relationships, parenting, and behavioral and emotional health, inspiring her to write Savor The Feast.
She has bachelor’s degrees in both psychology and anthropology from the University of South Florida, and a master’s degree in community psychology from Temple University. Marilyn is fascinated by the ways our individual lives are molded by culture. The influence between culture and individuals holds great power! How shall we use it to better our lives?
Marilyn lives with her family just south of Philadelphia. She and her husband, John, have been joyously married for thirty five years. Marilyn loves traveling with John and their sons, hiking in beautiful settings, and getting absorbed in heart to heart conversations, with a cup of sweet tea at her side.
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Have a Seat at the Table of Possibilities
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Savor The Feast is About Possibilities! What Delicacies Await On Our Table?
Reading will spark discovery!
What can my life be?
Exploring my strengths and nurturing my talents!
Learning to process my emotions!
Making my relationships stronger!
Becoming a more effective parent!
Staying sane with a hectic schedule!
Finding peace and balance!
Stimulate and encourage!
Group discussions, beyond book clubs,
to high school and college psychology classes,
and marriage and family therapy trainings!
Aiding…
Teens searching for acceptance in self and friendships.
Twenties creating healthy romances lifted in alliance.
Thirty year olds maintaining their positivity as they guide their children.
Professionals seeking to support struggling individuals,
couples, and families in finding safety, understanding, and healing.
Entertain!
Uplifting TV series with touching story, lovable characters, and exciting adventure!
Commercial potential with Merch!!
Sipping tea from my Savor The Feast mug, I feel empowered to take on
that challenge!
Relishing my coffee in my Savor The Feast travel mug, I am strengthened,
imagining how Mia would handle my work problem.
Teaching my kids to cook while wearing my Savor The Feast apron.
Wrapped snuggly in my Savor The Feast blanket,
my partner and I find comfort while discussing our relationship.
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How Savor the Feast was born
On a balmy evening in late June, my family gathered together on our deck to celebrate my husband John’s birthday. Opening his final gift, John’s face lit up to see a gift card for a massage. We loved massages, but they were a luxury for our family. Raising our boys, saving for college, and managing all the normal expenses made massages an extravagance.
“Wow, I can sure use this!” John smiled.
“Right?” I grinned back at him. “Massages are so much more than relaxing. They are so good for our health!”
“True.”
“You know,” I mused. “our world is so mixed up in how we do things.”
“How so?”
“Well, we should all be getting massages regularly! They should be covered by insurance! We could be taking better care of ourselves so we stay healthy. Why should things only get covered when we’ve gotten sick? The system needs to be spun around to work for us proactively!”
John listened with affectionate patience as my philosophizing ramped up.
“And, it’s not just massages! That’s the least of it! There are so many ways that we do things backwards in our world, and people are suffering for it!”
I was on a roll now!
“On the other hand, there are so many great, positive things that we can do in our lives, instead, that make such a huge difference! It’s not hard to figure out! Maybe people just need a new perspective!”
Then it hit me! “I’d like to write a book, putting the strategies I know into an interesting story. That way, they can be absorbed bit by bit in an enjoyable way!”
John flashed me an encouraging smile.
And, Savor The Feast was born!
More from Marilyn
“As a psychologist, my job involved a lot of home visits to struggling families. I watched parents pour negative attention on their kids for misbehaviors and ignore them when they were good. I saw marriages in turmoil as spouses sabotaged each other needlessly with cruel words and disrespectful actions. People were living frustrated, unhappy lives with little insight as to what got them there. Our office was located in a building with Youth and Family Services, and often I shared an elevator with crying children, who had just been pulled from their abusive homes. I felt deeply saddened at the unnecessary wastefulness of it all, and was inspired to share what I know.
“After thirty years as a psychologist, I had helpful strategies and concepts for finding satisfaction in relationships, for strong parenting, and for maintaining emotional and behavioral health. I wanted to put my ideas into a novel, that integrated these useful life strategies into a compelling story, to make them easier and more fun to read. So, I created Protiva, a positive, proactive world where people live together as allies.
“It took me fifteen years to write Savor The Feast! Working full time, enjoying my marriage, raising our sons, and volunteering with school parent groups held priority, and continued to bring me insights and perspectives. Through all these important distractions, the book never left me. I’d catch a free Sunday when the guys went out to golf or a late night when the house was quiet, and type away at my computer. When at last I retired, I found the time I craved to delve in completely, and gratify the ever present need to finish what I’d started.
“Savor The Feast is a slice of my life’s philosophy and practice. Managing challenges proactively, looking for the best outcomes and setting up successes. Focusing on what is positive heightens energy and perspective. Seeing others as allies paves the way for cooperation and respect, and makes interactions so much more comfortable and fun! Aside from the common sense of this, I know these values work, from the wonderful outcomes in my world. Life is a feast, when we use our gifts well. Have a seat at the table of possibilities and Savor The Feast!