The feeling that detects the impossible. A lot of feelings will draw your attention elsewhere where your attention doesn’t do you any good. The feeling of frustration is this way. When you’re feeling frustrated, your attention is on the object of your frustration when it should be on yourself. Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: February 2021
How Stories Can Harm
But they can heal the harm, too If someone pointed a gun to my head and forced me to admit, as a psychotherapist, what my preferred counseling method was, I could not say I was a reflective eclectic. That would get me shot. It’s not really an answer. Instead, I would have to confess thatContinue reading “How Stories Can Harm”
How to Ditch Shame
There’s a way to repair what was damaged. What you’ve got to do is ditch shame. Continue reading →
Walk the Dog
And understand how your minds work If you’ve ever watched a person walk a dog, you’ve seen a good illustration of your mind at work. You have two minds: one is like the dog, the other like the dog walker. Continue reading →
Living with Stress
And Why You Should Try It You might not think you would choose to have stress, but many people do, for good reasons and bad. For many, very many, stress is an acceptable price they pay for values they hold dear. Continue reading →