Author Archives: Keith R Wilson

And cook the negativity You learn a lot quicker from negative experiences than you do from positive ones. The stick is more damaging than the carrot is enticing. There’s a good reason for that. If you get whacked hard enough by the stick, it won’t matter how many carrots you have. But the result isContinue reading “Ignite Confidence”

How compulsion feels from the inside I used to live in a cabin, so I should be an expert on cabin fever. At age nineteen, I emigrated to western New York to live on a remote piece of land, a quarter mile from the nearest neighbor and built that cabin. They didn’t plow my dirtContinue reading “Cabin Fever”

If you are looking for joy, it pays to know what you’re looking for, how it’s different from feelings that resemble it, and where to find it. Continue reading →

I get it if you don’t think it’s important to talk about your feelings. I really do. You see, I haven’t always been a therapist, asking people about their feelings. I used to do hard work: building things, cooking things, and growing things. When I was younger, I played sports that had me hurl myContinue reading “An Introduction to Feelings”