Author Archives: Keith R Wilson

Optimal Living Daily

If you’re into podcasts, then I recommend listening to Optimal Living Daily. Every day, someone reads a chapter of a blog post on personal development, minimalism, finance, health, business, or relationships. It’s a great chance to be exposed to writers you would never otherwise read. Recently, Joc Marie read a chapter from The Road toContinue reading “Optimal Living Daily”

Stop the Madness

I have many role models, but two of them are of the negative type: people who have made mistakes I want to avoid. The first is James Nasmith, the inventor of the game of basketball; the second is Thomas Jefferson. The reason I don’t want to be like Nasmith is not because he invented basketball.Continue reading “Stop the Madness”

The Beauty and the Beast

You’ve seen Disney’s version of the Beauty and the Beast. If you’ve had a toddler, you’ve seen it a thousand times. Did you know that you may be acting it out in your own life? Do you realize it might be ruining everything? You know the story: a charming young woman falls in love withContinue reading “The Beauty and the Beast”

Relationship Badass Podcast

If you’d like to hear me go on and on about reconciliation, I was interviewed by Nicki Sunshine on the Relationship Badass Podcast. Here is the episode on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/relationshipbadass/e35-reconciliation-and-forgiveness Stitcher: https://stitcher.com/podcast/nikki-sunshine/relationship-badass-podcast It is also available on Apple Podcasts under Relationship Badass Podcast

Ride the Ego Balloon

You may be amused, instructed, affirmed, chastened, enriched, or enlightened by my latest video. The ego is a good tool if you understand its uses and limitations. The ego balloon can make you crazy, but it’s often a good crazy, a necessary madness, provided you can land the thing when it needs to come down.

Freud, Explained

Of all the figures in shrinkdom, Freud is the most revered and reviled, the most quoted and misquoted, and the most influential and ignored. It used to be that every shrink wanted to be like him, now we want to challenge him and be as different as we can. Perhaps this is what he getsContinue reading “Freud, Explained”

Announcement: Instagram and Facebook

For those on you who prefer your reading in easily digestible bits, together with pictures, I have created an Instagram and a Facebook account, in which I will post many of the pithy sayings you have found and come to expect in my books and Blog posts. In other words, memes like this: The InstagramContinue reading “Announcement: Instagram and Facebook”

The Madonna and the Whore

For centuries, men have been putting women, and women have been putting themselves, into two categories, the Madonnas and the Whores. Consequently, they either get sex without love, or love without sex. The Madonna is serious, pure, virginal, loving, forgiving, safe, and supportive. She washes the man’s socks. She raises his children. He can leaveContinue reading “The Madonna and the Whore”