WHO is Suffering?
All our lives we get the highly confusing mixed message: "You're wonderful, just as you are" - THEN in the same breath: "But, you can do...
Nowhere to Run
As we see our own thoughts, self-talk, planned & spoken words, planned & actual behavior, more & more objectively and in greater &...
Solving a Tough Paradox
“ 'The fear of death is rooted in an instinct for self-preservation that humans share with other species. Although we share this instinct...
Trauma Spares No One
“I should have been alerted to the ubiquity of trauma by the fact that three of the first patients I ever cared for were young women on...
Fathers' Day Gratitude
I gratefully remember, am inspired and motivated by the unconditional love, endless hours of work and countless sacrifices my father made...
Not One, Not Two
“You’d just be amazed what people will do. You really would. ... Ostensibly normal people. When the right person touches the right button...
Just Sit?
What happens when we "just sit", without an object of meditation (like the feel of the breath) to focus on, with nothing to help...
Urge to Act
Moment-by-moment, we're constantly on the move, at least mentally, if not verbally or other behaviors. We're driven to act. We're...
Towards "Balance"
"Balance is good, because one extreme or the other leads to misery, and I've spent a lot of my life at one of those extremes." Trent...
Balancing our Perspective
Although some schools of psychotherapy (eg Internal Family Systems) recognize that each normal individual has multiple subpersonalities,...
