MAKER.AI generated and edited post inspired by a recent psychotherapy session Q: What Do Beliefs Tell Us About Depression? Depression is a crippling condition that significantly influences how we think, act, feel and related to ourselves, others, and the world around us. Many individuals struggle to understand their depression: where is comes from, the wayContinue reading “PSYCHOTHERAPY INSPIRATION”
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The Panacea is in the Practice
There may be no “gamechanger” and no “magic bullet” to reduce stress, improve wellness, or to otherwise make positive changes in life. The instant gratification from a quick fix is like a promissory note that can only be paid off through practice. When in search for a cure, for transformation, or for lasting change, theContinue reading “The Panacea is in the Practice”
If Gratitude Was a Drug
Two foundational concepts in basic pharmacology are pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Put simply, pharmacokinetics refers to the way in which the body acts on the drug and pharmacodynamics refers to the way the drug acts on the body. Let us consider the creative application of how the body acts on gratitude and how gratitude acts onContinue reading “If Gratitude Was a Drug”
The Pandemic Pause
The pandemic pause places our public and private lives in a pernicious position, and a precarious one at that. Pernicious because of it’s harmful effect on our systems and our psyche especially in a pronounced and prolonged way. Precarious because each day we experience insecurity, and the real or imagined likelihood of social or personalContinue reading “The Pandemic Pause”
The Fear and The Familiar
Uncertainty and the unknown is the new normal.
Sabotage Mahal
The Taj Mahal of Self-Sabotage, what I like to call “The Sabotage Mahal”, is the absence of self-love. It is in loving ourselves fully that we find an expansive source of power that itself is love, freedom, joy, connection, and growth. The Taj Mahal itself, one of the most iconic and recognizable structures in theContinue reading “Sabotage Mahal”
Morals and Martyrdom
‘Morals and Martyrdom’… kinda sounds like a treatise on political courage or personal convictions. In an era of impeachment, as a nation facing it’s own moral crises, we’ve seen a need for courage while at the same time needing to endure forms of gaslighting and martyrdom seldom seen in this post-modern era. The word “dystopian”Continue reading “Morals and Martyrdom”
Tell Me What To Do
Indecision can be paralyzing. Sometimes we just want someone to tell us what to do. We may be faced with too many options which short-circuits are ability to be decisive. We may be super anxious about some real or imagined catastrophe that would occur by taking action in one direction, or the other. We allContinue reading “Tell Me What To Do”
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