This post is the text of a video essay I've hosted on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/2qfUyFcLsTo?si=MZ01svM8HuuGUxRq Inquiries “Never take anything personally”, because “nothing is personal”. We’ve all probably heard this popular…
This post is the text of a video essay I've hosted on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/0cvMSEHhAlE Breakup wake ups Breakups can be especially sad when we’ve put a lot of work…
“We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.” Robert Brault We see the advice everywhere. Health maintenance organization brochures feature…
I finished this moderate-length book very quickly, which I attribute to it being a very well-written, thought-provoking, and intelligently articulated work. I listened to the audio version, and the narration…
As a metaphor for emotional regulation, I’ve been thinking about the simple image of balancing on top of a ball lately. The one in my imagination looks like one of…
This is a metaphor that I sometimes share with clients. It comes up when people are trying to make decisions about whether they should move toward something or away from…
We all have addictions. One way I sometimes look at life is a process of eliminating addictions so that we can be at peace. If we were all 100% addiction…
The other day I was jogging / hiking and listening to an audiobook. Or maybe it was a podcast. I don’t remember, and that is telling. It was just noise…
The Enneagram is a 9-type personality model. I'm not very familiar with it's history. But I have found it personally beneficial in understanding my mind, thoughts, and feelings, and those…