Category: Psychology
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Teaching the Next Generation: Lessons 4 Successful Parenting
Teaching Respect and Positive Parenting A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. Billy Graham I often hear the word respect thrown around as if one is entitled to something. The sad fact is that 99.9% of the time I hear this term used, it […]
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Practical Psychology: How 2 Deal with the Negative Skew of News and Social Media
A Sacred Journey Podcast Faith and Practical Psychology With so much media buying for our attention, how can we develop that desperately needed inner sense of peace? This is especially true as it relates to the negative bias most sources of information used to play upon the strengths of the autonomic nervous system that will […]
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Practical Parenting: Let Go of Past Hurts 4 New Beginnings
Parenting Wisdom “The Golden Rule of Parenting is do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!” ~Louise Hart “The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.” O. A. Battista A Psychology of Parenting If we have had parents, we have […]
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A Shadow 4 Consciousness: Create Your Wellbeing
Filling the conscious mind with ideal conceptions is a characteristic of Western theosophy, but not the confrontation with the shadow and the world of darkness. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. ~ Carl Jung Consciousness & Inner Light Have you ever told the story of […]
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Psychology 4 the Shadow: Find Your Positive Light
A Sacred Journey: A Psychology of Finding Inner Light Dr. Thomas Maples I thoroughly hope you enjoy today’s episode. I have worked diligently to bring you a true personal passion that underlies my love for the field I practice. I owe gratitude to Dr. Carl Jung and author Walt Whitman for today’s podcast. Without the […]
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A Truth 4 Joy
Quotes of Inspiration Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. Joseph Campbell The Psychology of Joy Ever wonder why the emotion of joy is so hard to grasp? For decades, I have heard a very similar storyline. Regardless of race, age, gender, or other demarcation levels, one […]
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Personal Development: A Powerful Exercise 4 Your Best Self
Ever heard the saying that we must let go of the old to bring in the new? This saying is certainly true regarding our personal development. To grow and change, we must be willing to let go of the things that no longer serve us. This blog post will discuss what it means to let […]
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Celebrate Curiosity: Psychology & Affirmations 4 Emotional Wellbeing
Affirmation Today, I affirm, to celebrate my inner calm, creative genius, and curious nature, as it leads me to realize with commitment and certainty my soul’s capacity to advance confidently in the direction of its dreams intent. Dr. Thomas Maples Table of Contents The Psychology of Affirmations Affirmations for Emotional Wellbeing A Psychotherapist’s Perspective What […]
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Potential Now: 4 Questions to a Psychology of Wellbeing
Realize Your Inner Potential What creates your happiness? What storyline can help you realize it? In this podcast, I explore the ways symbols and archetypes common common to the stories of old act as an agent for body, mind, and spiritual growth. We discuss how the symbols of psyche can help us understand our inner […]
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Your Personal Myth
Positive Motivational Life Thoughts Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Arthur M. Schlesinger How to Create Meaning and Purpose in Your Life with a Personal Myth Do you ever feel like you’re just going through the motions without a real sense of purpose or meaning in your […]
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Purpose… Through Strength, Courage, & Direction
Words of Wisdom “But effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” ~John F. Kennedy A Philosophy of Purpose Purpose knows no bounds. It doesn’t move in any unilateral direction. It does not know left or right, up or down, male or female, black or white, night or day. It only knows right […]
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Growth Through Solitude
Words of Inspiration Solitude is independence. Hermann Hesse Don’t go through life, grow through life. Eric Butterworth Philosophical Food for Thought To go within. That is the key to independence. So often, we look for meaning on the outside. We yearn to find happiness in the next activity, the next thing of material success, but […]