Category: Psychology
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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…
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Success Is… Repetition of the Small Things
Words of Inspiration Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier A Philosophy of Psychology Want Success? Form great habits, repeat day in and day out, let go of expectations, especially as it relates to time, and reap the rewards. What are your success habits. Namaste, my…
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Sewing Peace
Inspirational Quotes Philosophical Food for Thought It is far too easy to get caught in the winds of change. In the whirling nature of what constitutes life itself, we often forget that the seedlings of peace begin in the space that separates our ears, eyes, and nose from our mouth. What blessings may happen if…
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Stillness of Mind
Words of Wisdom Finding Stillness Wake up. Wake up, young one. It’s time to wake up. There is all this business, but to what end? Lao Tzu gives us a basic philosophy here, but its depths reach far beyond the fallibility of human rationale. They touch upon the imaginal, that realm where all possibility exists,…
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Improvement Starts Within
Inspiring Words A Philosopher’s Psychology As a psychotherapist, people come to see me for many reasons. While the problems are as diverse as the people I meet, there is always a common theme. People ultimately want to improve themselves. Why do we have this perpetual need for self-improvement? While the answer is complex and has…
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Evolutionary Wisdom
Inspiring Words Psychological Tidings To evolve we must be willing to let go of that pesky notion to revolve. History repeats itself in that way; thank God this usually happens only when we don’t learn from it in the first place. What kind of a man, father, lover, or even human can we be if…
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Hope… To Dream Life Forward
Words of Inspiration Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Epicurus Psychological Tidings One of the greatest gifts humankind has is the capacity to hope. Yet, this can be a double edged sword without its…