Tag: Buddha
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Practical Parenting: Why Do We Hold Onto Past Hurt?

Why Do We Hold Onto Past Hurt In this VLOG on Practical Parenting, Dr. Tom explores the reason why we hold onto past hurts. No, this is not a down trodden exploration of the problems that arise on the analyst’s couch. Instead, Dr. Tom frames past hurt as a cornerstone from which our practical parenting…
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Belief… The Power to Shake the World

Daily Inspiration Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi The Philosopher’s Corner Happy Monday all. I took some time off this weekend to get some rest and to spend a lovely time with my family during my Wife’s Birthday. Happy Birthday… and…
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Inspiration: Teaching through Lived Experience

Daily Inspiration I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. Walt Disney It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. James Thurber The Philosopher’s Corner Faced with homeschooling? Wow, how the world has changed in recent weeks. The funny…
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Nature’s Intent… Gratitude for What Is

Inspiration We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. Albert Einstein When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. Ralph Waldo Emerson The Philosopher’s Corner With the fall into consciousness, it is said that humankind began to know the nature…
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Inspiration: The Courage to Lose Sight of What Was

Daily Inspiration You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. William Faulkner It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. E.E. Cummings The Philosopher’s Corner As a philosopher writes, so must he be attuned to the paradoxical pulls that move his or her…
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Inspiration: Ignite Another’s Passion Within

Today’s Daily Inspiration comes from the Buddha and Albert Schweitzer. It reminds us that the beauty we share in life comes from a place of inner abundance.
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Inspiration: The Truth of the Way

Daily Inspiration To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha What we think, we become. Buddha The Philosopher’s Corner Mind, Body, Spirit. We are all an integral being. Body nor mind can exist without spirt. Mind, that ever present…
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Day 18: My Personal Journey to Release Weight

The Journey Continues… Dr. Tom explores with Ritual Breaks in a Weight Loss Journey.
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Inspiration: The Unity of Self

Dr. Tom explores the psychology perspective of unity and Self-Realization.
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Day 13: My Personal Journey to Release Weight (Cheat Day)

Inspiration The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Oprah Winfrey Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha The Psychology Perspective for Weight Loss Ah… The monthly massage. I made it a determination to…
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Siddhartha Gautama: The Anima and Mid-Life Development

Dr. Tom continues his exploration of a Jungian Developmental Psychology through analyzing the themes present in Hermann Hesse Siddhartha.
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Inspiration: The Gift of Love

Inspirational Quote Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. Gautama Buddha The Psychology Perspective Today’s quote is from Gautama Buddha, who lived nearly 5 centuries before Christ. I have always had a profound respect for the teachings of Eastern philosophy. Like any great work of wisdom, the…
