Tag: Dr. Thomas Maples
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A Glorious Secret: Belief 4 Inner Growth
Advertisements Inspirational VLOG Words of Wisdom Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. ~ William James Belief and Inner Wisdom Practicing psychology, I often surround myself with a continual drive to explore the tenets of personal development. However, I have often noticed that the road forks, especially when […]
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Personal Development: 2 Choose Adventure Now
Advertisements Inspirational Words of Wisdom The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. Joseph Campbell A Philosophy for Personal Development Even in my youngest years, I craved adventure and the wonder of the lessons it provides. As a psychotherapist, I understand just how much […]
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A Healing Meditation 4 Honoring That Bandaged Space
Advertisements A Meditation for Healing Hello. I am Dr. Maples, and welcome to our guided meditation and affirmation, Honoring the Bandaged Place. I am grateful that you joined me here today, and hope this brief exploration of an inner wound can help bring the light of healing to your body, mind, and spirit. Let us […]
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The Bandaged Place of Light
Advertisements Find Your Sacred Space Words of Inspiration “Don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.” ~Rumi Mindfulness is more than a strategy to calm down and relax. Practicing mindfulness helps create a rhythm; it balances body, mind, and spiritual well-being. But frequently, we need to pay […]
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Siddhartha: A Depth Psychology 4 Finding Light in the Shadow
Advertisements Siddhartha and The Sacred Journey “In the shade of the house, in the sunshine of the riverbank near the boats, in the shade of the Sal-wood forest, in the shade of the fig tree is where Siddhartha grew up, the handsome son of the Brahman, the young falcon, together with his friend Govinda, son […]
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Teaching the Next Generation: Lessons 4 Successful Parenting
Advertisements 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, […]
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Practical Psychology: How 2 Deal with the Negative Skew of News and Social Media
Advertisements 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 […]
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Practical Parenting: Let Go of Past Hurts 4 New Beginnings
Advertisements 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 […]
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Practical Parenting 4 a Positive Future Generation
Advertisements A Philosophy for Parenting Instilling Responsibility, Hope, and Honoring Childhood Bliss Parenting is a collective affair. I started my professional journey long ago, teaching the next generation in a kindergarten classroom. While I have practiced psychology for two decades now, I cannot help but see some atrocities at play in the one place parents […]
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A Shadow 4 Consciousness: Create Your Wellbeing
Advertisements 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 […]
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Psychology 4 the Shadow: Find Your Positive Light
Advertisements 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 […]
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Shadow Work 4 a Psychology of Wellbeing
Advertisements Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. — Walt Whitman A Psychology of Self-Development Engage the Shadow Within Shadow work is a well-known psychological construct in the field of analytical psychology. Yet, in the modern era of diagnosis and fast-track treatments to soothe humanity’s ever-decreasing attention span, […]
