Tag: Featured
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Inspirational Quote: Chart the Course Towards Your Dreams!
Inspirational Quote from Dr. Thomas Maples @ The Stockton Therapy Network In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past. (Brad Henry) Advance Confidently in the Direction of Your Dreams! (Dr. Thomas Maples)
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Narcissism: 2 Grasp Healthy Ego Development v. Despair
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. (Carl Gustav Jung) The Traits of Narcissism Narcissism has recently become a booming topic of discussion both amongst professionals in the psychological community and the public at large. The well known psychological publication, Psychology Today, offers a myriad of information and advice to help you understand the symptoms…
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Archetypal Themes of Adolescence and Early Adult Development
A Jungian Analysis of Siddhartha’s Adolescent and Young Adult Development as Presented By Hermann Hesse The transition between childhood and adult-life is a tumultuous period that presents the maturing individual with a myriad of psychological and physiological changes. As the body sexually matures, the psyche begins to take on perspectives that are more adult-like. This…
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Archetypal Themes of Early Adult Development: An Analysis of Siddhartha & the Consummation of Masculine Love
Dr. Tom explores the archetypes of Early Adult Masculine Development: Carl Jung’s theory is used to analyze Ego, Discipline, Identity, Love, & Hero’s Quest.
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Today I Give Thanks For____!
Today, I am grateful for the Bountiful Gifts that were Planted, Nurtured, Grew, Harvested, and have Now Found their Way to Our Family Home to Help Us Celebrate this Joyous Day of Thanks-Giving. Thank You all for The Wonderful Year, This, My 100th Article, the Sorrows and Joys that Graced Our Art of Blogging, and…
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Siddhartha Gautama & Consummating Early Adult Life: An Analytical Development Theory
As an adolescent, Siddhartha pursued asceticism. Having found a community of like minded individuals, Siddhartha began to form an intact identity that he could present to others. Through the development of this identity, Siddhartha began to test his resolve and undertake increasingly difficult tasks associated with Self-abnegation. As an initiate amongst the ascetics, Siddhartha met…
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Practical Parenting: Fight, Flight, and Handling Childhood Emotions
Has your child ever tested boundaries? Has your child ever walked away from you, and out of the corner of your eye, you still see that they are viewing to see if your are in eye sight. Has your child ever bolted from your vision, in a store, a public place, or worse yet, near…
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Practical Parenting: Fostering Your Children’s Dreams
Practical Parenting: Fostering Your Children’s Dreams. Dr. Tom explores what your # 1 job is as a Practical Parent: Dream and Dream Big!!!
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Practical Parenting: It’s A Small World After All
As a child, I remember watching the nightly news with my grandfather. I can remember the ticking time watch of 60 minutes counting down, as the news anchors would discuss factual events of the day, leaving the commentary for the viewers to work through on their own accord. Back then, it seemed like we were…
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Practical Parenting: Fatherhood Mishaps in Positive Discipline
The foundation of family values centers on the discipline we teach our children. However, discipline within itself is a difficult task for any parent to enact with their children. Lets face it, it’s hard enough to discipline ourselves, let alone try and force someone else into our value system. But this is the plight of…
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Practical Parenting: Oh No – The Sky is Falling!!!
How are we to stay positive for our children in such of a barrage of negative messages we are subjected to daily? Today I watched my children staring at their personal devices. One was watching Stampy play his some-odd hundredth episode of Let’s Play Minecraft and the other was also watching Stampy play Splatoon Two.…
