psychology
The familiar (root is the word family) can have a relentless grasp upon our emotional lives. Most of us don’t know this. We simply seek it throughout life unaware. Which means that we recreate it repetitively because that is what we have learned. Problem is, the familiar can be healthy and a guide to a…
Read MoreI knew the late Dr. Benjamin Wolstein as a teacher, supervisor, psychoanalyst, and as the extraordinary individual he was. This last characteristic, I believe, could only be experienced if you were brave enough to be a patient of this extraordinary analyst. As a psychoanalyst he devoted himself exclusively to his craft: studying human beings up…
Read MoreCurrent research is reporting that more people are saying they are not interested in getting married. The research concluded that marriage is becoming less and less popular. Losing this deepest of human bonds is very troubling. Why is this happening? Is it because we are outgrowing marriage as an outdated 20th century institution? Perhaps there…
Read MoreThere are certain freedoms in life we have to protect or they simply slip away. The ability to actively and effectively determine our own present and future is one of them. How so? You see, your past is extremely, and I mean extremely, persuasive. We human beings like to learn things once and keep doing…
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