From Stressed to Zest: Making Something out of Dread
A client who was stuck in a sinkhole of fear, panic, and lethargy looked at me in dismay as he said he wished he could experience more zest in life. I replied that I too wished the same for him and thought if only he could convert the enormous energy powering his worry into zest more »
The Value of Self-Credit
We are so quick to spend and borrow money. At least we were until the financial bubble burst. Now with little credit available we can turn our attention to the real value of credit in terms of valuing oneself. How often do we stop and think positively about what we have done or our value? How more »
The Lost Art of Reading Feelings: Part Two
I noted in part one that feelings are signals that provide information about the world, not facts. As signals, feelings are more like open-ended questions than absolute signs of what is. The path to emotional literacy involves first recognizing the presence of feelings and then being able to make sense of them, interpret and decode more »
The Lost Art of Reading Feelings: Part One
It is not unusual when I ask a relatively new client, why do you think you are feeling anxious or depressed, to hear responses like “I don’t know,” “I’ve been feeling this way a long time,” or “it just comes upon me at certain times of the day without reason.” With exploration, we are often more »
Shame & Its Discontents
Shame binds and dictates, blinds and slanders. Shame holds two in a broken embrace. Shame weakens attachments, kills potential, and ends lives. It is the master magician who makes the moment interminable. Shame acts as if it precedes Being which translates into: “I suck therefore I am!” The face of shame hides its eyes from more »
