These past few days have been particularly challenging to say the least. Other than a few minutes here and there to do nothing or use that time to share my articles on social media, I find myself busier than usual. I know this state of being won’t be permanent as every month I’ve learned to…… Continue reading Charles Bukowski: “Don’t Try”
Category: Self Help
Friedrich Nietzsche: Quotes for Self Development
This article is about moral progressivism —the idea that human morals consistently improve over time and what Friedrich Nietzsche thinks about it. “I am the first German who has mastered aphorism and aphorisms are a form of eternity. It is my ambition to say in sentences what everyone else says in a book, what everyone…… Continue reading Friedrich Nietzsche: Quotes for Self Development
The Importance of Healing Our Emotional Wounds
We live in a world that often clings to excuses…where blame is cast like shadow puppets on the wall, obscuring the light of personal accountability. We explain away rudeness as character, justify apathy, cheer at the hypocrisy of congeniality, and lose ourselves in the maze of circumstance. The Stoics would say: we choose this way…… Continue reading The Importance of Healing Our Emotional Wounds
Man/Woman Child Syndrome
We all have met people who on the outside look like adults while on the inside they have gotten “stuck” at some level of their development; this process is commonly level as the “Peter Pan Complex”. The Peter Pan complex refers to people who refuse to grow up. More often than not, they label themselves…… Continue reading Man/Woman Child Syndrome
Spirituality: God is Within
As we get close to saying goodbye to 2020; a year full of chaos and uncertainty world wide; and with Christmas approaching I thought it fit to discuss the subject of the divine spark or what many call God. Many who are familiar with the history and meaning of Winter Solstice already know this is…… Continue reading Spirituality: God is Within
Seniors and Trauma
More often than not, the subject of Seniors and Trauma is often dismissed or equated to Dementia or Alzheimer’s. It is normal in life to reflect on losses, personal history and role changes; seniors tend to these more often than any age group. If a senior has experienced trauma, he or she will most likely…… Continue reading Seniors and Trauma
Pedophilia: The Scars Don’t Vanish
Anyone who is familiar with my writings or follows me on social media knows by now how outspoken I am regarding abuse and its consequences. On my articles and postings, I have been open about my history with physiological and pychological abuse (physical abuse, mental abuse, and having survived terrorism and its horrors). Although I…… Continue reading Pedophilia: The Scars Don’t Vanish
Hope Can Be Found Within Our Tears
Everything that hurt us or changes us can also make us stronger by teaching us to grow and fight. Maybe you are feeling like your world is crashing down; perhaps you can’t make sense of all the pain you feel inside and it feels as if it won’t ever stop hurting. Maybe you feel like…… Continue reading Hope Can Be Found Within Our Tears
In Order To Love Yourself, You’ve Got To Know Yourself First.
Today I would like to discuss the “Radical” idea of getting to know yourself. You may notice a bit of sarcasm when using the word “Radical” and that is because “getting to know yourself” is not something “new” or “modern”. How scared or excited are you at the possibility of seriously getting to know yourself?…… Continue reading In Order To Love Yourself, You’ve Got To Know Yourself First.
Justice: Understanding Karmic Law From A Psychological and Physiological Perspective
This is a long article; I have tried to summarize things, regardless it can be hard to summarize such extent subject. Sometimes human beings tend to label as “bad” anything which may not adjust to our expectations; often seeking paths of less resistance and when that doesn’t work we become tornadoes. Zen masters have always…… Continue reading Justice: Understanding Karmic Law From A Psychological and Physiological Perspective
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