What is Memory?
Dianne has been dating Joseph for three years. They have a warm and loving relationship. He treats her with respect and kindness, and is...
Writing a New Story
Each of us have familiar and automatic beliefs and reactions that have been with us before we had conscious memory. They tell us how to...
Emotional Contagion And Physical Proximity
Last week, we started putting words to a concept that makes inherent sense: the idea that emotions are contagious. We talked about how...
Emotional Contagion
Last week, I stumbled onto a magazine in a waiting room that gave me an “A-ha!” moment. The article helped me crystallize a concept...
Signs That Different Parts Are Active
For a few weeks now, we've been talking about the brain and how it can create different parts of ourselves in order to survive certain...
Our Many Selves: Rocketman
Timing is everything. After writing last week's article, several people recommended that I go see the movie Rocketman, the story of Elton...
Internal Contradictions
Have you ever found yourself wanting to live one way, yet actually doing the opposite? You want to be kind and peaceful. You have...
When Living “Right” Is Wrong: Subtle Ways We Engage In Acts of Self-Hate
Just as you can love and hate another person, you can also love and hate yourself. It can happen to any of us from time to time. Some of...
What Destroys Relationships? Love, Hate or Indifference?
Being human means you can love and hate at the same time. Love and hate can make us behave in ways in which we are not fully in control....
Six Principles of Love: Building on an Expert's Work
“To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.” --Thich Nhat Hanh Last week, I quoted Erich Fromm who wrote an important...