“Courage” is not all it’s cracked up to be
Why do we admire certain “positive” qualities so much when they require us to be miserable? In last week’s post about how I was facing [...]
Why do we admire certain “positive” qualities so much when they require us to be miserable? In last week’s post about how I was facing [...]
In last week’s post I asked why most people don’t learn how to dissolve meaning when it makes such a profound improvement in their life [...]
Whenever we do a survey of people on our mailing list, asking them to list the biggest problems they face, the most common answer is [...]
Although a lot of people have succeeded very well based on society’s standard for success: how much money and power they have, many—if not most—of [...]
Most people are more interested in avoiding or relieving pain than in achieving and experiencing happiness. Thus most people go into psychotherapy or pursue “self-help” [...]
I have a test for you. All you have to do to pass it is to answer one question honestly. For many of us that [...]
If there was ever a psychological trait that was considered to be a part of human nature, it’s the fear of rejection. In the thousands [...]
I’m writing this on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, where my wife Shelly and I are visiting our 29-year-old daughter Blake. Shortly after she [...]
Have you ever told yourself that you were going to do something—something you really wanted to do—and then just never get around to it? If [...]