In Defense of Anger and Pride: How Negative Emotions Can Be Healthy

Anger and pride, in most religious traditions, are conceived of as engendering vices, corrosive feelings that cause us to react … More

Everything Happens With A Reason: How We Can Control Our Destinies in Difficult Times

There’s an old Chinese proverb that tells the story of a farmer who’s unfazed by the perpetual turning of his … More

In my article, Goodbye Neverland, I wrote that in order to overcame the past, we had to simply choose to … More

Childhood lays the foundation for self-esteem. Children reach out for comfort and affection when they’re scared, sad, and hurt, needing … More

Reducing human complexity to any one particular source is usually fruitless and misleading; the most that we can do is … More

Words matter. When we’re happy, we’re more likely to uncritically internalize positive feedback; and when we’re sad, or depressed, more … More

All of have bad coping mechanisms which stem from false beliefs of their utility. Recall the time when you believed … More

I’ve had several discussions with people that I thought would be good to disclose here, as they’re pertinent to earlier … More

I was the most spoiled and entitled kid I knew, way more so than the average child. Not only did … More

About a year ago, I wrote an article on trauma that focused on defining oneself by resilience. In it, I … More