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This blog explores, and helps others navigate through, issues which are pertinent to all human beings, from death to self-esteem. Ideas are medicine!

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Searching for Perfection: Why We Won’t Allow Ourselves to Fall in Love

There’s an old adage, a cliché if you will, which tells us that as long as we can’t love ourselves,…

Carl Jung, Depression, Intimacy, Love, Mental Illness, Perfectionism, Relationships, Self-Esteem

The Freedom of Logic: How Changing the Way You Think Can Make You Independent

“Findings from a multitude of research literatures converge on a single point: People are credulous creatures who find it very…

Anxiety, Codependency, Depression, Freedom, Growth, Independence, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Personal Development, Self-Esteem, Wellness

How to Become Confident and Get Laid: The Self-Help Industry’s Perpetuation of the Disingenuous Man

I consistently find myself falling into the trap of evaluating other men based on the usual, and outdated, concept of…

Authenticity, Dating, Family Matters, Gender, Growth, Mental Health, Personal Development, Self-Help, Steve Urkel, Toxic Masculinity

Barriers to Love and Intimacy

Have you ever found yourself in the midst of a passionate love affair, wanting to spend each minute and every…

Anxiety, Avoidance, Fear, Growth, Intimacy, Life, Love, Mental Health, Personal Development, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Self-Help, Wellness

Touched by an Angel – A Poem about Grief

The lives that come are the ones that go And some belong to the kindest people we know Among us…

Death, Friendship, Grief, Poem, Poetry

The Man Who Has It All – A Poem about the Consequences of Rejecting Love

Expensive cars, mansions, and boats he’s had To his children a stranger, even though they call him dad Influence and…

Existentialism, Family, Growth, Happiness, Love, Meaning of Life, Personal Development, Poetry, Regret, Relationships, Self-Help

The Trap of the Self-Assured Don Juan

Why The Kind and Confident Don Juan You’re Looking For Doesn’t Exist “Fake it til you make it” is a…

Anxiety, Authenticity, Dating, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Narcissism, Relationships, Vulnerability

My Teacher

Several years ago, former NY Times war-correspondent, Chris Hedges, wrote a beautiful article on Reverend Coleman Brown, an undergraduate professor…

College, Education, Ethics, Friendship, Law, Love of Wisdom, Mentor, Philosophy, Professor, School, Teaching

Me vs Me – A Poem about My Internal Struggle of Opposites

The eternal struggle resides Within a place deep down inside Two characters at odds, with much to say One and…

Anxiety, Depression, Good and Evil, Growth, Internal Battle, Mental Health, Narcissism, Personal Development, Poetry, Self-Help

Finding a Therapist: What You Need to Know

I’ve decided to write a blog post in the hope of helping people to find a psychotherapist that fits them…

Anxiety, Depression, DSM, End The Stigma, Find A Therapist, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Trauma

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