Bursting the Bubble of Inadequacy: Shifting Our Distorted Beliefs to Love Ourselves

We fear our thoughts more so than reality. The cognitive model of psychotherapy posits that our ideas about ourselves, others, … More

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

Simple, But Not Easy: Creating Perseverance Through Psychotherapy

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

We Aren’t Unlovable if We Aren’t Loved

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

All Roads Lead to Self-Love: How the Desire for Self-Esteem Permeates Most of What We Do

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

In Defense of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Against Depressive Realism

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

Blurred Lines: How Mental Illness and Mental Health are Closer Than You Believe and Why It Matters

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

Conquering Fears of Failure and Rejection Through Authenticity

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

Why Do We Create?: Exploring the Link Between Creativity and Intimacy

“The human being cannot live in a condition of emptiness for very long: if he is not growing toward something, … More