A lot of people do not understand what therapy is. They think it’s only for the mentally ill. It’s not. It’s for anyone and everyone. Once you understand what therapy is, you’ll know why. The point of therapy is to … Continue reading
Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Tuesday morning. Rosenstein, along with acting head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, Chuck Rosenberg, and other prominent officials … Continue reading
Breitbart reports: Kathy Griffin posed with the severed head of President Donald Trump in a bloody photo shoot for artist and photographer Tyler Shields this week. In one image, obtained by TMZ, the 56-year-old My Life on the D-List comedian … Continue reading
Why do people break their promises? It’s a question worth asking, because promises are so often broken. Read the news. Find a politician who does NOT break his or her promises, and you’ve found a politician rarer than a dinosaur. … Continue reading
Many otherwise healthy and admirable people, when they become aware of “feeling sorry” for themselves, squelch it right there. In some ways that’s a good thing, of course. But here’s the problem: You ought to have empathy and compassion for … Continue reading
In an article entitled, “What the Self-Esteem Movement Got Disastrously Wrong,” Dan Sanchez, of the Foundation for Economic Education, writes: The self-esteem movement is … widely blamed for its influence on American schools and families. In the name of building … Continue reading
One of the least likable types of people is the “gotcha” personality. A “gotcha” personality seeks to catch you in a mistake. The motive of such a person isn’t to help you, but to make him- or herself look and … Continue reading
A motivational speaker candidly writes, I often bring a magic wand to my face-to-face seminars and university classes. The audience usually emits a loud chuckle when I ask for a volunteer and proceed to wave my magic wand over their … Continue reading
Abandonment is awful. Nobody likes it. When therapists speak of “abandonment issues”, they’re generally talking about childhood. Real or perceived abandonments by one’s parents, when one is a child, can have lasting effects. As Italian athlete Mario Balotelli put it, … Continue reading
I actually heard this in an advertisement on a YouTube video. It’s a great question! Kudos to the advertising executives who came up with it. Who says business is not a creative enterprise? Here it is: “When was the last … Continue reading
It’s tempting for many to ask for personal advice. But what is “advice” exactly? You get advice from a tax accountant. Why? Because the tax accountant knows about laws and procedures that you probably don’t know. You get advice from … Continue reading
“The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt,” said philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand. What makes unearned guilt so bad? When you accept unearned guilt, you hurt yourself. You take responsibility for something you did not cause. Many things … Continue reading