I do not believe in compartments in life. A person is a whole being, and each person is part of the overall flux of life. We are all connected and nothing unconnected ever happens. So, religion and ps...
Recently I was in New York City to make a presentation to some psychotherapists about research and evidence-based practice. My wife, Linda, was with me, and we both had a good time visiting with frien...
Sometimes the more you study something, the less you think you really know about it.
Here I am, a psychologist, and you’d think I would have figured out by now the correct anthropology — the correct ...
My wife hates to see me write. Actually, she knows I am supposed to be writing, but she hates to see what it’s like for me to write. Coming up with the ideas for writing projects is the fun part, but ...
Tex Beneke, singing with the Glenn Miller orchestra, had a song about his gal in Kalamazoo — zoo — zoo. My mother and father loved Glenn Miller. When my dad was in the army during the Second World War...
It is Christmas time again. I’ve been seeing “White Christmas” with Bing Crosby and George Clooney’s mother (Rosemary) on the television. Bill O’Reilly is carrying on about the war on Christmas over a...
Spiritual abuse takes place when a leader uses his or her position to control or dominate another person, often running over their feelings and opinions and disregarding what might happen to the other...
Imagine that on two successive weekends you attend two different churches.
At church A you arrive and walk up the steps toward two large, wooden doors stained dark brown that open to the sanctuary.
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A process is a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a specific end. Consider, for example, the behaviour of ants in a colony. Even the apparent random wanderings of the colony’s scouts...
I have noticed that this year (perhaps it’s been happening in previous years, but I just noticed it this time around the sun) Christmas advertisements and references to “the holidays” started showing ...
