Emotions and Feelings
Peanut butter and jelly weren't always a thing but many of us don't really associate one without the other. Tuna fish is pretty much the only fish we mix with mayo to eat and our concept of emotions and feelings follow suit, we bunch them together. It's…
Congruence
Congruence is a word few of us are familiar with and fewer of us use. But it is a powerful word. It describes a state we can achieve. One that is powerful, transcendent. When we are congruent we are aligned and when we are aligned we are at peace.
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The Difference Between Can’t and Won’t
We love words. We crave the right words. We need to hear our significant others tell us they love us even if their behavior says otherwise. Words give us hope. Words empower us to dream. We think in images but we give meaning and…
Your Time Is Yours To Manage
There are more than a few good books on time. The Time Paradox by Philip Zimbardo, 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam, The Time Trap by Alec Mackenzie and if you want it straight from a theoretical physicists' perspective, The Order of Time by Carlo…
Love Is a Behavior Before It’s a Feeling
An argument can be made that this holds true for all feelings, particularly the transcendent feelings. (These are the feelings we create in the absence of emotion.) …
Behavior Is Neither Good nor Bad, but Consonant or Dissonant
Saying it makes it so. I think therefore I am. Philosophical and morality injections into behavior have been going on since we have had a good enough grasp on language to create coherent thoughts. If so much of our realities…
We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know
Only by standing in the unknown can those things we don't know come to us. This is much easier than it sounds. To stand in uncertainty and the unknown is not a natural thing for us. …
We Are All Just Children
Inner bonding is a psychological concept pioneered by Margaret Paul where we all have an inner child that requires parenting from our inner adult. It is one of the many theories that illustrate that in our essence, we are all still children.
The human brain…
The Bitter and The Sweet
The duality of things in life has developed an esoteric component to it that can be difficult to truly internalize and embody for many of us. We almost can’t help but focus on whatever it is our mindset causes us to focus on. And wherever…
