Thought-Life Connection

• June 28, 2011

  What Is the Hole in the Doughnut?

  There is a feeling that most of us know but few of us can name: the sense that you are being left out, overlooked, forgotten, or pushed to the margins…

• June 27, 2011

  How Self-Righteousness Operates

  Of all the spiritual obstacles that can block a person’s growth, self-righteousness may be the most deceptive — because it wears the costume of confidence and conviction. It looks, from…

• June 25, 2011

  What the Unaided Will Cannot Do

  One of the most counterintuitive discoveries a person can make is that self-confidence — the thing we are told to build more of, to protect, to project — can actually…

• June 24, 2011

  The Double-Edged Sword of Negative Thought Patterns

  Most people understand that certain substances can trigger an allergic reaction in the body. What far fewer people understand is that negative thoughts — anger, worry, self-pity, depression — can…

• June 23, 2011

  Why Talking About Dysfunction Creates Connection

  Nothing connects two people faster than honesty about our own dysfunction. When you can look someone in the eye and describe clearly what you are like when you are at…