Tag: Emotional Health

• July 5, 2011

  Two Ends of the Same Spectrum

  Most of us do not notice the drift until we are already far from shore. We did not make one big dramatic decision to abandon our spiritual practices or disconnect…

• June 30, 2011

  Unreasoned Distortion of Judgment

  Most self-sabotage does not look like self-sabotage from the inside. It looks like a justified reaction to an unjust situation. It looks like finally standing up for yourself. It feels…

• June 14, 2011

  When Emotional Pain Becomes a Demand

  In Part 1 we explored how the three primary instincts — security, sex, and society — operate below the level of consciousness and trigger the four signs of emotional insecurity:…

• June 13, 2011

  What Is Self-Searching?

  Most of us have felt the pull of emotions we could not quite explain. A wave of worry with no clear cause. A flash of anger that seemed out of…

• June 29, 2010

  Fault-Finding Is a Projection

  Have you noticed how easy it is to become irritated by other people’s failures to follow rules that you follow? Someone runs a stop sign. Someone parks in a handicapped…