Tag: Thought-Life

• 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…

• June 21, 2011

  When Waiting for the Worst Becomes a Way of Life

  Have you ever noticed that just when things seem to be going well, something inside you starts waiting for it to fall apart? A relationship is good and you think,…