Tag: Thought-Life

• June 11, 2011

  TLC Application 06|11|2011 “Beware Of Emotional Transference”

  One of the most subtle ways we sabotage our present happiness is by dragging past pain into today’s relationships. We do not always do it intentionally — in fact, we…

• June 9, 2011

  TLC Application 06|09|2011 “Triggers”

  Have you ever ended a conversation feeling worse than when it started, even though nothing in your own life changed? That unsettling shift may not be a sign that something…

• June 8, 2011

  TLC Application 06|08|2011 “Forming Inappropriate…Emotional Attachments”

  There is a particular form of emotional suffering that is almost entirely self-generated: attaching strong feelings to situations that have not yet been verified as real. You conclude someone is…

• June 7, 2011

  TLC Application 06|07|2011 “Put Love Into Whatever It Is”

  There is a principle that sounds simple but changes everything when you actually practice it: put love into whatever you are doing. Not into the things you love already —…

• June 6, 2011

  TLC Application 06|06|2011 “Making The Unnatural Natural”

  To change is to create art. Every genuine, lasting transformation works exactly the way learning a musical instrument works — the movements that feel foreign and effortful at first become,…