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Flight from Experience: Gnosticism
I mean two things by this term gnosticism, which basically refers to a specific idea about knowledge. The idea about…
Flight from Experience: Observation Biases
In a previous post I described the orientation of contemporary psychology to experience (Mindful Self-Presence: Challenge and Promise). To the…
One (Forgotten) Reason Why We Don’t Listen Very Well
Genuinely listening to each other has become a real challenge. The commonly acknowledged roadblocks to good listening include being distracted,…
Will The Center Hold? A Philosophical Intervention
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; / Things fall apart; the centre…
Mindful Self-Presence: Challenge and Promise
The practice of modern psychotherapy, going back to Sigmund Freud, is based on the idea that mental health depends upon…
Living Amidst Pain and Suffering: Lessons from ACT
Drawing upon ideas from Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), we may describe the difference between pain and suffering this way. Pain is ubiquitous. All human beings feel pain as a natural part of living as organisms capable of language. Suffering refers to one’s relationship to pain. Why this is so is grounded in the relationships among experience, insight and values.
Communication Inside and Outside of Conflict
June 16, 2021 “We need help communicating.” This is the most frequent issue that couples open with in counseling. But…
“Have you ever been arrested?” “What, do you mean literally?”
May 31, 2021 By failing to adopt for itself the common sense meanings that inform the everyday lives of Americans,…
Self-Doubt and Self-Presence
May 22, 2021 Self-doubt has many roots and as many branches. It may stem from past mistakes, patterns in childhood…
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