Are You Introverted or Extroverted?
In the last post, Idescribed the basic tenet of The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and its relevance to our personal and professional lives. In this post I will delve into the first pairing – Extroversion vs. Introversion.
First, it … Read more
What is Your Personality Type?
Most people know that Carl Jung is credited with being the “father” of modern psychology. He described human nature as falling within groupings of traits that describe how we interact with the world and each other, our different ways of … Read more
The Value of Being Kind
We recently wrote about what it means to be kind to oneself and to others. Let’s go further now and discuss what constitutes kindness.
Kindness starts within. When you are kind to yourself you plant the seed that allows … Read more
What is Kindness?
The modern dictionary defines “kindness” as being good, benevolent, humane, and gentle. Now consider the Buddhist definition: loving benevolence. Let’s delve deeper; what is benevolence? Goodwill, charity, a desire to do good.
Now that we have a context, it is … Read more
Truth Telling and Therapy
Living an authentic life means that we are living closer to our souls. We are no longer carrying the desires others have for us, whether well-intended or not. We are no longer “whittling away” the parts of ourselves pieces we … Read more
Are You Listening?
Kindness begets kindness. And if the seed of kindness is within us, then we must nurture it by paying attention to cues from others as well as ourselves.
We communicate in so many ways, verbally and non-verbally, face-to-face and virtually. … Read more
Divorce and the Support System of Therapy
With even the best of intentions, sometimes a marriage does not last, and even when the decision is mutual and amicable the breakup of a marriage is extremely stressful for all involved.
Reasons for separation and divorce are many. Although … Read more
Are You Planting Seeds or Pulling Weeds?
Every moment of every day we have the choice as to where to place our awareness and focus. Your life will reflect the result of that choice.
Let’s say you feel unhappy with your spouse, as an example. Your focus … Read more
Black and White? or Shades of Gray?
It is common in our Western culture to get caught up in dualistic thinking: black or white, right or wrong, you or me. We take a position that is in opposition with another position–and then feel “right and justified” in … Read more