What Are Your Strengths?
People rarely think about their strengths — unless they are facing a job or admission interview. One likely question there: What are your strengths as a candidate? Aside from an impending interview we can benefit from thinking about our strengths. The thoughts...
Be Yourself, Creative, and Self-Reliant
I am re-reading “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is widely considered one of the best essays ever written. I saw in the essay this famous expression: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Emerson argues that...
Dreaming can be a safe, useful psychedelic experience
Psychedelic drugs are the subject of much talk and research now because there is evidence that for some people they can have positive effects on mental health. These are drugs that alter one’s consciousness from its usual state. Drugs that can do this...
Sympathy for the Devil
The Rolling Stones had a hit with the song “Sympathy for the Devil.” You can listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwtyn-L-2gQ&ab_channel=ABKCOVEVO The idea was stunning: Having sympathy for the devil. I know that some people worship the devil,...
Finding Meaning in Life, Even During a Pandemic
Are you searching for meaning in life? If so, read Man’s Search for Meaning. Written by Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl after he survived imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps, the book points to the value of hope, love, responsibility to others,...
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