“Think of a Paradigm Shift as a change from one way of thinking to another. It’s a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis. It just does not happen, but rather it is driven by agents of change.” -TakeTheLeap.com In therapy one of the hardest things to do is help someone shake out of [Continue]
“Money is a major source of stress on people, and what tax season does is shine a great big spotlight on the issue.” -Michael McKee, Clinic psychologist, president of U.S. International Stress Management Association I’m not even going to say what time of year it is. You know. I know. He, she or it knows. [Continue]
He was able to deliver four hammering punches to his unsuspecting peer before I could get between them and escort him back to the staff office. We had been discussing his unwillingness to curb his unruly behavior right before he methodically walked out of the office into the community and silently began his [Continue]
“When my work space, or my living space, is cluttered, my mind is cluttered. There is no room for creativity, for moving forward…. and it feels so HEAVY! When I get it all organized I am liberated, I feel light, and anything is possible.” -Anonymous Organization Convert Man, check out that spot! A White board [Continue]
Chuck Wendig is a man of many talents and a one prolific, profane, and prodigious penmonkey.Last week’s Seven Act Flash Fiction Friday Challenge proved to be the framework on which I hung an idea that I’ve had for some time. While more cute than chaotic, all should fear this horrific attack on America… Wrong Numbers [Continue]
It’s been two weeks and there hasn’t been profound interest in The Operation Habit Challenge despite the chance to try something life changing, and the motivation of a prize. That’s not too surprising, since I firmly believe that change is on a continuum and if you’re not at the point where you want to change [Continue]
I sat in the green plastic chair and tried not to think about the amount of weight that the scale just told me I had gained. Then the Weight Watchers group leader said “They say it takes 32 repetitions of a behavior to build a habit—I don’t know if it’s true, but that’s what they [Continue]
Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza have come and gone, leaving us many welcome gifts, and potentially one unwelcomed one; guilt. Eat too much over the Holidays? Drink too much? Sleep too much? Smoke away your frustrations at Holiday shopping? Curse away your frustration at Holiday driving? Gossip about family? Well [Continue]
I love the 24 Hour Holiday Marathon on 103.3FM, WPRB in Princeton, NJ—streaming live around the world every Christmas Eve at 6PM to 6PM Christmas Day, and hosted by the illustrious Jon Solomon. Those who know this site, know this fact, since I’ve been doing a post like this for the last four years. The [Continue]
Here we lay in the Horse Latitudes (that listless, empty span near the equator where old timey sailors couldn’t catch a breeze) between the Day of Thanks and the Season of Giving. This is a wonderful time to talk about selfishness. Philosophers, psychotherapists, people of faith and historical icons have all struggled with the issue [Continue]
