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Michael Schreiner | April 8, 2015Hostility And Suffering
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into...
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Michael Schreiner | April 7, 2015The Slow Fade
If you’ve dated enough people you’re familiar with the slow fade, either because you’ve used it yourself or...
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Michael Schreiner | April 7, 2015Automatic Negative Thinking And Depression
Arguing about the cause of depression is a little bit like arguing about what came first between the...
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Michael Schreiner | April 7, 2015Watering Plants And Self-Actualization
The leaves on the plant are all that are visible to you. If you weren’t familiar with how...
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Michael Schreiner | April 6, 2015Neurosis And Death Anxiety
“Neurosis is the way of avoiding nonbeing by avoiding being.” – Paul Tillich Anxiety is central to the...
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Michael Schreiner | April 6, 2015Rationalization
A rationalization is a psychological strategy that allows for continued thoughts and behaviors that are known at some...
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Michael Schreiner | April 3, 2015Putting People On A Pedestal
When we put people on a pedestal we expect the impossible from them, we expect them to be...
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Michael Schreiner | April 3, 2015‘This Is The Last Time’ And Motivational Interviewing
When addicts resolve to quit their drug of choice they will often say to themselves “This is the...
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Michael Schreiner | April 2, 2015Come Back To Your Breathing Throughout The Day
We live in a fast paced, stressful world. We’re exposed to a constant barrage of inputs that would...
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Michael Schreiner | April 2, 2015At War With Yourself
“You’ve suffered enough, and warred with yourself, it’s time that you won.” – Glen Hansard When you’re suffering...
