Existential Psychology
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Michael Schreiner | January 8, 2018Is Guilt Productive?
Defining Conscience Conscience and guilt are inextricably linked. When we act in ways that go against our conscience...
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Michael Schreiner | January 5, 2018Deciding To Spend More Time In The Here And Now
Regressive and Progressive Forces Battle for Supremacy The two most powerful unconscious forces in human life move in...
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Michael Schreiner | January 4, 2018Ambivalence While Grieving
Simultaneous Contradictory Thoughts and Feelings Ambivalence, which is holding simultaneous contradictory thoughts or feelings, is a disconcerting experience...
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Michael Schreiner | December 15, 2017The Draw of Being the Victim in a Relationship
Victimhood Implies Innocence At the conscious level none of us want to be victims. Being victimized means getting...
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Michael Schreiner | December 4, 2017Emotional Detachment And Commitment
Commitment is a vital ingredient for successful outcomes in any long-term endeavor, which might sound self-evident, but what...
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Michael Schreiner | November 23, 2017Gratitude On Thanksgiving
It’s hard to feel any gratitude as long as we’re stuck in a framework of comparison. The most...
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Michael Schreiner | November 2, 2017What It Means To Love Someone
A huge part of what it means to love someone is to search out and help to reduce...
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Michael Schreiner | October 17, 2017Freedom And Tabus
Often what we really believe we must do or can’t do is actually something that we choose to...
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Michael Schreiner | October 4, 2017Make Your Pursuits Challenging But Doable
Regardless of the pursuit in question there’s a tightrope to walk if you want to stay interested and...
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Michael Schreiner | September 21, 2017Increasing Self-Love
The standard Western strategy for dealing with feeling unlovable is to try to banish the feeling and then...
