Existential Psychology
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Michael Schreiner | January 8, 2018
Is 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, 2018
Deciding 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, 2018
Ambivalence 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, 2017
The 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, 2017
Emotional 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, 2017
Gratitude 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, 2017
What 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, 2017
Freedom 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, 2017
Make 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, 2017
Increasing Self-Love
The standard Western strategy for dealing with feeling unlovable is to try to banish the feeling and then...