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Existential Psychology
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...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | September 20, 2017Healthy Community Versus Unhealthy Community
Belonging to a community is perhaps the most deeply entrenched human psychological need. Being a part of rather...
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Couples
Michael Schreiner | September 18, 2017Couples And Trench Warfare
The problem unhealthy couples have is not the lack of any desire to improve the situation but rather...
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Depression
Michael Schreiner | September 18, 2017Depression And Power
Depression and power have a paradoxical relationship. On the surface it seems like those suffering from depression are...
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Couples
Michael Schreiner | September 15, 2017Condescending Attitude In Romantic Relationships
A condescending attitude in romantic relationships seeks to instill a power imbalance, an irrational hierarchy, which necessarily chips...
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Behavioral Psychology
Michael Schreiner | September 14, 2017The Problem With Perfectionism
The main practical reason perfectionists have a hard time giving up their perfectionism is that, despite the joylessness,...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | September 13, 2017Conflict Without Cruelty
When conflict arises in our close relationships we tend to quickly substitute our normal open, supportive attitude for...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | September 8, 2017Freedom
While most people profess to cherish human freedom many of them aren’t actually talking about freedom at all,...
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Motivation
Michael Schreiner | September 7, 2017Keeping At A Pursuit
Most people who embark upon a pursuit are like shooting stars, burning brightly across the sky for a...
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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | September 6, 2017Compassion Versus Cruelty
Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us that we all have the seeds of compassion and the seeds of cruelty...