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Parenting
Michael Schreiner | May 17, 2016Authoritarian And Permissive Parenting Styles
An adult with an authoritarian parenting style observes some kids running wild throughout the day while the primary...
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Gestalt Psychology
Michael Schreiner | May 16, 2016Psychology Of Seeking Revenge
Seeking revenge appears to be about righting a past wrong but it’s actually about mitigating a present hurt....
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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | May 12, 2016Don’t Let The Prospect Of Death Ruin Your Life
Death is like a dark thundercloud on the distant horizon. You watch it moving ever closer, implacable, and...
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Behavioral Psychology
Michael Schreiner | May 11, 2016Behavioral Associations
In the movie Waitress the main character Jenna derives great joy from baking pies. We could say her life revolves...
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Behavioral Psychology
Michael Schreiner | May 10, 2016Schedules Of Reinforcement
I recently arrived in a tiny town in Brazil where internet access is really hard to come by....
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Neurosis
Michael Schreiner | May 3, 2016Overcoming Emotional Detachment
If you chose emotional detachment in childhood as a life solution to sustained abuse at the hands of...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | May 2, 2016Escaping Happiness
Some people, when confronted with wanted environmental conditions that make them happy, respond not by embracing those conditions...
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Self-Actualization
Michael Schreiner | April 29, 2016Self-Actualization And Sticking With One Interest
If you have spread your time and attention amongst different hobbies, activities, and disciplines throughout your life and...
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Grief
Michael Schreiner | April 28, 2016Dreaming A New Dream
When people find it excruciatingly hard to let go it’s not only because they had it really good...
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Psychoanalysis
Michael Schreiner | April 28, 2016Be Gentle With Yourself
How can you expect to be gentle with the people you care about if you aren’t gentle with...