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Emotions
Michael Schreiner | February 24, 2015Love And Vulnerability
“We are never so vulnerable as when we love.” – Sigmund Freud We usually don’t think of loving...
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Emotions
Michael Schreiner | February 24, 2015Ambivalence Around Anger Issues
It might sound counterintuitive but if you are struggling with anger issues you’ve got to isolate all the...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | February 23, 2015Significance Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
We were walking around the store gathering up some ingredients to cook dinner when the thought flashed across...
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Motivation
Michael Schreiner | February 23, 2015Taking Things Seriously
Does taking things seriously mean you need to be solemn, grave, grim, stern, humorless, and stony-faced? No, and...
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Abuse
Michael Schreiner | February 23, 2015Unlovable
If you feel unlovable as an adult the likely reason why is that your primary caregivers were unwilling...
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Motivation
Michael Schreiner | February 20, 2015All In
We can use the imperfect analogy of a poker game to see why people don’t give everything they...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | February 20, 2015Existential Guilt
Understanding existential guilt requires the recognition that human beings are at once creaturely and godlike, biological organisms tied...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | February 19, 2015Apologizing As A Power Struggle
When you have wronged someone it means that you have taken away their power. You have put your...
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Couples
Michael Schreiner | February 18, 2015Secret Agendas In Couples Therapy
The ostensible reason to go to couples therapy is to improve the relationship but often the secret agenda...
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Mindfulness
Michael Schreiner | February 18, 2015Enjoy The Ride
You can look towards the future with hope or dread, towards the past with nostalgia or regret, but...