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Self-Actualization
Michael Schreiner | January 1, 2015Striving Forward While Appreciating Where You Are
The process of self-actualization seems to clash with mindfulness since self-actualization implies a striving forward, an orientation towards...
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Motivation
Michael Schreiner | January 1, 2015Addressing Ambivalence In Motivational Interviewing
If you are using motivational interviewing and not addressing ambivalence, meaning simultaneous conflicting feelings about moving on to...
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Parenting
Michael Schreiner | January 1, 2015Power Struggle
In a very real sense parenting young children is about power. Someone needs to be in charge and...
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Career Counseling
Michael Schreiner | January 1, 2015Know When To Push Forward Know When To Pull Back
Mental health professionals have a much different attitude towards productivity than the general population because they’re on the...
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Career Counseling
Michael Schreiner | December 31, 2014Pick A Hobby And Go For It To Find Fulfillment
If a sense of fulfillment has evaded you there is a readily apparent cultural reason why. We tend...
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Michael Schreiner | December 31, 2014Self-Pity
Self-pity is far more ubiquitous than you might think, a fact that can make you feel a little...
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Motivation
Michael Schreiner | December 31, 2014New Year’s Resolutions And Stages Of Change
When we make New Year’s resolutions we’re likely to take these declarative statements at face value, only later...
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Anxiety
Michael Schreiner | December 30, 2014Worry And Action
Your worry is like a beacon light exposing a threat that would otherwise remain shrouded in darkness. But...
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Behavioral Psychology
Michael Schreiner | December 30, 2014Good Habits Bad Habits
The existentialist views habits of all kinds with a certain level of suspicion since they make the free-willing...
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Existential Psychology
Michael Schreiner | December 27, 2014Everyone Is A Philosopher
Everyone is a philosopher, and it’s these personal philosophical systems that guide our life orientations and resulting choices....