Tag: philosophy
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Back at the office: the gap of disbelief
“But I do all those things and nothing works. I don’t think anything will ever work.” As the words left her lips she began to cry, but only with her eyes. The tears ran but the rest of her appeared resolute. She was desperate and defeated at the same time. I have been working with this patient for…
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Football, fantasy?…..
So my stepson plays fantasy football. Now I don’t know anything about regular football even less about fantasy varieties of the sport, but I love my stepson so I asked him how his game is going. I’m pretty sure fantasy football is like a video game, right? As soon as the question was out of…
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Childhood Development pt 1: Where did this attitude come from?
While I do work with some teenage people from time-to-time I don’t work with young children much, for a lot of reasons such as it really irks me when someone brings in their child and essentially tells me, “I don’t like the way this little person is acting and I want you to fix it.” …
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More to come, maybe
Heard a guy say something in an Instagram video which blew me away. The quote was so profound that I immediately thought of expanding on it here but honestly I’m still to shaken by its truth and the clarity it provided me. What was the quote? First some context, it was in a video posted…
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How a neurosis works
You wake up with a scratchy throat and wonder if you were snoring last night but by the end of the day you are sterilizing your house and swabbing the inside of your water bottle because you definitely have some sort of mold infection.
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Sometimes #3
Sometimes In spite of our efforts In spite of our desires There is nothing more to be done