Clinging to Sacred Cows: Identity and Worth in the Compulsive PersonalityOne day the Buddha was hanging out with his best buds when a farmer came up to them. “Have you seen my cows?” he asked pleadingly. “All six…Jan 21Jan 21
Wield Your Shield Wisely: How to Not Be DefensiveIt was the summer of ’92. I was strolling in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park with my girlfriend of about 3 months, my wife-to-be. She told me…Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2024
Welcome All Guests: Aging with Obsessive-Compulsive PersonalityDo people who are obsessive-compulsive and perfectionistic get more rigid and discontent with age? Or do we get more realistic and savor…Dec 10, 2024Dec 10, 2024
Navigating the Crossroads: 5 Steps to Becoming More DecisiveImagine you’re at a crossroads. You have to make a decision about which way to go, but you have a hard time being decisive. The two options…Oct 24, 2024Oct 24, 2024
Regarding Your Battle With the World’s StupidityHave you ever been beside yourself at how idiotic some action, service or product is, and wanted to take up arms against the stupidity of…Sep 24, 2024Sep 24, 2024
Chronic Urgency Stress Syndrome & That Monster Under Your BedI remember recognizing, years ago, that I would concoct reasons to surrender to my habitual urgency, and rush to get things done. It wasn’t…Aug 20, 2024Aug 20, 2024
Building a Foundation That Prevents Imposter SyndromeImposter syndrome is the dread that you aren’t as good as others think you are, coupled with the certainty that they’ll discover the…May 28, 2024May 28, 2024
How Psychological Hoarding Crowds Your Mind & Prevents FulfillmentWe’re all familiar with the results of typical hoarding behavior: newspapers piled in towers reaching for the celling, old mechanical parts…Apr 16, 2024Apr 16, 2024
Enough Already. Why You Are Enough. Already.The Varieties of Insecure ExperienceMar 19, 2024Mar 19, 2024
Chaos and Order: The Myth of the Obsessive-Compulsive PersonalityPsychiatrist Carl Jung liked to ask people, and I am paraphrasing lightly, “But then what is your myth? What is the story that inspires and…Feb 6, 2024Feb 6, 2024
