Ideas on Mental Health & Meaning
Statue of Responsibility
I hope you are enjoying a relaxing and fun-filled weekend celebrating Independence Day! Viktor Frankl wrote that our Statue of Liberty should be balanced with a Statue of Responsibility on the opposite coast - suggesting that with great freedom should also come the...
Meaning and Adventure Summer Challenge
Times of transition can be difficult for many of us - but sometimes the transition of the seasons can be particularly difficult. Here is a quick suggestion to make this transition a meaningful one. [video width="640" height="360"...
The One Simplest Relationship Rescue Strategy
Well, it is only one strategy, so I'm not going to tell you what it is here and ruin the surprise. Hint: I bet you already know what it is!
Top Relationship Rescue Strategies
I put together a list of the common relationship saving, and relationship improving, topics I talk about with clients in my office:
The Nature of Substance Use?
What is the nature of substance use? When does it become substance abuse? Why?
Celebrating Memorial Day
Thank you to all who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our Nation.
We Could All Use a Little Grace
It seems to me we could all use a little GRACE these days...
Happiness and Success
You cannot chase happiness. But if you seek meaning in your life, in your work, in your relationships, you might just find yourself being happy, and maybe even successful. “Don’t aim at success — the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to...
Thank You
Thank you. Lately, I've been filled with a lot of gratitude. It's been a rough few months - on top of a rough year - nothing I'm sure you don't know already. But the fact is, at least how I'm seeing it lately, is that you are doing something about it. Whether you...
A Drinking Song
Yes, that's right, a "Drinking Song" from your friendly neighborhood substance abuse counselor. Actually, as you might expect, it's a little bit more than that. Hopefully a little deeper, maybe a bit more meaningful. Enjoy. And if you would like to discuss...
What is Self-Transcendence, Again?
So last week, in talking about Leading for Meaning: What is "Meaning at Work?" I ran through the idea of "self-transcendence pretty quickly. A little too quickly for such an important idea. So I wanted to take a little time today to review the idea and maybe add a...
A Hopeful History – Part 2
Last week, I wrote about Bregman's Humankind: A Hopeful History, if you want to review that piece, and why I think this book is important, you can just click here. But, if you already read last week's post, you probably just want to move on with his additional five...