Ideas on Mental Health & Meaning
On Grace
"Grace" is a word I use a lot in my office. I can't take credit for it. The idea was shared with me long ago by a good friend - another therapist. Over the years, I've added a bit to what he told me about it - as you might guess, the word has quite a bit of...
The Essence of Existence
“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only...
Logotherapy in a Nutshell
If you've been following my writings or listening to The Meaning Project podcast lately, you probably know I'm a big fan of Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy. It's not only an excellent adjunct to most theories of psychotherapy, but it's also a philosophy of life derived...
In Memory
The world lost a hero over the weekend. People I know and care about, my friends, lost an integral part of their family. He was a good man, a great man - part of "The Greatest Generation". He fought for his country in WWII, and brought home his war bride from Russia...
Something Ain’t Right
I'm sure you've been feeling it. Something hasn't been "right" for a quite a while. It get's a little better. Then it gets a lot worse. Then maybe it gets better again. Part of it is just life. Part of it is some seriously historic events happening. It can be...
Optimism Ignites Resilience
There is plenty of chaos in the world lately. Ask any two people, and you may get two completely different perspectives on what issue is most important, and which side of the issue is most right. Either way, there are a lot of issues. A lot of perspectives. And a...
Choosing Your Partner
An integral component to any successful, healthy relationship is choice. Relationships are ripe with opportunities to choose meaningfully, or otherwise. In any marriage (relationship, partnership, etc.), a type difference (On the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or...
The MBTI for Leaders, Teams, & Organizations
If you read last week's article, or listened to the podcast, or maybe just chatted with me in the past few weeks, you know... I AM ON FIRE WITH THE MBTI!!! Yeah, I really like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the wealth of personality preferences assessment data it...
The MBTI for Individuals and Couples
I am ON FIRE with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator lately! If you've worked with me in the past, you know I use it quite often in individual and couples work - I've also facilitated quite a few leadership teams through organizational health processes with it. Most...
Humility & The MBTI
I have to be honest. It's been a week. It's been like 10 weeks wrapped up into the last week. "Great leaders understand themselves, and this is how they can best understand others too. A framework like the MBTI prompts leaders to consistently think about their own...
On Collective Guilt
When commenting on blaming all Germans, all Nazis, for the atrocities he faced for three years in the concentration camps of WWII, Viktor Frankl wrote in Man's Search for Meaning, “As for the concept of collective guilt, I personally think that it is totally...
The Tyranny of Indecision
Psychotherapy, counseling, and coaching are not always about working with anxiety, depression, and the labels of other mental health issues. My work week is filled with helping people make decisions - we explore a lot of questions in my office (and on Zoom now)....