Ideas on Mental Health & Meaning
86,400 Hours of Work
If you graduated from high school at the age of 18, went to college and graduated in four years, then went out into the real world and got a real job working 40 hours a week and you worked forty-eight weeks a, took four weeks' annual vacation (two weeks more than most...
Why are Our Children Killing Each Other and Themselves?
We have witnessed another horrific tragedy. A young man went into a school in Florida and killed former classmates and teachers. Why? Many will tell you it was the fault of the gun that was used. Others might blame the education system that expelled him, or the...
The Four Horsemen of the (Relationship) Apocalypse
Criticism | Contempt | Defensiveness | Stonewalling I truly appreciate the work of Dr. John Gottman and the Gottman Institute. They've been studying relationships for decades and have an exceptional research model they use in their "Love Lab" in Seattle. Their books...
When Stress is Good for You
I've been having this conversation quite a lot lately, so I thought maybe I'd share it with you. Let me know what you think. Viktor Frankl tells us in Man's Search for Meaning, "I consider it a dangerous misconception of mental hygiene to assume that what man needs...