Out of My Mind

Psychological Prostitution

Too often, people trade away their dreams, passions, autonomy and principles for promises of money, security and success, small comforts that rarely compensate for losing or repressing key elements of one's character and identity.
 

Good Accidents

In your darkest moments, you may not feel hope, but somewhere in your future there may be a good accident waiting to happen.

In the Grip of Thanatos

In Freudian psychology it’s called “Thanatos,” or what is colloquially referred to as “the death wish.”

Hypnosis: Now, Repeat After Me . . .

It’s a bonafide therapeutic tool in the right hands and unadulterated snake oil in the wrong ones.

Finding the Right One

Those who struggle to find “the right one” often question if it’s something about them, when it might just be bad luck.

Messages from Your Dream Maker

The dream makers in our minds tell us things no one else will or can. They know who we are in a way even our closest friends may not.

What We Get to Keep

A struggling single mom’s advice: No matter how much stuff we make or buy, there are only a few things we truly keep.

Talking Too Much

We are drowning in a flood of blah, blah, blah.

Betraying Our First Mother

When it comes to Mother Earth, we humans prove heavy on the take and miniscule on the give.

Affirmations Anyone? It Depends

Trying to dilute negative self-talk with its positive counterpart may actually make us feel worse, not better.