Silver Cups How Healing Happens To a South Georgia Baby boomer, the image may be a silver cup grown tarnished. To the gardener, a rusted trowel. To the mechanic, a corroded engine part. To the inner-city dweller, buildings in disrepair. Each of us experiences natural corrosion over time. Loss of the [...]
In the South, we often received silver cups as birth gifts. Recently, I rediscovered mine. It was black with the tarnish of neglect. So, I polished it. Bit by bit, the silver began to shine through. I continued to polish. Engraving emerged. First my name. Then the date. Then the whole of the cup [...]
Moments with Martha Practicing Peace on Purpose Threshold Anxiety This is the first in a series of articles on anxiety. Future articles will discuss the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of anxiety management and healing. You have a dream. An inspiration. An idea comes to you out of the blue, or on a [...]
“Peace does not mean the absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.” Dalai Lama XIV As a psychotherapist, I am dedicated to helping people find peace of mind. As a human being, I seek peace in my own [...]
photo by Jim Freeman “Play is the gateway to vitality. By its nature it is intrinsically rewarding. It generates optimism, seeks out novelty, makes perseverance fun, leads to mastery, gives the immune system a bounce, fosters empathy and promotes a sense of belonging andcommunity.” Patch Adams June 13th was not my typical [...]
Myers Briggs Type: Right, Left & Center. “First of all, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” [...]
Right, Left and Center Through A Different Lens The games have begun. We already see a ramping up of emotional intensity among party loyalists on both sides. Before we get carried away into an unintended brawl, let us remember who we are. We are a melting pot of divergent thinkers. Our forefathers risked life and [...]
Myers-Briggs Type: Extraversion & Introversion The Lens in which we look. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. “ “You never really understand a person until you consider things form his point of view…Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in [...]
Myers-Briggs Type: Sensing and Intuition (This post is the fourth in the series: Right, Left and Center. I invite you to review the first three in order to put this one into context.) We have been considering personality differences through the lens of Myers-Briggs Personality Type. It is my fervent hope that by developing respectful [...]
Myers-Briggs Type Thinking and Feeling (This post is the fifth in the series: Right, Left and Center: through a different lens. I invite you to review the first four in order to put this one into context.) Congress continues to squabble, citizens seek solace in their own pre-judged perspectives, and the country polarizes itself more [...]
