‘Psychology’ Archives
Critics in Love
This blog isn’t wont to dole out dating advice. Thinking upon my own predicament trying to find romance, however, I realized that there’s something unique and highly peculiar about trying to date a critic. By “critic”, I don’t just mean [Read More]
Peter Pan Syndrome: What’s So Appealing about Eternal Adolescence?
I admit, I’m not the best person to write about this. I’m not a single male in his twenties. I’m a 40-year-old woman who’s been married for 17 years. But I read a fascinating article in the September 8 Newsweek which compels me to ask the following questions. Is [Read More]
OOBE: Did It Ever Happen To You?
It was probably like 4 a.m. You could hear a pin drop in our dark bedroom. Those were the years when I used to meditate a lot, including early morning meditations at 3 a.m. in our living room. After half an hour of repeating my mantra in the dark while sitting in a [Read More]
The Pursuit of Knowledge
“You attract what you think about most, and you become what you attract most.” Focus. Mental discipline. The Secret, written by Rhonda Byrne, is located in the New Age section of your local bookstore. Before you decide to tune out, read on for at least [Read More]
Please Be Patient
Since we began the switch to WordPress two days ago, we’ve decided that I know just enough to be dangerous. A couple of wrong clicks with FileZilla and all my hard work disappeared. We’re starting from scratch yet again, hoping to re-post all the previous blog [Read More]
The Connection Between Music and Ego
What makes you tick? What makes me tick? Other than some really poor jokes about parasites, I’ll venture to say that we don’t often know ourselves as well as we might think. I am notorious for insisting that people think about the “why†of [Read More]
Everyone Deals with Pain
It’s something we either never talk about or trivialize in order to forget. It is the reason why many men are so pathetic at talking to women during their teenage years. Whether insecurity or heartache, we cannot decide how best to handle the pain. Pretending makes us [Read More]
