I have attempted to transcend the distinction between desire and action. Desire is not necessarily translated into action. ... The...

Why should I make concessions for someone I love? Not because I should "grow up" and "deal with it;" not because it's "the adult thing to...

I used to tell myself: "This is the last time you'll ever have an anxious episode; it must be," because you can do anything if you pump...

I was once in a social circumstance in which I had to daily interact with a group of people who I did not wish to be around but who would...

Chances are that my ideas, feelings, and insights are not going to download in a logical order and automatically arrange themselves into...

It's amazing how programmable our bodies are. That's why I'm an advocate for discipline. Discipline means sitting upright in a chair at a...

Some days I wake up feeling fanciful. My inner world is bright and sunny and made for frolicking (with complete disregard for my actual...

Distinguishing what we are and what we are not responsible for in this life is one of the greatest problems of human existence. For the...

There is a defect in the approach to problem-solving more primitive and more destructive than impatiently inadequate attempts to find...

"Become who you are." --Pindar, a Greek poet (522 - 440 BC) from Academy of Ideas: Existential Psychotherapy: Death, Freedom, Isolation,...

It is not that the comes of unself-disciplined children are lacking in parental discipline of a sort. These children are punished...

I make no distinction between the mind and the spirit, and therefore no distinction between the process of achieving spiritual growth and...

Anxiety and other forms of neurotic suffering can teach us about our way of life. [Anxiety signals to us] that the life path we’re on is...

I have been hurt so, so bad. Every time I am hurt I learn something new. I learn, for example, that I can get through this. This, as...

[Personal growth] begins with accepting total responsibility for every aspect of your life and refusing to blame anyone else. While blame...