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Psychological health is a product of our relationships

In order to understand people, i think it’s important to understand that no single person is EVER purely  a single individual.  To help explain what I mean,  I will co-opt the following, “The individual who is considered in psychological theory,… Continue Reading →

Let's use compassion to treat addiction

Whenever I’ve known someone to get into a car accident, I’ve seen enormous amounts of support: People head to the hospital in droves and offer any assistance they can.  Seeing that much support tends to fill me with belief in… Continue Reading →

Santa Fe, NM will not die on my watch

It you google Santa Fe, you’d learn about how it’s the oldest Capital in the U.S. and about it’s primarily tricultural population.  If you’re reading a tourist site, you’d even see that Santa Fe is the third largest art market… Continue Reading →

None but ourselves can free our minds

Bob Marley said it better than I ever could, “Free yourselves from mental slavery/none but ourselves can free our minds.” Now, I have no idea whether or not Mr. Marley studied psychology in a formal context, but I do know… Continue Reading →

Socioeconomic circumstances can be overcome

I know now that there is simply too much to learn in one lifetime.  For every theory that establishes “X,” there is an opposite (if not equal) theory that dismisses “X.” What to do?  For me, focus on a simple… Continue Reading →

Depression is just dark soil awaiting a seed

The other morning, while visiting my grandmother’s grave, I lifted a pinecone off of her headstone. I looked at it’s woody cradles and cursed its audacity: It covered the “Que” from the Madrecita Querida inscription and I launched that pinecone… Continue Reading →

Leadership can make or break any endeavor

To me, leadership is the make or break ingredient to success in any endeavor.  For me, leadership is a personal goal that I hope to one day reach.  I don’t mean that one day I want to be the CEO… Continue Reading →

If you write it, it will come…

I’ve always liked Pygmalion, the legendary sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory so realistic; he fell in love with her.  He secretly wished and believed that she was real until one day, Cupid kissed his statue and brought… Continue Reading →

Oppression can be overcome by the very tools it uses

It stands to reason that equality is not a goal of the educational systems within this country. By their defined purposes that Kozol and Weber postulate, educational systems are designed to ensure that inequality is the served purpose. However, Thomas… Continue Reading →

Oppression can be overcome by the very tools it uses

It stands to reason that equality is not a goal of the educational systems within this country. By their defined purposes that Kozol and Weber postulate, educational systems are designed to ensure that inequality is the served purpose. However, Thomas… Continue Reading →

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