I know that there are people who may disagree with me that all human life is contains the capability to create. But to me, the reason they disagree is because they’ve spent too much time telling themselves and/or others that… Continue Reading →
Generally, people don’t really make changes in their lives unless the road they’re on is too difficult to walk on anymore. Since there’s no way I can actually walk on someone else’s behalf, all I can do is help someone… Continue Reading →
First of all, what is a crisis? According to Wiger & Harowski (2003) there are three types of crises: developmental, situational, and existential. Developmental crises are normal developmental events in which transition leads to a crisis response; situational crises occur… Continue Reading →
Once, during a group session, a large man asked, “Why the hell should we listen to you?” It was a fair question and I am compelled to share my response…. I stepped forward and took a deep breath. I wanted… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
One of the real truths that my wife’s grandmother used to profess is that, “Cada cabeza es u mundo.” Translated, this means that every mind is its own world. She would usually say this when hearing a story about someone… Continue Reading →
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 →
The Chicano Movement didn’t fail. I have found Aztlan. It’s a real place. First off, I consider myself Chicano. For me, this means that I am a bilingual, biliterate person of Mexican-American descent who is interested in the reclamation of… Continue Reading →
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