It's easy to feel that we’re the slaves of time, or at the mercy of time, or that time is a force of nature to which we are helpless or powerless. People sometimes see life as a block of time being chipped away, especially when they imagine their dreams of career and relationship … [Read more...] about The Exhausting Race against Time
The Perils of Past, Present, and Future
Past, present, and future walk into a bar. Suddenly everyone becomes very tense. End of joke, in case you didn’t get it. Really, it’s no laughing matter if you allow past, present, and future to walk into the barroom of your mind to argue, get drunk, and start a fight. … [Read more...] about The Perils of Past, Present, and Future
The Mocking Voice of Inner Resistance
The best depth psychology is so potent that we instinctively become resistant to assimilating the knowledge. The insight upsets our sense of who we are, and we feel inner resistance because we don’t like, at least initially, that feeling of vulnerability and … [Read more...] about The Mocking Voice of Inner Resistance
The Essentials of Empowerment for Enablers and Codependents
My late wife, Sandra Michaelson, had great insights into the passive side of human nature. She wrote extensively about passivity in her first book, The Emotional Catering Service, a book about codependents and enablers that was published in 1993. In this book, she illuminates … [Read more...] about The Essentials of Empowerment for Enablers and Codependents
Answers to Questions from Readers (Part 5)
Readers often send me emails with their comments and questions. The seven queries that I respond to here deal primarily with inner passivity. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of inner passivity, you might first read this post. My responses to the queries below are in … [Read more...] about Answers to Questions from Readers (Part 5)