“Our human’ (egoic) tendency is to want to feel good (and to avoid feeling bad) about ourselves. But without a way to recognizing, accepting and addressing all of who we are, including the shadow side and difficult parts of our experience, our personal growth stops and we remain asleep to our potential.” Richard Rohr In […]
Children the Challenge by Rudolph Dreikurs
Last week I found a copy of Children the Challenge in a used book store. It has been years since I lost or gave away our copy but it was the influential parenting book we used raising our own children. Both Crystal and I were trained as Adlerian Psychologists. Alfred Adler was a contemporary of […]
INVICTUS Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation by John Carlin
I often ask clients who are their heroes. Who do they look up to? For me, it is Nelson Mandela. We spent 6 years in Zambia, during which time Zimbabwe, formerly Southern Rhodesia, fought and won their independence. At that time Rhodesia had about 3 million blacks and ½ million whites and the results of […]
Making Marriage Simple 10 Relationship Saving Truths Review
Making Marriage Simple 10 Relationship Saving Truths (2013), is a very personal look at Imago Relationship Therapy as seen through the eyes of Imago’s creators, Harville Hendrix and his wife Helen LaKelly Hunt. Written with humor, compassion, and honesty, Making Marriage Simple is a strategic blueprint for creating a stronger, more satisfying partnership in today’s […]
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani (continued)
Last month I commented on the first two sections of Lakhiani’s book (that was as far as I had read at that point. lol) In Part I, Lakhiani examines the world around us for what it really is and concludes that some of its rules and patterns have outlived their expiration date. At this level, […]
Book review: The Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani
My wife Crystal put me on to the book The Code of the Extraordinary Mind 10 unconventional laws to redefine your life and succeed on your own terms by Vishen Lakhiani. I was not aware of Lakhiani’s work, but he is one of the most influential personalities in personal growth today. A computer engineer and […]
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