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From “The School of Life”: How To Be Confident
Amy: Check out this small, funny reflection on “confidence” from Alain de Botton’s The School of Life. The video points to the liberating effects of allowing for, and accepting, our innate craziness […]
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Out of the Darkness: Therapy For A Depressed Young Woman
In this post, Dave shares his clinical story about a young woman with severe depression and her recovery, without the use of medications. It again reminds us about the power of relationship, and the...
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A New Understanding of Emotional Distress
Our current cultural model for conditions like anxiety and depression uses language like "chemical imbalance", implying that suffering is related to our brain chemistry. In this post, Dave Keith offers...
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Meditation on Personhood: Looking For My Self
Dave continues his meditation on the tensions and play between our multiple "selves"; the social, fantasy and core parts of our being--and what this means for our relationship with others.
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Meditation on Personhood: How Do We Know Who We Are?
Dave Keith reflects on the relationship between the "I"-- our Self--and the system of social selves, a community of selves. The social selves are roles that we play. We all have multiple personalities....
View ArticleWhat If The “Sick” Person Is The Healthiest Of All?
Here Dave proposes the countercultural idea that problems like depression, ADHD, bipolar and other "disorders" are often healthy responses to the pain of unhealthy relationships.
View ArticleMen in Therapy: Dealing With The #MeToo Movement, and Themselves
In his thoughtful Op-Ed from The New York Times, psychotherapist Avi Klein reflects on the men who come to him for therapy. He says many are grappling with “layers of […]
View ArticleThe New Movement in Mom-Shaming
In this Opinion piece from today’s New York Times, Kim Brooks talks about the new movement in Mom-Shaming. She recounts her own experience of being stalked and recorded for leaving […]
View ArticleHow To Be Selfish
Listen to Alain de Botton reflect on the benefits of being “kind egoists”. He notes how maintaining a healthy selfishnessContinue reading
View ArticleWhat “Ruthlessness”Feels Like From The Inside
The idea of being "ruthless" sounds jarring at first, until we realize how it's an essential ingredient in healthy living, both personally and professionally. It speaks to how we maintain our integrity...
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