So, let’s confront some myths about confidence, insecurity and anxiety. Because the misinformation’s wrong, and worse, pernicious. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my 30-year clinical career, it’s that everyone’s got …
It’s scary to be a human being, for countless reasons. It just is. So, the first thing I want to say is, whenever you feel scared, remind yourself that life is scary, …
It’s just awfully lonely being a human being. It’s just awfully hard being a human being. For so many reasons. We are really, in a sense, totally alone within ourselves. We can’t …
Feel your guilt, and let it go. That’s what guilt’s good for—you feel it, learn what’s to learn from it, and then retire it. You stop clinging to it—beating yourself up, bludgeoning …
To be free in life, we must be good disappointers. This doesn’t mean we must be “comfortable disappointers,” but we must be competent ones. Specifically, we must be willing to cultivate the …
It’s important to curb our desperation, because in desperation we tend to settle. In desperation, we’re at high risk to make highly compromised, impulsive decisions. Whether desperate for love, companionship, to cling …