Negative reviews by anonymous people are tough, scary even, and I’ll admit that if someone is trying to hurt me: it hurts at first. This post is about the steps I take to empathize with and to learn from negative reviews, so I can be a better therapist to the many who find the process fruitful.
Read more“Books and cleverness! There are more important things! — Friendship and bravery!” – Hermione Granger
Read moreTherapy can help people drive their own bus after feeling stranded in the dark.
Read moreIf you’re standing at the bottom of a hill with friends, it will appear less steep and easier to climb than if you are alone.
– Lisa Feldman Barrett, Phd
Read more“[P]eople spend at least half their waking hours simulating rather than paying attention to the world around them, and this pure simulation strongly drives their feelings.”
– Lisa Feldman Barrett, How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, p. 71.