“When we are stunned by some tragedy, we can only see and feel the tragedy. Only with time and distance can we see the tragedy in the context of a whole life and a whole world.”
― Harold S. Kushner
Working on problems from the top down means using reason and intellect. These wonderful tools dissolve obstacles like dish soap dissolves grease. Reason is our soap and intellect is the sponge. Our egos are intellectual, which is why we tend toward reason to daub at our problems…
Don’t call it coaching, counseling, therapy, or consulting, and certainly don’t say it’s fixing psychopathology. Call it learning to be your best, as has been denied you.
Remodeling What’s Normal
Our Blind Fixations
Fixing from the Top Down
Fixing from the Bottom Up
Don’t Hope, Act
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