Plagued by Mediocrity, You are the Solution ($)
The book publishing industry is strangely familiar, as it has publishers producing derivative products, and agents pitching derivative ideas.
Creativity, Ideas, and Innovation ($)
Much of what I do as a therapist is to free people from these learned rationalizations of how things should be.
Counseling Performance, Coaching as Therapy ($)
Personal issues are rarely reasonable and rarely fit into a goal-oriented approach.
Preparing for Failure (podcast)
I talk with Rob Alvarez, of the Professor Game Podcast, about games in the context of learning, exploration, and failure.
Project Management Applied to the Mind ($)
Consider how project management applies to us. If we can recognize the conflicts that arise from it, and if we can reconcile them, then we can move from satisfying the agents in our environment to taking care of ourselves
Are we facing a challenge to democracy? (podcast)
A therapeutic perspective on the anxiety created by the financial, political, and health concerns of the world.
Mental Health, Illusion, and Life in the Metaverse ($)
You can't live a stable life in an illusion, yet most of us wish to.
Agile Self Management ($)
Managing a project is the same as managing one's mind.
Dreams and Tyranny ($)
A tyranny of the press, a corruption of medicine, and a perversion of public health is corrupting science and the democratic process, and most people don't recognize it.
Understanding Psychology
Psychology is a field that aspires to some day exist as a reliable body of knowledge. It's a nice idea.
Inspiration Above Motivation
You have an inner voice, but it will not argue with you. It will not compete for your attention.
Hypocrisy as the Path to Success
It takes a good sales pitch for new ideas to prosper. New ideas are pressured to pursue a path of happy promises.