This is a story from the book The Five Stages of the Soul by Harry Moody and David Carroll, told in the context of sin, guilt, and redemption. According to a Japanese legend, in the city of Wakamatsu there once lived a young samurai named Zenkai, who spent his days gambling and indulging in pleasure. […]
This is a continuation of the previous article on Intelligent Emotions. In it, I briefly outline the core ideas from David Viscott’s book The Language of Feelings about the crucial importance of being in contact with our emotions and being able to express them in an appropriate way. According to Viscott, if you want to […]
According to Bert Hellinger, the creator of Family Constellations: *“In all our various relationships, our basic needs interact in complex ways: The need to belong, which is about bonding. The need to maintain a balance between giving and taking, which is about equilibrium. The need for the safety of social convention and predictability, which is […]
*”It has always seemed to me that guilt is not a true feeling, but rather a defense against sensations—of loneliness, ugliness, badness, and perhaps of remorse. Guilt is a defense against true suffering. This may sound heretical to you, but there is something highly manipulative and slippery about guilt. When people go on explaining how […]
The goal of psychotherapy can be described in many ways. One of them is helping the client learn how to become their own therapist. In this sense, every successful psychotherapeutic process includes an element of learning. That’s why I would like to share an important concept that can help both clients and therapists: the distinction […]
From the book by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: “Just as the government has laws that govern the collective dream, our beliefs are the code that governs our individual dream. All these laws exist in our minds; we believe in them, and the Judge within us bases everything on these rules. The Judge passes […]
