The World One Sees and the Seer Who Sees It
Listen to the entire article: Seeing things as they are in an essential concept in Buddhist philosophy and psychology, as well as Freudian theory. So much emotional turmoil, what is known as suffering in Buddhism, is due to the tendency to withdraw from and...
Beyond Denial: “Mystification”
Listen to the entire article: Denial is typically understood as a psychological defense in which the reality of a person or situation is intolerable for some reason, cannot be consciously acknowledged, and so is forced into areas of the mind where it remains...
The Architecture of a Relationship with a Narcissist in 5 Phases
Listen to the entire article: Adults who suffer from narcissistic problems were originally injured early in their development. All infants and young children need to be responded to empathically by their caregivers, mirrored and reflected by their caregivers....
The Psychological Capacity of Inflexion
Listen to the entire article: In a prior presentation, I described the destructive sado-masochistic relationship depicted in the 1986 film “9 ½ Weeks” between John, a Wall street investment banker played by Mickey Rourke, and Elizabeth, a beautiful...
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