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This is Not a Test: 3 Steps to Winning the Battle Against Insecurity

This is Not a Test: 3 Steps to Winning the Battle Against Insecurity

Apr 29, 2025

Insecurity is often the cause of people becoming unhealthy compulsives rather than healthy compulsives. It’s as if life were a test and, fearing we will fail, we resort to rules, rigidity and control to prevent failure. It can be so prevalent, yet so hard to see, that it’s like the air we breathe. But rather than trying desparately to pass the test, we can take a pass on the test, and adopt ways of living that have more meaning.

Navigating the Crossroads: 5 Steps to Becoming More Decisive

Navigating the Crossroads: 5 Steps to Becoming More Decisive

Oct 24, 2024

True Confidence is not confidence that you’ll get the decision right and everything will work out just fine and dandy, but that you’ll be able to handle whatever comes up—including your anxiety.

4 Lessons Perfectionists Learn When They Befriend the Archetype of the Fool

4 Lessons Perfectionists Learn When They Befriend the Archetype of the Fool

Jun 18, 2024

My approach to psychotherapy includes the removal and reduction of symptoms, and, at least as...

How to Build a Foundation That Prevents Imposter Syndrome

How to Build a Foundation That Prevents Imposter Syndrome

May 28, 2024

Building a solid foundation of basic respect, and furnishing it with self-compassion will diminish imposter syndrome. Rather than splitting yourself between how you look and how you feel, image yourself as whole, congruent and harmonious, all parts embraced by consciousness. Then you’re ready to face those challenges that are only partly in your control. 

Demand Resistance: What It Is, What Drives It, and How It Serves or Cheats Us

Demand Resistance: What It Is, What Drives It, and How It Serves or Cheats Us

May 7, 2024

Imagine a couple going through fertility treatment. They’re expected to make love at certain times...

Turning Chaos into Order: Meaning and Burden for the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Turning Chaos into Order: Meaning and Burden for the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Feb 6, 2024

Psychiatrist Carl Jung liked to ask people, and I am paraphrasing lightly, “But then what...

The Compulsive Thinker-Planner: Obsessive Procrastinator or Productive Visionary?

The Compulsive Thinker-Planner: Obsessive Procrastinator or Productive Visionary?

Dec 19, 2023

This is the last in a series of four posts describing in greater detail four...

The Compulsive Worker-Doer: Destined for Burnout or Fulfillment?

The Compulsive Worker-Doer: Destined for Burnout or Fulfillment?

Nov 21, 2023

This is the second in a series of four posts describing four different types of...

Who’s in Charge? You or Your Inflated Rogue Ego?

Who’s in Charge? You or Your Inflated Rogue Ego?

Sep 12, 2023

You are not your Ego.  No matter how big it’s become. As psychologists use the...

What Inspiration Can Do for Us and Why We Won’t Let It

What Inspiration Can Do for Us and Why We Won’t Let It

Jul 27, 2023

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  • Should You Unearth the Past? How Looking Back Can Help us Move Forward May 27, 2025
  • This is Not a Test: 3 Steps to Winning the Battle Against Insecurity April 29, 2025
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