Burnout: What Happens When You Ignore Messages From Your Unconscious
People with obsessive-compulsive personality and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) are driven to be as productive...
Archetypal Jung
Taoist Wisdom for Compulsive Perfectionists
A longstanding source of sanity and serenity for me has been Jane English’s beautiful edition...
Are you a compulsive hero or a heroic compulsive?
Some people feel compelled to save the world from disorder, irrationality, chaos, and unruliness. It...
Perceived Chaos and the Need to Control
People who are compulsive and perfectionistic struggle mightily with disorder and unresolved situations. These may...
Understanding the Four Types of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality to Achieve Balance
As I’ve gotten to know more people with obsessive-compulsive personality through my clinical work, writing,...
The Healthy Compulsive Book Has Arrived!
Recognizing OCPD and The Driven Personality A woman who recently realized that she had OCPD...
Critical Partner: Rescuer, Victim & Persecutor Roles
Look closely at any conflict with a critical partner, and you’ll usually see certain roles...
Authenticity: Why Being Realistically Real Matters
Living like no-one is watching, authenticity, is both profoundly satisfying and painfully naïve at the...
Why Compulsive People Get Depressed Part 1: The Missed Potential of Low Mood
Constance was meticulous in everything she did. Her friends and colleagues said that while she...
Carl Jung Analyzes Ebenezer Scrooge: Obsessive-Compulsive and Archetypal Symbol of Transformation
Imagine that Ebenezer Scrooge, the curmudgeonly, compulsive money hoarder and eventual hero of Charles Dickens’...
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Healthy Compulsive Book
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