“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” ̶ Confucius On occasion a client will tell me that he or she feels like a fraud, an imposter. The individual is concerned that this fear which is often attached … Continue reading
Category Archives: Identity
“It is clear that if a man has to become a nobody in order to survive, if he has to remain permanently invisible, he will have no identity, will never become socially integrated nor will he enjoy mental health.” −Joseba Achotegui … Continue reading
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” ─ A. A. Milne Many of my clients find themselves stuck between this and that. This is about now in the present moment. That is about over there somewhere … Continue reading
“You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.” ─ Albert Einstein After noticing that there is often confusion about the “blame game” by some of my clients within their interpersonal relations, I began to wonder about the differences betwixt and … Continue reading
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking it is stupid” ─ Einstein Many clients of mine have wondered about their own intelligence and … Continue reading
“I exist as I am, that is enough.” ─ Walt Whitman Some of my clients will tell me about emotional trauma, their huge life events, and they might say to me, “That’s that!” Others have said, “and then there’s that, … Continue reading
“The busy bee has no time for sorrow.” ─ William Blake I have noticed that clients of mine from time to time will say something like, “I am so busy!” Then they take a huge breath as they sit down … Continue reading
“In the driest whitest stretch of pain’s infinite desert, I lost my sanity and found this rose” ─ Rumi Whoever gazes upon a beautiful aromatic rose that infuses the surrounding atmospheric environment with an enigmatic presence will notice it jogs … Continue reading
“My own behavior baffles me. I find myself doing what I hate, and not doing what I really want to do!” ─ Saint Paul (Romans 7:15) Procrastination On occasion, some of my clients have mentioned that they are procrastinators and … Continue reading
“Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.” ─ Edward Albert Many times my clients have wondered out loud in their session if they are selfish. As we start to explore their perception of what it means to be … Continue reading