Doing More Of What Doesn't Work Doesn't

Anyone Who Engages In The Practice Of Psychotherapy Confronts Every Day The Devastation Wrought By The Teachings Of Religion.

Romantic Love Can Be Terrifying. We Experience Another Human Being As Enormously Important To Us. So There Is Surrender -not A Surrender To The Other Person So Much As To Our Feeling For The Other Person. What Is The Obstacle? The Possibility Of Loss.

For Children Mastery Entails Struggle. This Means They Must Be Permitted To Struggle. If Parents Inappropriately Step In To "help"-out Of Impatience Or Solicitude-they Sabotage Important Learning. Among Other Things, The Child Is Unlikely To Discover The Advantages Of Perseverance And Self-discipline.

No One Is Coming To Save You.

If We Do Not Believe In Ourselves- Neither In Our Efficacy Nor In Our Goodness- The Universe Is A Frightening Place.