The Eeyore Syndrome Have you read any Winnie the Pooh stories to your children? If so, you know the character of Eeyore, the donkey that always has that hang dog look, feels defeated, and thinks Doomsday is just around the…
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The fear of failure is like a plague. For many, fear and failure go together like peanut butter and jelly. For some of us, it is what holds us back. We do not want to set ourselves up for a…
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Fear is probably one of the most crippling emotions in the human psyche. It affects our lives every day, whether in large ways or small. At one extreme we have Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). This is common among our…
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Working with the public for most of my adult life has ruined me. I want to believe that there is good in all people but after my experiences, it is hard to feel that way. The public can be cruel….
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Society has been the motivating factor in directing Human behavior for centuries, in determining what is acceptable behaviors for the masses in relationship to permissible individual actions. The culture of violence that was a component of daily life as recently…
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Dreams are mysterious in that no one knows for sure what their purpose truly is. Scientists have not been able to determine whether dreams consist merely of random electrical impulses in the brain, if they are efforts on the part…
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Words are powerful. They have the power to inspire, to bring joy, and to uplift. They have the power to bring calm, peace, and serenity. Unfortunately, words also have the power to incite anger, jealousy, and hatred. And words ultimately…
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Happiness is like that bright, elusive butterfly of love. It seems as though it is within reaching distance, it could even be held, then softly, silently, it flutters away, still somewhere out of reach but still visible. The very glimpse…
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One of the most difficult insights for students to grasp about the concepts of soundness and cogency is that they cannot always be determined. I have noticed that when students evaluate arguments they sometimes feel the need to state that…
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Anger management is an efficient strategy for controlling your anger. You can not change things or people around you, but you can certainly learn how to control your own reactions to them. Learning how to control your anger can help…
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