Category Archives: Truth

The Mutiny Against Our Conditioning

As adults we come up against facets of ourselves that we wish to change. Unconscious bigotry, for example, or certain aspects of introversion or excessive guilt, impatience or egocentricity — our weaknesses and the results of our “over-strengths.” Taking on these challenges sounds good and promises a desirable transformation but in reality also portends the […]

May 6, 2021 – 10:51 am | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Choices, Conflict, Consciousness, Power, Truth, Wounds | Comments (10)

Of Love and Truth

I don’t want to make this too theoretical or abstract. By love, I mean the whole range of things we do to show care for others, not attraction or romance. By truth I mean the opposite of lies, deception and cover-ups, especially having to do with what we tell ourselves and others. So here’s a […]

April 27, 2021 – 1:04 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Love, Truth | Comments (6)

If It’s Not a Clear Yes, It’s a No

If it’s not a clear yes, it’s a no. The phrase tests our clarity and commitment. It doesn’t apply in every situation that might be answered, “maybe, maybe not.” Not everything can be or should be clear cut. But the phrase may have distinctive value when it is a way of asking ourselves about situations […]

January 31, 2020 – 2:59 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Openness, Self-Knowledge, Truth | Comments (0)

On Blind Spots

If you must be strong, you’ll react every time you see yourself being weak. You will stamp out weakness by being especially strong, displaying what your strength looks like so even you can see it. This may well have side effects, including looking especially weak and self-centered as you beat up on others. If you […]

March 18, 2019 – 4:41 pm | By Dan Oestreich | Posted in Conflict, Reflective Leadership, Self-Knowledge, Truth | Comments (0)