Category: Consciousness

Thinking for Yourself

Think­ing for your­self means think­ing inde­pen­dent­ly — being con­scious of old pat­terns and bias­es and work­ing to over­come them as you make your own judg­ments. This process can be about iden­ti­ty, work, rela­tion­ships — any­thing at all. And it’s impor­tant to con­sid­er because when our past con­di­tion­ing is in charge it does much of our… Con­tin­ue read­ing Think­ing for Yourself

Running into Other People’s Unconscious

In Mar­i­lyn Mon­roe’s last inter­view, titled “My Own Pri­vate View of Myself,” she explains what fame has meant to her. Con­duct­ed only a month or so before she died, her words are res­o­nant with both strength and melan­choly, offer­ing a glimpse into her inner world. “…when you’re famous you kind of run into human nature in… Con­tin­ue read­ing Run­ning into Oth­er People’s Unconscious

Using Projections to Gain Self-Knowledge

A pro­jec­tion hap­pens any­time some­one uncon­scious­ly places their own beliefs, desires, con­clu­sions or expe­ri­ences onto anoth­er per­son or group of peo­ple. In its pos­i­tive form, it may help us empathize with oth­ers, as we use our expe­ri­ence to imag­ine their real­i­ties. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, pro­jec­tion has a dark­er side and becomes less pos­i­tive when it serves as… Con­tin­ue read­ing Using Pro­jec­tions to Gain Self-Knowledge

We Are Enough

Not long ago a client strug­gling with his con­di­tion­ing asked a telling ques­tion: “If I can’t be sure that the mes­sages I’m send­ing myself are true, how on earth can I trust my own judg­ment?” The con­di­tion­ing he bat­tled had to do with his con­stant wor­ries that he was mak­ing too many mis­takes in his… Con­tin­ue read­ing We Are Enough