Depression is the most prominent psychological disorder in the western world. Depression originates as a socially driven condition. In the U.S. about 10 million people suffer from significant depression each year and the numbers are increasing substantially. In 2014 depression was 24% greater than it was in 1999. People born since 1945 are 10 times more likely toRead more
Life Experiences
Spirituality and Life
I wrote recently that maybe I could shorten these pieces when I figured out which words were God’s and which one’s were mine. Without consciously thinking about it, I touched on something far deeper than just these writings. Several of you wrote me about that thought and we began a dialogue about the role of spirituality in contemporaryRead more
Living In Two Worlds
Most of us live in two worlds. There is the adult world with your job or career, your kids and family. You have built a fairly nice life for yourself there. Most of the people in this world are loving and kind. They care about you. It’s not a perfect world, but you get by. Then there isRead more
Feeling Inadequate
In school you may have read Coleridge’s, “The Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner.” It is a poem about a mariner who, in his arrogance, killed an albatross that was believed to have brought his ship and shipmates good fortune. Being a superstitious lot, the mariner’s mates made him wear the stinking carcass of the albatross around his neckRead more
Being Happy II
If I were to ask you if you were happy, you would probably say, "Yes, mostly." After all, you are doing OK. You've built a life that accommodates your needs and doesn't push you where you don't want to go. You've made compromises to get to where you are, and challenging those compromises means upsetting the apple cartRead more