The Psychology of Worth V: Raising Children/Engaging a Project
We provide care (generativity) so that our children might remain hopeful and healthy. This deep caring enables us to feel wo…
The Psychology of Worth IV: Generativity and Deep Caring
Multiple priorities emerge at different times during specific developmental periods. These choices and priorities can lead u…
The Intricate and Varied Dances of Friendship I: Turnings and Types
“The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement neither of the other nor of the self. The ultimate touchston…
The Wonder of Interpersonal Relationships VId: Lessons Learned About Sustaining Relationships Midst Differences
I believe that several important lessons can be learned from each of these exemplars—and these lessons can be applied to the…
Dreamer Beware: The Insightful Dreams of Sarah, Dan and Katherine
Potentially one of the most important (adaptive) but quite controversial functions of a dream is to alert the dreamer to som…
The Wonder of Interpersonal Relationships VIa: Culprits of Division and Bach Family Members as Exemplars of Relating Midst Differences
When expanding on his initial focus on psychotherapy to the nature and dynamics of groups and even entire civilizations, Sig…
The New Johari Window #30: Quadrant Four: The Unknown Area
The fourth quadrant is filled with paradox and enigma. It provokes a convoluted question: “How do we know Quad Four exists, …
The New Freedom: Living with Hope, Skepticism and Irony
Both hope and skepticism were to be found in Estonia (and Hungary) during the early 1990s, following the Soviet collapse. Ar…
The New Johari Window #6: Awareness of Self and the Postmodern Condition
We live in a world of complexity, uncertainty and turbulence that continues to call into question our sense of a coherent se…