Freedom. We all want it. Most of us don’t have it and crave it. Many would not know what to do with it even if they had it. I surely have deeply desired freedom for as long as I can remember. It’s been one of my driving values for a…

A complete system for using principles of cognitive behavioral therapy to overcome your own problematic emotions and behaviors — Working on myself and with my patients, I see firsthand that it’s not easy to practice self-reflection while staying objective. You often end up staying at the same level of thought of the problems you are analyzing. You enter a debate with your mind, and you keep buying into your…

Think about what moved you to self-improvement in the first place. I guess that it probably was some frustration or some obstacle on the pursuit of an objective, which made you stop, step back, and think that maybe it was your own behavior or attitude which needed to change, rather…

A creative block is a scary moment in the path of a maker. It not only undermines progress, but it raises doubts on the creator’s identity. As a creator you create: if you are stuck, maybe you are a phony and not so much creative after all. Creative blocks are…

Mastery in craft and relationships are common themes in my life, as I strive to improve both constantly. I believe Truth is to be found everywhere. Recently I was able to gain new insights on them after a trip to get my hair and beard trimmed. Here’s how it happened. Italian barbers and craft mastery …

I recently fell in love with poetry. As a long time avid philosophy reader, I had always discarded poetry as a weaker, wimpier, softer form of Truth finding. Until recently, and I need to thank philosophy for that. Contemporary philosophy tells us that Truth is always one step out of…