HUMAN NATURE AND FOIBLES

Counseling topics covering the entire plethora of human behaviour. It'll help with your understanding of people. It answers some of life's difficult questions.

Why, in politics, do we throw out the common sense our parents instilled in us?

If a person wants to register spiritual progress in life, he should first have this misunderstanding in his mind cleared. A good life is inadequate. What these people mean by 'good life' will be found to be, on close inspection, just a 'non-evil life'.

This comprehensive piece covers the gamut as we uncover myth in our human institution and its use in therapeutic cognitive reframing. Written from the perspective of a former clinician serves time.

Are there particular things to look for to help you distinguish the difference between simply an immature person in need of growth, from a truly pathologically-selfish person (a sociopath), who is truly ill-intended? Fortunately, there are.

We all have certain flaws that we unconsciously reveal through a type of non-verbal communication called telegraphing or Tels for short.

A brief essay discussing why it is virtually impossible to separate judges from politics.

Loving someone and being in love with someone are two completely different things.

This paper discusses the factors in Tolkien's life that influenced the creation of The Hobbit, as well as social factors and themes to be found in the work itself.

This article comments on the trend of Jane Austen sequels in contemporary literature. While not all attempts are as successful, Linda Berdoll's two novels brilliantly reexamine Austen's beloved characters and ninettenth century life.

A list, with descriptions, of my top ten science fiction authors

The only problem here is that the two of you will want to be practical and critical, but won't find much amunition. Not so bad, if you think about it.

An explanation of yoga including the benefits gained from regular practice of yoga exercise.

Green thumb lessons from a veteran gardener provide insight into the do's and don'ts of a beginning gardener's journey to success!

Famous actors and actresses become merged with the characters they play, thereby giving up a bit of themselves in the process. Are we really grieving the actor or the part they played when someone famous passes away?

Is there a way of quantifying just how much psychotherapy is too much psychotherapy? The battlefield lines have been drawn, and what is at stake is the mental stability of a nation.

In any emergency whether manmade or nature made, are we prepared enough to prevent further catastrophe? Christopher Cooper and Robert Block examine these questions in their new book, Disaster, Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security.

Low self-esteem can be caused by many things and can dominate your life unnecessarily. Using your own intelligence, ability and innate understanding of yourself, you can raise your self-esteem.

This article discusses many different reasons why writers write. "The moment is in jeopardy and has to be captured in writing," is just one of them.

Can the mockumentary retain its satirical value without overstepping the bounds of taste?

Marriage is never a "try on," and is meant to be permanent (or until one of you dies!). Turn off the TV and stop behaving like children!