Karl Ericson
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Anxiety
In a crisis, when everybody else gets very, very excited, you have to become the calmest person in the room so you can figure a way out of the situation. This was Mayor Rudy Giuliani's father's advice to his son. The mayor said that on Sept 11, his father's "voice was in my head". We can't live in fear. We live in fearful times but you have to live your life. So, live it to the fullest. Lolita Jackson, Associate Vice President, Morgan Stanley and survivor of 2 attacks on the
June 18, 2011
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Achieving Dating Success
I used to be a total failure at dating. A couple of years ago I became quite successful with women (though I still was rejected part of the time) and then I became engaged. It was my initial lack of success that got me wondering what it was that made some people successful and some not. I try and observe and learn from people who are very successful with the opposite sex. Recently, I had the privilege to witness one of these rare beings in action. He walked into a room walke
December 9, 2007
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The Danger And Value Of Anger
When I have acted in anger I have sometimes done very good things such as writing a letter to the editor, donate money to help those who are oppressed and so on. However in my personal life when I have acted in anger it has almost always caused problems. And when I have expressed myself in words on paper or in email it has potentially opened me up to law suits besides creating more misunderstandings. There are many times that I wish I had listened to my father's advice of "Ne
December 9, 2007
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Emotional Problems, Psychological Or Biological
Is the natural state of a human happy and if so does mental illness, which leads to depression require fuel to shift one's mood from a natural state to a depressed one? Does mental illness, like fire, need fuel to maintain itself? Could mental illness be fueled by self destructive coping mechanisms? Consider a person who has suffered tragedy and turns to drink to cheer himself up. Alcoholism is likely to create more problems and more depression. If the person then copes with
December 9, 2007
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Negative Aspects Of Religion
The following page shows negative aspects of different religions. I have dedicated another site to their positive aspects, http://www.mypracticalphilosophy.com/shelp/pos.htm. I do not wish to imply that all believers in these religions are bad or that they should be punished. There are good people of all religions. Many of these people focus on the good commandments of their religions and find a way to reinterpret or ignore the bad ones. Unfortunately there are many who take
December 9, 2007
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Positive Thinking or Realistic Thinking or Both?
Above all, what we as Americans prize are magic elixirs: simple solutions, closed and totalizing systems of explanation, grand schemes at once easy to understand, applicable to everything and everyone, and which thereby reduce the heart-stopping complexity of the world to a set of nostrums or dicta that we can recite like mantras, when things go bad, to quiet the soul. Peter Marin, "An American Yearning" There are many approaches to self help and many unhelpful ones advocat
December 9, 2007
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Dealing with Anxiety
Lessons about anxiety from a world champion ice skater, a neurologist, the Dalai Lama and my life.
June 17, 2011
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Weight Loss Paradoxes
Many approaches to dieting can actually lead to weight gain. Here is some information that was unexpected to me when I found out about it.
June 16, 2008
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Achieving Emotional Health, Personal Growth and Success with Self Help
This site blends the psychological literature with the author's own experiences and those of others and discusses a large variety of topics.
December 10, 2007