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7 Things I Learned About Life That I Learned From Surfing 27 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm
Sometimes I’m surprised I wasn’t born with gills. It’s like I was meant to spend more time in water than on land. I didn’t discover this until I was thirteen or so, when I started high school and had...
Setting Limits Can Keep You Sane: Here’s How to Do It 20 Aug 2013 | 07:17 pm
Recently, as part of my mindfulness practice, I decided to experiment with saying “yes” to everything. It was an exercise recommended specifically for the “aversive” Buddhist personality type, with w...
The Curse of Perfectionism (And What to Do About It) 13 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
I was born with a problem. Well, I suppose I’m not sure I was born with it, but it sure did manifest early on. My mom tells me a story of when I was only a few months old. I was sitting in my crib, p...
What is Integrative Psychiatry? The Principles You Need to Know 6 Aug 2013 | 05:21 pm
I didn’t set out to become an integrative psychiatrist. Like most doctors out there, I went through medical school and residency learning a “disease-based” approach of how the human body works. First...
What Veterans with PTSD Can Teach You About Overcoming Fear 30 Jul 2013 | 08:34 pm
Let me ask you a question. Imagine you have a daughter (or if you have a daughter, imagine her). She’s about 5, and one day she’s bitten by a dog. Now she’s terrified of all dogs, and you notice her...
“So How Does That Make You Feel?” The Ultimate Guide To Choosing A Therapist 23 Jul 2013 | 07:13 pm
Wondering if you could use some therapy? Well, you probably could. This doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you. Many people have a misunderstanding that being in therapy means you’re “crazy” or so w...
This. Is. It. Lessons Learned From A Weekend Meditating 16 Jul 2013 | 07:34 pm
Sunday afternoon I returned from a weekend at Casa de Maria, a beautiful center in Santa Barbara, California with rolling hills, miles of trails, swimming pools, massage centers… There were many peop...
10 Things I Learned At The 2013 World Domination Summit (A Tale Of Inspiration, Potential and Facing Fear) 9 Jul 2013 | 11:46 am
I’m currently sitting in the Portland airport, watching masses of people swarming around as almost every flight has been delayed for various mechanical reasons. While I’d like to be on my way home ba...
The Three Buddhist Personality Types: Which One Are You? 1 Jul 2013 | 10:08 am
Long before Freud wrote The Interpretation of Dreams or William James opened his first psychology laboratory at Harvard, Buddhist thinkers sought to understand the inner workings of the mind and perso...
Mythbusters 101: Why (Almost) Everything You’ve Read About The DSM-5 Is Wrong (And What The Truth Is) 19 Jun 2013 | 07:08 pm
Last month, in a debut surrounded by controversy, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) released the 5th version of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the book that contains listings of all t...
