When I was younger, attending university, I used to take drives through the back roads of central Pennsylvania as a way to be by myself. ...

When we begin to step out and take more control over our lives, we will go through times that feel impossible. Making changes means...

In 1988 Nike hired an ad agency that coined the slogan JUST DO IT. I have grown up with this slogan being a large part of my life and...

I wanted to address the name of my column and the general concept I will be running with throughout my posts.  I’m sure I will deviate...

When we often feel stuck in our lives, it is most likely due to our resistance in stepping out. What do I mean by that? Well, most of us...

I think we often miss what ingredients led to change or fulfillment. Sometimes we confuse the primary intention with the secondary...

It is known that before a caterpillar becomes a butterfly it makes a cocoon. It eats many times its own weight before it begins to create...

I’m not sleeping well these days. My psycho-philosophical work with my addicted clients in treatment is too ripe a ground to explore...

I want to share a conceptual continuum created by Kirk Schneider, PhD, a leading writer and theorist in the existential-humanistic...

I wrote a piece not too long ago entitled “The Lost Generations” that addressed some issues with the younger, more postmodern...

I am currently reading Ernest Becker’s revolutionary book, The Denial of Death.  It has me thinking about many things: my own personal...

Term: I’m going to use the term “addicted relationship” to mean when one person has an addiction and the other does not. Being in a...

We all want an explanation for our lives, our behavior, our thoughts, and for how the world works.  We search it out, we think about it,...

When I first started writing this column, part of my motivation was to bring more knowledge and understanding to the process of...

My wife gave birth to our third child this past weekend.  Yes, we are sleep deprived and the other two are acting out in adjustment to...

The Lost Generations: Function and Addiction in Generations X, Y, and Z. When I was working in a drug and alcohol treatment center, I...

What makes you feel simple and grounded?  For me, it is the smell of the inside of a certain type of book, or watching my children play. ...

For people quitting addiction, one of the most difficult aspects is not the actual quitting, is not accepting they have a problem, it’s...

Do we ever really know where we’re going?  Many people come to therapy to figure out where they are going.  It seems that some people...

In any growth endeavor we can often feel that once we do the work and experience some healing, we’ll have arrived, living happily ever...