mindfulness

Are we maturing or just getting older?

Are we maturing or just getting older? You might be asking, “What’s the difference?” We’re just getting older if we just live life as it comes. Life lived that way tends to repeat itself. We make the same mistakes. We hurt the same people in the same ways. We think of ourselves in the same […]

Mindfulness and the idealization process in a nutshell

Why do people turn against other people they admired, or against groups they belong to? It’s the idealization process. Here’s how it goes. Individually, you admire certain qualities in another person and you want to actualize those qualities in yourself. But you are unconscious of the idealization you’ve made–that you’ve put that person on a pedestal and […]

Mindfulness and Relationships

I have a policy of not publicly airing my grievances about friends and family. You’ve seen others do it–complaining on Twitter, Facebook, or other social media about people they love. Posting derogatory memes and saying something about how the meme refers to a loved one. Posting shaming and embarrassing photos of their children because they […]