existential

Why Are So Many Parents Limited in Loving Their Children?

In order to place the title of this blog in context, I would define parental... >>

VIDEO: Dr. Kirk Schneider on Developing Awe in Existential Psychotherapy

Watch an excerpt from PsychAlive’s interview with Dr. Kirk Schneider. Dr. Kirk Schneider talks about developing... >>

The Polarized Mind: Humanity’s “Great Mistake”

What is a polarized mind?  It is a mind stricken with one absolutist point of... >>

The Human Experience

Human beings are cursed with a conscious awareness of their own mortality. Human beings, unlike... >>

Life-Affirming Death Awareness

When I was a teenager, I realized that most people were living as though death... >>

death anxiety, death awareness, psychalive, Dr Sheldon Solomon
Creating Meaning by Facing Our Mortality

“The irony of man’s condition is that the deepest need is to be free of... >>

Courage, assertiveness, critical inner voice, vulnerability, Dr. Robert Firestone, Psychalive
A New Slant on Vulnerability: Courage Not Conformity

This blog contains excerpts from an interview with Dr. Robert Firestone by Fred Branfman, political... >>