How To Deal With Jealousy

At its core, jealousy is actually fear. Specifically, it is a fear of being diminished or made less… and it comes directly from the ego. In fact, perhaps no emotional response is so aligned with the ego as jealousy is. Ego is an often used term but, for many, it may lack a clear and … Read More

How To Be Happy Alone

The question of how to be happy alone seems to raise an insight: that to be alone means to be unhappy, or that it is more difficult to be happy when alone — or, if you’d prefer, that it’s easier to be happy when we are not alone. No matter how it’s expressed it points … Read More

Rehab For Depression?

As there are treatment facilities for substance abuse and dependency, so there are treatment facilities for emotional dysfunctions like depression. There is rehab for depression then? Yes, there is. But is such a thing necessary? There’s no doubt that depression can be a painful and even immobilizing condition. It’s safe to say, I believe, that … Read More