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Our Desire to Please

I get tickled when I surprise a friend with some unexpected delight, such as their

Codependency is a Myth
Codependency is a word that gets tossed around a lot these days.  It evokes feelings of

How Therapy Works
 
Our minds and bodies are brilliant.  When we experience situations that overwhelm us, our minds protect

Falling in love can feel like diving off a cliff.
 
For me, it’s exhilarating and terrifying, dizzying and

We hear a lot of advice about how to be happy.
 
In fact, I just wrote two blog posts

In the last post, Warning: You Are Missing Out, I talked about the negativity bias, and how seeing the good

 
Why do we think life is so hard?
 
I was listening to an episode of the podcast Freakonomics