POOPED: Don’t Shortchange Your Sleep!

Posted by on Jul 10, 2011 in Articles | 0 comments by: Dr. Archibald D. Hart “We have become a nation of insomniacs.” So says Marie Wylie, columnist for the journal ‘Psychotherapy Networker,’ a magazine for mental health professionals.[1] “If a vast conspiracy were afoot to create an entire civilization of insomniacs,” she says, “it would operate pretty much the way our society does now.” Insomnia. We either deny its existence in...
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Examen

Posted by on Mar 23, 2011 in Articles | 3 comments 1. Come into the presence of God. Get comfortable in a quiet place. Light a candle if you can. Allow your attention to roam over the present day, looking for times of consolation and desolation. 2. Place your hand on your heart and ask Jesus to bring to your heart a moment today for which you are most grateful. Count your blessings. For what moment today am I most grateful? If you can relive one...
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Discovering God’s Invitation to Flourish

Posted by on Nov 15, 2010 in Articles | 1 comment As we begin our journey together, I am enjoying a few seaside summer days. For hours at a time I have been sitting by the ocean, feeling the refreshing sea mist on my face, watching the waves in a natural rhythm of ebb and flow, internalizing this as a centering image for my life. The sunset gently closes out each day, transforming the sky with the promise of a restful night and the hopes of another new day. As I ride my bike through the natural California terrain along the cliffs of the ocean, the wind blows through my hair and I am reminded of the pure pleasures I experienced as a child in South Africa, laughing and playing with carefree innocence. Can you remember times like this?
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Integrating Faith-Based Positive Psychology

Posted by on Nov 15, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments A New Branch of Psychology has Emerged In 1997, while Dr. Martin Seligman was President of the American Psychological Association, in an effort to bring balance and supplement progress in the helping professions, he gathered together ten of the world’s leading experts for a day to see if it was plausible to discuss and think through the future impact of the field of Psychology. Dr. Seligman had noted that a dirty little secret of psychiatry and much of clinical psychology today is that they have been seduced into working mostly on symptom relief and have given up the notion of cure. The field is almost entirely about crisis management and the rendering of cosmetic treatments reaching a dead end – a 65% barrier of treatment effectiveness.
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