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Why Is “Mental Health” A Stupid Phrase?

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aspect dualism, Baruch Spinoza, bipolar disorder, culture, epistemology, friendship, homosexuality, mania, mental health, Nietzsche, normalcy, schizophrenia, sex life, subjective experience

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books, education, freedom, interpersonal relationships, mental health, philosophy, psychoanalysis, truth

Glendale, California Sunday, August 12, 2018 Why Is “Mental Health” A Stupid Phrase? The phrase, mental health, is stupid. It accurately...

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Frantic Emailing and Texting: Illusory Anxiety Relief

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anxiety-propensity, binding anxiety, catastrophes, DNA, emailing, evolution, hyper-arounsal, insanity, sanity, texting

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books, education, freedom, interpersonal relationships, mental health, mindfulness, philosophy, spirituality, truth

Seattle, Washington Saturday, July 7, 2018 Frantic Emailing and Texting: Illusory Anxiety Relief If you find yourself like me—compelled to check...

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Bullshitters, Liars, and Donald Trump

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bullshit, bullshitters, Donald Trump, Harry Frankfurt, liars, lying, manipulation, MS-13, propaganda, sales job, selling

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books, education, freedom, government, manipulation of the american public, mental health, news, philosophy, politics, social media, truth

Sunday, July 1, 2018 Glendale, California Bullshitters, Liars, and Donald Trump Did you know a serious philosopher writes about bullshit? It’s...

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Jun

2018

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Do You Understand You’re Dreaming?

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animals, attorneys, Charles Bukowski, demands, denial, dreaming, eternity, freedom, games, laborers, physicians, psychoanalysts, scripts, Sunday blues, the week ahead, to-do lists

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freedom, interpersonal relationships, mental health, mindfulness, philosophy, psychoanalysis, spirituality, truth

Glendale, California Sunday, June 24, 2018 Do You Understand You’re Dreaming? (Inspired by David Foster Wallace and Lao Tzu) As the...

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Jun

2018

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America’s Gulag for Children

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abuse, bad government, bad policy, destroyed persons, displaced children, foster homes, immigration, orphans, the human family

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freedom, government, interpersonal relationships, manipulation of the american public, mental health, parenting, philosophy, politics, spirituality, truth

Glendale, California Saturday, June 23, 2018 America’s Gulag for Children The term, Gulag, made famous by Russian novelist Alexandr Solzhenitsyn’s...

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Loneliness and Freedom

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authenticity, boredom, effective living, freedom, loneliness, loss of self, maturity, Paul Verhaeghe, repetition compulsion, unconscious dynamics

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freedom, government, interpersonal relationships, manipulation of the american public, mental health, mindfulness, philosophy, psychoanalysis

Pasadena, California Tuesday, June 19, 2018 Loneliness and Freedom Regardless of why their seek their help, psychoanalysts strive to increase...

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2018

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Are You Projecting On Your Dog?

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cats, consciousness, dogs, interpretation, love, pets, projection, reality, self-awareness, self-consciousness, wishes

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interpersonal relationships, mental health, philosophy, psychoanalysis, social media, truth

Glendale, California Saturday, June 2, 2018 Are You Projecting On Your Dog? Doesn’t Lucy, my three-year-old Vizsla, look kind, aware,...

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May

2018

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Dangers of CBT, DBT, TFT, and Other TLA Psychotherapies

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bad faith, brainwashing, CBT, conformity, DBT, EFT, freedom, indoctrination, inhumanity, limits on freedom, oppression, TFT

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education, freedom, healthcare, manipulation of the american public, mental health, philosophy, psychoanalysis, social media, truth

Sunday, May 27, 2018 Glendale, California Dangers of CBT, DBT, TFT, EFT, and Other TLA Psychotherapies If any of...

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May

2018

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Identity Politics’ Dark Side

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binary opposition, bipolar, black lives matter, gay rights, group psychology, identity politics, splitting, us versus them, women's rights

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freedom, government, interpersonal relationships, manipulation of the american public, mental health, philosophy, psychoanalysis, social media, truth

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Pasadena, California Identity Politics’ Dark Side Movements like feminism, black power, and gay rights have positively changed...

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2018

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Finding Liberation in Mystery

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anxiety, depression, dread, galaxies, incompleteness theorem, infinity, relativism, theories, viewpoints

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books, education, freedom, government, interpersonal relationships, mental health, philosophy, psychoanalysis, truth

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 Pasadena, California Finding Liberation in Mystery How can acknowledging the ultimate mystery of the world liberate...

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