For the Love of Travel
I’ve always wondered why some people have such a pressing desire to “see the world.” Recently, I stumbled upon the work of Dr. Michael Brein, who has developed a sort of “psychology of travel.”
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I’ve always wondered why some people have such a pressing desire to “see the world.” Recently, I stumbled upon the work of Dr. Michael Brein, who has developed a sort of “psychology of travel.”
No one has yet come up with a full explanation for why time seems to accelerate as we get older, but there are some theories to account for this disturbingly real phenomenon.
Buddhism, as a religious and/or philosophical enquiry, has been pointing the way towards the casting off of the self for the last 2,500 years.
Taking time. That’s the secret. If you don’t take it, it will surely slip quietly and all too quickly away.
The story wasn’t true. But the truth was in the story.
How good are you at being unhappy? Need a little help? In his book “The Situation Is Hopeless but Not Serious: The Pursuit of Unhappiness”, psychologist Paul Watzlawick gives you all the advice you need. You can even use it to become happier, if only by smiling at all the crazy little ways humans have to keep misery alive.
What are the key ingredients in therapy that works in difficult situations? Fact and reason? Or a therapist willing to be with the client in the darkest places where we humans have to admit that we don’t know what the point is, and that we cannot fix it?
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