Did Your Child Throw a Tantrum Today?
If your child throws tantrums it is important to know why. Tantrums can be developmentally normal for ages two to three but usually are out-grown as children learn to communicate better verbally. Consider what was going on when the tantrum occurred. Did something or...
How Much Can We Trust Our Intuition?
People speak a lot about using their intuition, an innate and automatic assessment of truth within themselves, which they tap into to make a decision or decide a course of action. Most people place a high degree of trust and faith in their intuitive thoughts and...Why Negotiation in Relationships Does Not Work
Since people are emotionally conditioned as very young children to be in roles that set their personality for their lifetime, their thoughts and beliefs are set early and are relatively immutable. Each person develops ways of thinking about himself, of seeing...
Did Your Parents Raise You and Your Siblings the Same Way?
Most parents tell me they raised all their children in the same fashion. These parents are confused and perplexed about why their children are so different in their personalities. When I help such parents dig deeper into their confusion, it turns out they raised each...This Blog Wants to Make You Think, Not Give You Advice
The purpose of this blog and website is different than self-help blogs. I do write about ideas that may be new to you, the reader. I do want to be helpful. But I want to aid your thinking and understanding of yourself and not just give advice. Advice-giving is wasted...Self-Understanding and the Prevention of Emotional Illness
Conflicts in interpersonal relationships create emotional illnesses. Such conflicts create miscommunications, increase divorce rates, violence, job stress and family problems. Often people blame emotional problems on issues in their life that they are consciously...Ask Your Parents
What was taking place in your parents’ lives when you were conceived and born is important for your self-understanding. The environment at that time helped shape who you would become. It shaped how your parents saw you and how they would treat you as they raised you....Look Inward to Learn
Who looks inside, awakes. — Carl Jung Dr. Jung was a Swiss psychologist and psychotherapist. He died in 1961 at age eighty five. His life’s work was directed toward self-examination. It is by self-examination that we come to understand who we are....What Would the Future Look Like if People Achieved Self-Understanding?
* You would find your “true” self. * You would have minimal conflicts in relationships. * You would have appropriate give and take in relationships. * You would understand your own early emotional conditioning and how to counteract it. * There would be less...Connect with Dr. Adams
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