Healing is the ability to find meaning in your trauma. Dr. Paul worked as a successful writer and psychotherapist for multicultural individuals and couples wounded by marital infidelity. It was work that helped heal so many people around the world after he himself suffered and was traumatized by an unfaithful wife almost two decades ago.… Continue reading Find Meaning In Your Trauma
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Let Go Of Resentment
Let go of resentment. Strive to move on and live your best life. Have you heard of Betty Broderick? Hers is a story of deadly resentment – the bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly. In 1989, she murdered her 44-year-old ex-husband and his 28-year-old “other woman” mistress-turned wife in their home. For years prior… Continue reading Let Go Of Resentment
Stop Fighting To Connect
Stop fighting to connect to your difficult adult child. Do you have a difficult or alienated adult child? So how do you deal with the situation? There is pain in one’s aching, empty heart because it involves your adult child. But there are do’s and dont’s we can follow in regard to the issue of… Continue reading Stop Fighting To Connect
How Do You Talk To Your Self?
How do you talk to your self? Questioning of your own self can be therapeutic. But it does depend on how you talk to yourself. “You’re nothing but shit! You won’t amount to anything.” That’s how Finn’s father would talk to him during his childhood and youth. Finn became psychologically wounded and developed poor self… Continue reading How Do You Talk To Your Self?
Be Strong By Asking For Help
Be strong by asking for help. Seek help when in great pain. It can spell the difference between life and death. This principle applies to conditions of psychological or emotional breakdown, not only to physical and medical illness. Psychotherapy helps examine the condition of the mind and soul from every possible angle. It’s one of… Continue reading Be Strong By Asking For Help
Confront Your Fatigue
Confront your fatigue. There’s still an ongoing pandemic. I know you’re having me to mind again, as songbird Adele sings it. Reality. 2021 is nearing its end. Yet our now 2-year war is not over yet. The spread of Covid is still going strong amid the new Omicron variant in many parts of the world,… Continue reading Confront Your Fatigue
What Makes Self-Compassion Hard?
What makes self-compassion hard? It’s essential that you practice self-compassion when you need to heal. Your wounded self and relationships. “I can’t accept myself and believe this is happening. My brother and sister are not answering my texts. They do me wrong. I feel so bad. I don’t want to see them again!” Rowena said… Continue reading What Makes Self-Compassion Hard?
Experience Joy Even In Suffering
Experience joy even in suffering. “And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.” (Matthew 2:10) There are two extreme adversities that have disturbed the Philippines this year 2021. One is Covid. The other is Odette. Each one brought its own set of multiple devastations to the lives of Filipinos. These are… Continue reading Experience Joy Even In Suffering
Love To Walk Each Day
Love to walk each day. Walk your way to health. Walking puts you in touch with humanity, God’s creations. St. Augustine once said, “Solvitur Ambulando” – it is solved by walking. My work involves a lot of sitting and aloneness, talking with people from different parts of the world, and writing. So I’ve come to… Continue reading Love To Walk Each Day
Are You A Hurting Parent?
Are you a hurting parent? If you are, you are not alone. I can understand. I know. “Doc, my daughter wrote me off and asked me not to get in touch with her as soon as she landed a job overseas. It’s so painful. I sacrificed a lot for her so she could finish her… Continue reading Are You A Hurting Parent?
