Keith R. Wilson's Blog, page 17

Walk the Dog

And understand how your minds work If you’ve ever watched a person walk a dog, you’ve seen a good illustration of your mind at work. You have two minds: one is like the dog, the other like the dog walker. Continue reading →

Living with Stress

And Why You Should Try It You might not think you would choose to have stress, but many people do, for good reasons and bad. For many, very many, stress is an acceptable price they pay for values they hold dear. Continue reading →

Personal Peace

And how to achieve it If you’re one of those people who says you can’t understand how you can forgive when you’ve been deeply hurt, how you can be silent when injustice abounds, or how you can rest when you must make amends; I would say you already know how, if you know how toContinue reading "Personal Peace"

Cultivating Change

There’s a lot you can do to change another person, up to a point If you hang around a therapist’s office long enough, or around anyone who’s seen a therapist, they’re going to tell you that you can’t change another person; you can only change yourself. Basically, it’s true; but, like many adages, there’s moreContinue reading "Cultivating Change"

Intolerant of the Intolerant and Outraged by the Outrageous

Sooner or later, if you declare yourself as a supporter of liberal democracy, you’ll run into a thorny problem. Do you show tolerance for the intolerant? Can you permit the free speech of those who will destroy free speech? Should you give publicity to those who threaten a free press? Can you get disgusted withContinue reading "Intolerant of the Intolerant and Outraged by the Outrageous"

Living in Fantasyland

America gone haywire Has our country gone mad? Has anyone examined the head of America? Kurt Anderson has, shortly after the 2016 election; and his conclusion is yes, we have gone mad and it was bound to happen. He wrote the bestselling book, Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire. In it, he presents an alternate historyContinue reading "Living in Fantasyland"

Need a Map for Your Brain?

Not everything about Neuro-Linguistic Programming is phony If you’re going to learn how to be a psychotherapist, you should study psychology and acquaint yourself with all the theories of human behavior. I believe it also helps to read Russian novels and ponder philosophy. You can do worse than have a solid grounding in statistics andContinue reading "Need a Map for Your Brain?"

Will Your Therapist Even Notice If You Drink the Kool Aid?

Mental Health’s blindness to mass delusions Recently, a group of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in hopes of stopping what they regarded as the stealing of the 2020 election, something they were certain of, despite the lack of evidence. This was just one of many examples of groups of people who have drunk theContinue reading "Will Your Therapist Even Notice If You Drink the Kool Aid?"

Guilt and Shame

Good and bad ways to feel bad As soon as you see how you are responsible for trouble, you are met by two emotions who offer to be your guide: guilt and shame. Which one should you go with? Is there a difference between the two? Continue reading →

The Face of the Other

Universal survivor’s guilt as a basis for ethics You’re a survivor. You’re the result of an intense competition between hundreds of sperm seeking to impregnate an egg. You feed yourself off the flesh of others. If you eat meat, hundreds of beings die to give you sustenance; and if you’re a vegan, plants give theirContinue reading "The Face of the Other"