the biggest problem with good things
I think the biggest problems with good things is you don't notice them. We just tune out systems that are working properly. Kind of like how you don't think about your washing machine at all until it starts malfunctioning. A lot of people didn't vote last election...
Help and Those Further Down
Help is of less help to those further down in society. Some reasons why: Psychological help often presupposes one has the resources to make a change. Resources like: A ride to therapy, the doctor, and the pharmacy Money or insurance to pay for care and medication...
The Discipline of Stigma
There is a good case to be made for the stigma surrounding mental illness, at least for those in power. For one, it keeps money that could go to the rich from reaching social services. The second is harder to explain. We need to start seeing shame and stigma as a...
Penguins
Great post on loving yourself: Telling someone who hates themselves that their life will be better if they learn self-love is about as helpful as telling a penguin it can fly if it just flaps its wings. Sure it sounds good, but no matter how hard a penguin flaps, its...
We Christians like to talk about Hell a lot, so let’s talk about Hell a little.
White Christians who Voted for Donald Trump: This is the personal Hell we’ve unleashed upon our people this week. And if you’re a white Christian and you voted for Donald Trump: You need to fix this. Now. You comprise the lion’s share of Trump’s elevation to the...
Football Advice
If football advice were given out like therapeutic advice blog posts (like this one on emotional intelligence): It's more healthy to gain yardage than to lose it Running the football forward and passing it forward gains you yards. You want to do this. When the...
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