Don’t you just hate those people that take advantage of others’ kindness? Today I saw a meme that had an image of the Mona Lisa extending her middle finger. The meme read, “This is for every person who took advantage of my kindness during...
Many years ago I worked in a group home. Part of my duties there required that I wake up the residents and get them ready for work or school. One of the residents was a high school football player. He was a big guy with arms the size of tree trunks. Generally, he...
You find what you seek. I’ve been preaching this message for a while. I created a guided journal that makes a big deal about this, just finished a novella (to be published soon) that centers on this theme, and I talk about the law of attraction all the time....
You’re Not Broken. Things may feel like bad right now. But it’s not because you’re damaged. You’re Not Broken. You can hurt. A lot. But that doesn’t mean it’s some defect in you. You’re Not Broken. You faced rejection. But...
Why can’t they just be nice? Is it really so hard to spread love instead of all this hatred? Why do they have to be assholes? It’s a common theme and it was pandemic throughout 2020. Mean people suck and it’s your job to be nice. Those people over...
“I’ve come a long way since then.” You’ve likely heard someone say something like this. Perhaps you’ve said it. Often we don’t question a statement like this. Indeed, some marketers even use the formula of telling a story that shows...
There’s been an enormous amount of anger at 2020. The result has been innumerable vitriolic memes, despair, and upset. However, one of the major themes of Emotional Embuffination is to redirect focus from what we don’t like to what we do. It’s not...
If you’ve had any political discussions this year, you’ve likely had the following experience: While talking to someone entrenched in a political position, you point out facts showing the other person isn’t making any sense. They’re facts which...
In this video we discuss the habit of sharing memes that announce how much everyone hates 2020 and why doing so can be detrimental to your mental well-being....
2020 has been a very divisive year. While this has caused a lot of misery, it also affords us a unique opportunity to look at the psychology of conflict. The “Karen” phenomenon has taken a central position on the 2020 stage. If you aren’t caught up...
