Victim or Victor?

In these articles, I explore the wide realm of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and delve into how our thoughts shape our inner worlds, external behaviors, and moods. Which are you? Which do you want to be? You can choose. It’s all about mindset. Yes, there are...

Tame Animal Emotions

In these articles, I explore the wide realm of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and delve into how our thoughts shape our inner worlds, external behaviors, and moods. The same analogy appears in different places throughout history. The elephant and it’s rider, the horses...

Addiction – A Disease?

The disease model of addiction is the dominant model of addiction. When I first heard alcoholism was a disease many years ago, I thought two things at once. First, I thought, “Oh wow, that explains it.” Then I thought, “Wait a minute, how do you...

Continuing Despite Consequences

Sex Addiction 101 – Elements of Addiction – Continuing Despite Consequences We discussed the definition of sex addiction in the previous post, Is It Really Sex Addiction? Within the discussion, we differentiated between Hypersexuality, Obsessive-Compuslive...

Too Religious, or Not Religious Enough?

In these articles, I explore the wide realm of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and delve into how our thoughts shape our inner worlds, external behaviors, and moods. In 2019, I was devouring my books at an indy coffee shop in downtown Phoenix, my favorite at the time....