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Spirituality and Meaning at Work

Paul T. P. Wong

Posted Sep 1, 2003

A healthy dosage of spirituality and meaning at the workplace is good for business, because it improves morale and productivity. This view is gaining currency among management consultants, human resources professionals and mainstream business schools.

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Finding Happiness Through Suffering

Paul T. P. Wong

Posted Aug 1, 2003

Happiness, how sweet the sound! It’s an inalienable right, a worthy life goal, and the yearning of every soul, yet oftentimes it leads to pain and ruin. Like moths flinging themselves into a flaming fire, many have ruined their lives in hot pursuit of happiness.

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The Transcendental Life: An Impossible Dream?

Paul T. P. Wong

Posted Jul 1, 2003

Any discourse on the transcendental life is likely to conjure up the image of a Zen Master on a misty mountain top or a Trappist Monk in a remote desert retreat. A widely held notion is that only the esoteric mystics, who have given up earthly affairs in their single-minded spiritual pursuit, can ever realize self-transcendence.

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Abstinence approaches to addiction treatment

Executive Director’s Column

Geoff Thompson

Posted Jun 20, 2003

The public in Canada and the United States has been educated (or, perhaps more accurately, ‘trained’) to accept Hollywood’s version as the addict’s reality. Professionals label this the ‘abstinence approach’, which sees the recovering addict doomed to struggle throughout the lifespan…

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The Positive Psychology of Love

Paul T. P. Wong

Posted Jun 1, 2003

There is no ill that love cannot heal, no problem love cannot solve, and no evil love cannot overcome. If hope is the oxygen that sustains life, then love is the sunshine that nurtures it. Love is the fountain of well-being, the cardinal principle of spirituality, and the touchstone of true religion.

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What Makes Therapy Therapeutic?

George Kunz

Posted May 21, 2003

What makes therapy therapeutic? Is it transference and counter transference? Is it the therapeutic alliance? Is it unconditional positive regard? Yes! All these are therapeutic. However, we need to ask deeper philosophical questions about the nature of this relationship, this unique face-to-face encounter between client and therapist. With careful reflection on psychotherapy, I will make […]

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Pathways to Posttraumatic Growth

Paul T. P. Wong

Posted May 1, 2003

On the fateful night of April 19, 1989, a young woman known as the Central Park Jogger was raped, beaten, and left to die. After a 14-year silence, she finally revealed her identity as Trisha Meili. She has appeared at Larry King Live and other talk shows. She also tells her story in her book entitled ‘I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibilities’.

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Radical positive psychology for radical times

Paul T. P. Wong

Posted Apr 21, 2003

International terrorism, radical fundamentalism, natural disasters, AIDS, ethno-geographical wars, oppressive regimes, devastating poverty and the widening gap between the haves and have-nots indicate that the state of the world is not well. Radical positive psychology is needed for the radical times of 21st century…

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Humor and Laughter in Wartime

Paul T. P. Wong

Posted Apr 1, 2003

War is no laughing matter. In the midst of the “shock and awe” campaign, with images of historical explosions and destructions in front of us everyday, it is hard for me to write about humor and laughter. It feels sacrilegious to make fun of the Iraqi war, because war is always deadly serious.

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