Many years ago, I had the privilege of experiencing life in semi-rural Ireland; an experience that would prove to be pivotal during a time of profound personal sorrow. Life, as I had known it for nearly a decade, had been derailed by circumstances that fell outside of the realm of my mere human control. These […]
What comes to mind when you think of the process of building meaning into your life? Do you anticipate that it would be difficult or easy? When I see clients who are going through life transitions (i.e., getting married, losing a loved one, graduating college or graduate school, building one’s career, having children, etc.) the […]
Apologies to Tom Cochrane and his 1991 song, but I sometimes hate driving. I am especially not a fan of highway driving. Any traveler along the Northeast corridor is well aware of that seemingly never ending roadway which stretches on for hours, known as the New Jersey Turnpike. For such a small state, how can […]
How do we make sense of how the global landscape is changing? Can we comprehend the new possibilities available to us? Are we headed towards societal disaster? What dynamics are at play in our current moment in history? To better understand and gain insight into the major unfolding global trends, let us examine three key […]
WARNING: Proceed with caution. Extreme idealism ahead. Author may be delusional. Diagnosis pending. My roots run deep in a town of 4,000 souls in northeast Texas, USA. My paternal grandfather was born there in 1898. I was hatched on the same farm in 1961, 62 years ago. In 2016 I moved to Beijing, China, population […]
I recently came across–and was immediately drawn in by–a YouTube video that consisted of various people reacting in real time to the ending of the 1995 film, “The Usual Suspects.” It had been so long since I’d seen it, and it was so much fun seeing everyone react to it for the first time, watching […]
When tragedy hits, people often find themselves feeling confused, lost, and without hope. Whether it is failure in school or work, financial issues, or death, counselors often witness how clients handle the worst that life throws at them. When one faces their most difficult trials, how does one foster a sense of rebirth and renewal? […]
I was born in the beautiful city of Iași, Romania, the North-Eastern city of the European Union. In the past six years I have been living in Turkey, Spain, Jordan and Greece. I am a Psychologist, traveling around the world, learning more about the ways people intentionally and authentically live and give meaning to their lives. […]
As far back as I can remember, my passion has been to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be human. From a very young age encounters with human existential problems became the driving force in my search and I felt intuitively that spirituality would be fundamental in understanding the depths of the […]
In times such as these, people find themselves questioning their futures. Many people are worried about their rights, the state of the economy, their ability to pay for future expenses, and, most of all, their own inner happiness. As counselors, therapists, and other mental health professionals encounter these issues with clients, one theme appears to […]