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Category: Mental Health
Family Issues, Lifestyle Issues, Psychology, Well-being
Most people think fairy tales are only for children. If one looks more closely, you will find fairy-tales, fables and stories from quite a few cultures that are for adolescents, young adults, middle-aged folks and even elders. The one I am about to tell you is about many things but specifically about the need to grieve the past so the present and future can be fully inhabited and celebrated.
Depression and anxiety have been diagnosed at unprecedented levels in this country for years, and seem to only rise in concordance with the pace and demands of our time. Further, in an America that today is so identified with stress and success, not to mention the heightened burdens of economic struggle, we often ignore our mental health realities by chalking them up to an inevitable side-effect of modernity.
Family Issues, Psychology, Well-being
The following post is an excerpt from John Lee’s new book “24Â Things To Increase the Emotional Intelligence of Your Man.” To find other books by John Lee visit his website www.johnleebooks.com and www.turnerpublishing.com.
Domestic Violence, Family Issues, Fatherhood, Parenting, Psychology, Suicide
Case Studies in Flying Above the Father in Literature & Film: Hemingway’s Robert JordanAs a follow up to last week’s post The Importance of Father-Son Proximity and Initiation into the Masculine Culture I wanted to use a a classic novel to demonstrate the recurrent theme of the absent father causing sons to try to “fly above” the father in United States’ culture. As mentioned last week, the themes to be discussed are ideas from Robert Bly’s book Iron John: A Book About Men suggested to me and discussed with my friend Will Stewart. I will attempt to introduce two new concepts: Shame and ashes. Continue Reading
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