http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:50 -0700 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:29:54 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Lighting-up-The-psychology-behind-smoking?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Photo:copyrightPhotoXpress.comWhy do people smoke cigarettes? Even with today’s knowledge and awareness of how bad it is for you and the disease it can cause; people still light up. What is the reason for this?There are a number of reasons and ... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:29:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Lighting-up-The-psychology-behind-smoking?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Halloween-A-chance-to-express-our-shadow-side?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Photo: copyrightPhotoXpress.comHalloween - This is the one day of the year when we get to dress up and be whoever or whatever we want to be. Often the character we choose to dress up as on Halloween is the opposite of our everyday personality. This i... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:37:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Halloween-A-chance-to-express-our-shadow-side?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m10d25-East-vs-West--God-spirituality-and-psychology?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Traditional Western religions and Eastern spiritual traditions vary greatly in their concepts of God and spirituality. Many traditional Western religions (not all), postulate a punishing, cruel , vindictive God, who is watching our every move and ... Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:11:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m10d25-East-vs-West--God-spirituality-and-psychology?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Options-for-dealing-with-alcoholicdysfunctional-families?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Photo:copyrightPhotoXpress.comWhat are the options for dealing with an alcoholic/dysfunctional family?Family TherapyOne option is family therapy. Family therapy is based on the premise that the family functions as a whole. What one family member does... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:47:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Options-for-dealing-with-alcoholicdysfunctional-families?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m9d7-The-roles-in-alcoholicdysfunctional-families?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Photo:copyrightPhotoXpress.comJust as there are fixed and inflexible rules in an alcoholic/dysfunctional family; there are fixed and rigid roles the family must play in order to keep the family system functioning.Family members are not allowed to be ... Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:44:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m9d7-The-roles-in-alcoholicdysfunctional-families?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m9d4-The-rules-of-alcoholicdysfunctional-families?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Photo:copyrightPhotoXpress.comAlcoholic or otherwise dysfunctional families often have a fixed set of rules to follow and roles to play. These rules and roles are for the most part unspoken and inflexible. The reason for this is that every system see... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:32:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m9d4-The-rules-of-alcoholicdysfunctional-families?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Theres-a-dinosaur-in-the-living-room--and-nobody-sees-it?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner In the recent tragedy involving a mother who killed 8 people, family members claim that they had no idea that the woman who caused the accident was an alcoholic or a drinker of any kind. What do you think? Is it possible that there could be an alcoho... Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:02:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Theres-a-dinosaur-in-the-living-room--and-nobody-sees-it?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m8d18-Manifest-your-desires?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Photo:copyrightPhotoXpress.comIn the practical world we go about getting what we want by practical means such as goal setting. Setting goals is a good idea because it gives us an idea of which direction to go in. It gives us a map to follow until we ... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:16:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m8d18-Manifest-your-desires?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m8d3-Beneath-the-anger-and-depression?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Anger is a very complex and often misunderstood emotion. Anger is generally telling us that something is wrong. That someone or something has violated our boundaries. Anger can help us to stand our ground and not let others walk all over us. The ener... Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:47:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m8d3-Beneath-the-anger-and-depression?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Recovery-101-Where-can-I-find-low-or-no-cost-help-in-Los-Angeles?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner  Where do you go when you have a problem and need help, but don’t have a whole lot of money to spend on counseling or other types of recovery programs? Psychotherapy can be expensive if your funds are low or you are not covered by insuranc... Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:08:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d27-Recovery-101-Where-can-I-find-low-or-no-cost-help-in-Los-Angeles?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d21-2012-The-end-or-a-new-beginning?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner According to the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012 marks the end of the world as we know it. What does this mean? Is it the apocalypse? Or a change in the consciousness of our planet, as many in the meta-physical field believe? Or just hype, as it wa... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:13:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d21-2012-The-end-or-a-new-beginning?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Micheal-Jackson--Part-II--A-psychological-profile?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner From a spiritually based view point Michael Jackson may have chosen his father so he could learn the lessons he needed to learn in this life time. However, viewed from a psychological perspective, Jackson’s troubled relationship with his father... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:07:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Micheal-Jackson--Part-II--A-psychological-profile?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Michael-Jackson--Part-I-A-spiritual-profile?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Michael Jackson - Arguably one of the best performers of our time, is sadly no longer with us. Despite his controversial and often bizarre behavior, he was still one of the most phenomenal performers in the history of the music industry; and perhaps ... Michael Jackson Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:37:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Michael-Jackson--Part-I-A-spiritual-profile?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d3-Spiritual-law-versus-manmade-laws?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner The laws that we all live by in society are manmade laws. Laws are made for the purpose of keeping society in order. If there were no laws to follow, there would be utter chaos in our society.The laws of the land can and do change as time goes on to ... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:12:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m7d3-Spiritual-law-versus-manmade-laws?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d28-How-the-mind-protects-us?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner The mind is amazing in the ways that it protects us. There are many ego defense mechanisms that kick into place automatically to protect us from dealing with a situation that would otherwise be to overwhelming for our conscious mind.Some defense mech... Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:45:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d28-How-the-mind-protects-us?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d23-The-recession-and-spirituality?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner             Turning inward for answers with meditationHow is the recession effecting our spirituality? Well, the good news is that spirituality never goes out of style. We always have our spiritu... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:09:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d23-The-recession-and-spirituality?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Conclusion-A-few-last-words-about-thoughts?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner In part I of this series on thoughts I mentioned that many of us habitually think the same way without being aware of it. So, the key is to be aware. Be aware of your thoughts. One way you can accomplish this is by creating a list with three columns.... Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:50:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Conclusion-A-few-last-words-about-thoughts?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Part-III-Changing-your-thinking-patterns-The-psychololgical-perspective?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner Many therapists in the field of psychology; particularly cognitive behavioral therapists, hold the view that it is not what happens to us that matters the most. It is our perception of what happens to us that matters the most. Our perception of an ev... Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:41:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Part-III-Changing-your-thinking-patterns-The-psychololgical-perspective?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Part-II-Thoughts-have-the-power-to-effect-your-health?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner We know that changing our thinking can help us change our life circumstances. But did you know that positive thinking can also help heal your body and many physical illnesses? Many leaders in the meta-physical field suggest that even serious illness ... Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:14:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Part-II-Thoughts-have-the-power-to-effect-your-health?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d5-Thoughts-can-transform-your-life?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner You may have heard the phrase, “As you think, so shall you be”. What this phrase means is that what you think about most often you will become. If you think mostly negative thoughts, you will have mostly negative experiences. If you think... Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:50:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11317-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner~y2009m6d5-Thoughts-can-transform-your-life?cid=exrss-LA-Spirituality--Psychology-Examiner