Ron Johnson
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Nostalgia
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Think of something in the past that brings your eyes to a gentle misting or a few tears. Consider that these feelings of tenderness and tears may be both of joy and of sorrow. This tenderness that often comes with a gentle misting of the eyes is what we call nostalgia, a looking back with…
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Friendship
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I have been thinking a lot about friendship lately for several reasons, the primary reason being that I hear so often from the men I see in my practice that they have no friends. My thoughts have included understanding the very nature of friendship, how it is developed, how people experience friendship differently, the ease…
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That Makes Sense
I love to hear from my clients the statement, “That makes sense.” When I hear that, I realize that whatever I said to them made sense to them, and just possibly I was being of some help to them. Usually, “that makes sense” comes along with an ah-ha, a relief, even a joy. I have…
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Overcoming Resentment
Resentment is very common in life, but it is devastating to the people who feel it, and just as devastating to the people who have been resented. We’d like to discuss the feeling of resentment, what it is, how it comes to be, how to manage it, and how to overcome it. Resentment is a…
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Men Crying
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I tend to cry a lot, or perhaps more accurately, I cry frequently. I remember coming to tears rather easily when I was a child, but then I didn’t cry as much during my adolescent years, maybe into my adulthood. Trying to figure out what it meant to be a man and an adult in…
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Resets
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Maybe you’re up for a “reset.” What does that mean? It means that one or more (usually more) things in your life need to be adjusted, changed, eliminated, or replaced. There are times in everyone’s life when it is time for a reset. Finding a reasonable, comfortable, and equitable time for a reset is often…
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Accommodation and Adaptation
Two of our favorite psychological terms are Accommodation and Adaptation. These are terms that are related to thinking about something, feeling about something, and doing something that is challenging. Accommodation and adaptation represent different ways of facing and adjusting to challenging situations. Challenges Challenges are difficult: they are difficult to face, to feel, and…
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Men Crying
I tend to cry a lot, or perhaps more accurately, I cry frequently. I remember coming to tears rather easily when I was a child, but then I didn’t cry as much during my adolescent years, maybe into my adulthood. Trying to figure out what it meant to be a man and an adult in…