Ron Johnson
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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…
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Healing and Maturity
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The word psychotherapy comes from the Greek words, psyche, which means spirit or soul, and the Greek word, therapeuo, which means healing. Indeed, good psychotherapy creates an atmosphere of healing. The Greek word for maturity (sometimes translated as “perfect”) is teleos, which is related to teleology, which is the study of the origins of the…
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Procrastination
A client of mine contacted me asking if I could help him with his alleged tendency towards procrastination. This got me thinking about this phenomenon, what it is, how it occurs, how to govern it, and possibly how it could actually be a good thing. If you know much about us, you know that we…
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Perfection
There are many aspects to the concept of perfection. We would like to discuss a few of them focusing primarily on finding a way to grasp the idea of perfection and use it profitably in our lives. Let’s start with a few obvious things: Is anything perfect? The first answer might be, “No, nothing is…
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Want, Need, Am
Three questions for you to consider: I (Ron) have heard a lot about what people want in life. Likewise, I have heard a fair bit of what they need. But sadly, from the people I see in my office, I hear only a bit about who they are. Let’s explore these three words: want, need,…