Midlands Psychological Associates

happiness

Love Is Not Enough

Dec 13, 2017

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Ron Johnson

in feelings, happiness, positive psychology, self-awareness

What an odd title: love is not enough. Is that true? How could that possibly be true? Isn’t love always good? If I love someone, isn’t that good in itself? Isn’t love always good? These are the questions I want to address in this blog. I actually borrowed this title from a movie and a…
I Don’t Want to Live

May 23, 2016

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by

Ron Johnson

in family, feelings, happiness, self-awareness, Spiritual

I have the opportunity of hearing things from people that they have never told anyone else. This is a tremendous privilege that we therapists have. Close family members, good friends, pastors, doctors, and bartenders often hear private things from people, but there is something almost sacred about the therapy office, especially after trust is established…
Social Esteem

May 7, 2016

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by

Ron Johnson

in Children, emotional maturity, family, feelings, happiness, social esteem

Much has been written about self-esteem including thousands of professional journal articles and hundreds of books. When we are discussing self-esteem, we are looking at low self-esteem, namely where one does value oneself or feels inadequate in some way, or perhaps many ways. I remember doing a project in graduate school on self-esteem looking at…