mindfulness

You Taught Me How to Love You

Nov 11, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, feelings, mindfulness, relationships, Spiritual

I knew a therapist who composed a song with this title in reference to his own therapist. This song reflected how his therapist had, indeed, taught him how to love. Recently, I had an experience with a patient that reminded me of a person who served as a therapist for me albeit in a somewhat…
It’s The War

Sep 14, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, emotional maturity, feelings, mindfulness, political, self-awareness, Spiritual

Deb and I really enjoy Masterpiece Theater, which comes on PBS pretty regularly. Actually, we don’t watch any other channels aside from the three PBS channels we get over the air. We’ve had “air only” TV forever. Occasionally, however, when we happen to be in a motel where there are 600 cable channels, we waste…
Good for Me; Bad for Me VII: Good for Me; Bad for You

Aug 17, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in emotional maturity, family, feelings, mindfulness, relationships, self-awareness, social esteem

My wife likes masks. I don’t. So what does this have to do with “good for me; bad for me”? Lots. Let me explain, but first let me review what I’ve been writing about in recent blogs. I have proposed that there is a spectrum of things that are, quite simply, “good for me” or…
Good for Me; Bad for Me VI: Complexities

Aug 3, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in emotional maturity, feelings, mindfulness, morality, positive psychology, self-awareness

This is the sixth in a series of “good for me; bad for me,” namely things that are, quite simply good for me or bad for me. The pronoun “me” could be “you”, but the point is the many things are those that enhance one’s life while other things depreciate one’s life. Importantly, I have…
Good for Me; Bad for Me V: Discerning Good for Me

Jul 21, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, emotional maturity, feelings, happiness, mindfulness, relationships, self-awareness

This is the fifth of a series of blogs on things that are, simply put, “good for me” or “bad for me.” We have previously made a case for the value of using the terms “good for me” and “bad for me” but with discernment as to how much something is either good or bad…
Good for Me; Bad for Me IV: Discernment of “Bad for Me”

Jul 6, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in Discovery, emotional maturity, feelings, mindfulness, relationships, self-awareness

This is the fourth in a series of “Good for Me; Bad for me”, which is a study of how things, people, and situations can, quite simply, good for you or bad for you. In previous blogs I have proposed a system of discernment about things that are good for you or bad for you;…
Good for Me; Bad for Me III

Jun 15, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, emotional maturity, feelings, happiness, mindfulness, morality, self-awareness, Spiritual

This is the third in a series of “Good for Me; Bad for me”, which is a study of how things, people, and situations can, quite simply, good for you or bad for you. In previous blogs I have proposed a system of discernment about things that are good or bad for you, in other…
Good for Me; Bad for Me: II (corrected)

Jun 8, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in emotional maturity, feelings, grief, mindfulness, Personality, relationships, self-awareness

This is the second of three blogs regarding the concept of something that is, quite simply, “good for me” or “bad for me.” In the first blog on the subject I noted that these terms, while valuable and important, cannot be fully defined. That having been said, you can recognize when something has either been…
Good for Me; Bad for Me: Part 1 (corrected)

Jun 1, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in Discovery, emotional maturity, feelings, grief, happiness, mindfulness, positive psychology, self-awareness

This is the first of three blogs regarding the phenomenon of “good for me” and “bad for me” that I have used for many years as I have attempted to help people know when something is, quite simply good for them or bad for them. In this blog I will propose the basic concept of…
Self, Selfish, and Selfless

May 8, 2020

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, emotional maturity, feelings, mindfulness, self-awareness, social esteem, Spiritual

There is much talk in the psychological community about “self,” and rightly so because the idea of self is central to understanding the very basis of psychology. Unfortunately, “self” is not defined, nor should it be, because it is one of those concepts that is so important that it can’t be defined. You might recall…