Annelisa MacBean
Terror Management Theory and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Journal of Humanistic Psychology 2021, Vol. 61(2) 173–189 Tom Pyszczynski, McKenzie Lockett, Jeff Greenberg, and Sheldon Solomon Abstract...
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Annelisa MacBean
May 2, 20213 min
Shift in Perception
When we are infants, feelings of shame or humiliation feel “bad”. As we adapt to our environment and to the moods, tempers and...
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Annelisa MacBean
Apr 28, 20213 min
Awe: An Antidote to Death Anxiety
How awe neither denies nor catastrophizes death anxiety. By Kirk J. Schneider Ph.D. I've been hit with death anxiety or the fear of...
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Annelisa MacBean
Apr 24, 20214 min
COVID-19 and the Denial of Death
By Ewan Morrison Has COVID-19 changed the way you behave? Has it made you more depressed, defensive, or even aggressive? Since the...
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Annelisa MacBean
Apr 20, 20211 min
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
By Mary Elizabeth Frye Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the...
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Annelisa MacBean
Apr 16, 20214 min
Self-Esteem and the Denial of Death
Human children gain increased cognitive complexity as we grow, and with this comes the capacity for self-awareness. Still physically weak...
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Annelisa MacBean
Apr 12, 20213 min
The Loss of Self for the Sake of Esteem
Remember that human infants are born in a completely helpless and vulnerable state while, at the same time, they are learning about and...
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Annelisa MacBean
Apr 8, 20213 min
Death and the Birth of Self-Awareness
In this and my next few blog installments I will progressively explore my ongoing interest in death awareness, as it affects or...
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Annelisa MacBean
Apr 4, 20213 min
Death Will Not Kill You
A person who is committed to living an inner life, who is devoted to attending to the life of the soul . . . this person knows that death...
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Annelisa MacBean
Mar 30, 20211 min
The Role of Death in Life
Cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for The Denial of Death, arguing that fear of death is “the mainspring...
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Annelisa MacBean
Mar 26, 20212 min
Early Morning Dread
There are times I wake up in the morning and feel saturated with uncertainty, sadness, hesitation, resistance and dread. I feel immense...
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Annelisa MacBean
Mar 22, 20213 min
Cycles of Birth and Death
Cruising through my days. Then the unexpected or unforeseen interrupts the smooth flow of my experience. Eventually, the current smooths...
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Annelisa MacBean
Mar 18, 20211 min
Breath
With anxiety, stress, and sleep dysfunction skyrocketing around the globe, Max Strom takes a look at the unspoken reasons why. These...
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Annelisa MacBean
Mar 14, 20216 min
Projection in Partnership
Have you ever felt like other people don’t like you? Or maybe everyone is judging your appearance, your weight, your intelligence or your...
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Annelisa MacBean
Mar 10, 20214 min
Surrendering to Death . . . The Way of the Samurai
Over 30 years ago I participated in The Samurai Game®. Created by Aikido Master and personal growth pioneer, George Leonard, The Samurai...
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