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Faith and Science
Bentinho Massaro Mirror Talks #06 • Why True Spirituality is Science In "Why True Spirituality is Science," Bentinho reveals why genuine...

Annelisa MacBean
Jun 18, 20211 min read


Slow Your Roll
In a moment of activation—for example, when someone doesn’t respond to me in the way I’d like, criticizes or ignores me, or doesn’t...

Annelisa MacBean
Jun 14, 20212 min read


The "Other" Parts
When I refer to the “others” in my life, I am usually referring to external others; people outside of me with whom I am in...

Annelisa MacBean
Jun 10, 20212 min read


Holding
Being held by each other . . . what does it mean . . . and how do we know holding is happening? Especially in the current conditions of...

Annelisa MacBean
Jun 6, 20212 min read


Friends
Intimate relationships are one of the most exquisite, disappointing, frustrating, supportive, revealing and illuminating opportunities...

Annelisa MacBean
Jun 2, 20212 min read


Hope and Hopelessness
When things are falling apart, it can be so hard to maintain a sense of hope. When I have tried so hard to keep it all together, to...

Annelisa MacBean
May 30, 20212 min read


Death in the Field of Love
Over time, I’ve noticed, Love (or Life, or Divine or God) moves into and out of form. Time dissolves the forms, but the Love remains, as...

Annelisa MacBean
May 26, 20212 min read


What Are We So Afraid Of? A TMT Perspective on the Politics of Fear
by Tom Pyszczynski Fear and anxiety are two of the most intolerable emotions we humans are capable of experiencing. People will do...

Annelisa MacBean
May 22, 202127 min read


No Mistakes
It is not a mistake that you have been born into a complex human form with a sensitive, tender nervous system and a heart that is...

Annelisa MacBean
May 18, 20211 min read


Postponing Death
It is so easy for me to take tomorrow for granted, to expect another opportunity to watch the sunset, or take a hike on the coast, visit...

Annelisa MacBean
May 14, 20213 min read


Taking a Break!
Sometimes I just want to take a day off from fixing myself, from practices and protocols that will enable me to become better or more . ....

Annelisa MacBean
May 10, 20213 min read


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...

Annelisa MacBean
May 6, 202124 min read


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...

Annelisa MacBean
May 2, 20213 min read


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...

Annelisa MacBean
Apr 28, 20213 min read


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...

Annelisa MacBean
Apr 24, 20214 min read
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