Violent Behavior
What Happens When Nobody Talks About Mental Illness?
How many more self-inflicted deaths will it take to finally destigmatize mental illness in this country? As illustrated in a popular Ted-Ed Talk, 10 percent of American adults struggle with depression. Focusing our attention exclusively on outward manifestations of depression and mental illness, one of the most extreme examples being suicide, means we’re missing the…
Read MoreThis Is What Happens When Anger Issues Block Your True Self
Are anger issues blocking you from your true Self? Mr. Hyde, the Incredible Hulk, Annie Wilkes from Stephen King’s Misery: what do all these characters have in common? Anger issues. They all have incredibly short tempers and get angry at the drop of a hat. In fact, many compelling characters in film and literature possess…
Read MoreHow Self-Love Saved My Life When Nothing Else Could
This is the story of my journey to self-love. Self-love is a journey inward. It’s the long path to finding out who we want to be and returning to who we truly are. It’s the most important journey we must take if we want to be happy in life. Self-love isn’t just going on…
Read MoreHealthy Sense of Self and Motivation
In light of the recent attacks in Paris, France (November 13th) and San Bernardino, California (December 2nd) Healthy Sense of Self jumped on the bandwagon for a “hand over your weapons and contribute in that way to world peace” – policy. As a result of the blog that appeared on Saturday, November 14th 2015, I…
Read MoreThe right to bear arms…
America! Give us, well-intentioned citizens, finally a few good reasons why it is so necessary to possess arms. After all, we don’t live in the cowboy era any longer and shooting Indians (with permission) has long been banished. What reasons can possibly justify the disastrous consequences of a situation in which the wrong people are…
Read MoreHealthy Sense of Self reacts to the Paris Massacre of November 13, 2015
The similarity between fighting another nation, religion, or group and becoming your true self –a reaction to the many terrorist attacks in Paris, Friday November 13th, 2015 People are like a country: they have their own territory. And, just like there are people who think they have the right to take possession of a country…
Read MoreChristmas and The Holidays – Merry or Scary?
Happy Holidays! We wish each other the best – for clearly nobody has bad intentions. We look forward to seeing our family members and relatives again. We are adamant that this time around it is going to be a great Christmas. We have a present for everyone and “that awesome gadget you found for Uncle…
Read MoreThought of the Day, Monday, May 27th, 2013
As we are gathering with family and friends for the celebration of this Memorial Weekend, be it under a happily shining sun or in droopy rain, we will find that, for those of us with a Healthy Sense of Self, there will be fun and heartfelt joy when getting together with the folks we do…
Read MoreMethod Terminology: Feel-Good-About-Self
Allow me to introduce myself. I am the illustration of the term “Feel-good-about-Self.” I am one of the 40 new concepts that are launched in the upcoming book by Antoinetta Vogels: A healthy Sense Of Self – How to be true to yourself and make your world a better place! I represent a feeling that…
Read MoreComments on Connecticut School Shooting
Do we really have to look into all the details? Is “how it happened” really the right question to ask? Do I need to study in depth all the independent reports about this event to feel the pang of exasperation, intense sadness and upset about what has happened to all these innocent and well-meaning people?…
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