A really insightful piece… An excerpt from my dissertation For mindfulness based treatments the focus is on identifying negative thoughts as just that, thoughts. It is not uncommon for a client to view these thoughts as facts or even beliefs (Germer et al., 2013). A mindfulness approach to a negative thought such as “I amContinueContinue reading “Thoughts are Just Thoughts, Not Truths”
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Happy Birthday, Alan Watts!
There is perhaps no other philosopher of the 20th century who has had the impact of Alan Watts, both upon myself and to the world of philosophy. In his early years he was an Episcopal Priest. I once heard him say that he wouldn’t call his sermons “sermons,” rather, he preferred to call them “celebrationsContinueContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Alan Watts!”
Reworking Joseph 