“Many times when we help we do not really serve. . . . Serving is also different from fixing. One of the pioneers of the Human Potential Movement, Abraham Maslow, said, "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.' Seeing yourself as a fixer may cause you to see brokenness everywhere, … Continue reading Do I see myself as a fixer?
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raising hope up and living our mission
From Victoria Safford via Maria Popova (emphasis mine): I have a friend who traffics in words. She is not a minister, but a psychiatrist in the health clinic at a prestigious women’s college. We were sitting once not long after a student she had known, and counseled, committed suicide in the dormitory there. My friend, … Continue reading raising hope up and living our mission
Privileged access
Peg O'Connor offers an interesting perspective on self-trust in addiction. Complicating the matter is the belief that each person knows herself better than others can know her. In philosophy we call this “privileged access.” On this view, each person has an access to her beliefs, desires, thoughts, emotions that no one else can have. Each of us can … Continue reading Privileged access