Fear is the mind-killer… (Frank Herbert, “Dune”)

“I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unnerving ease. It begins in […]

“Must eat brains…”

According to Clark Hull’s Drive Reduction Theory of Motivation, “Any repeated behavior by an organism is an attempt to meet a need for that organism.” Meaning, we repeat the actions that we believe will yield the  results necessary to satisfy our needs. Ok, so that’s pretty obvious and basic, right? We eat when we’re hungry so […]

OCD and Exposure

You have mostly likely heard the acronym OCD before but do you know what it stands for?  OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  We all have obsessions such as worrying bad things will happen and compulsions such as knocking on wood.  The O and the C of OCD are a natural part of our lives.  […]

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? Robert H. Schuller

I love this question. It’s a one sentence plot synopsis of the movie Forrest Gump. It makes me think of a very long list of possibilities. It makes me stop thinking of all the reasons why not to do something. It lays bare the essence of human existence: infinite potential to be made manifest through […]