Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction

Note: this is a repost of a previous blog post. While the circumstances of my life have changed, and the references might be dated, the therapeutic insights remain valid today. Frederick Herzberg proposed that job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction are two different things, rather than just two ends of the…

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Our Dirty Little Secret, So What?

Note: this is a repost of a previous blog post. While the circumstances of my life have changed, and the references might be dated, the therapeutic insights remain valid today. Part 1: Health and Physical Harm I recently wrote about non-monogamy being gay men’s dirty little secret. So what? The…

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Plywood, OSB, MDF, and Masonite

Note: this is a repost of a previous blog post. While the circumstances of my life have changed, and the references might be dated, the therapeutic insights remain valid today. I don’t do construction. In fact, the physical world sometimes baffles me (electricity is magic to me). But I know…

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Selfishness or Self-preservation

Note: this is a repost of a previous blog post. While the circumstances of my life have changed, and the references might be dated, the therapeutic insights remain valid today. I’ve had a lot of clients who struggle to take care of their own needs, instead sacrificing for another. When…

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Honor Thy Father

Note: this is a repost of a previous blog post. While the circumstances of my life have changed, and the references might be dated, the therapeutic insights remain valid today. Being the day after Father’s Day I figured this might be a timely topic. A phenomenon that I see over…

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Gay Pride

Note: this is a repost of a previous blog post. While the circumstances of my life have changed, and the references might be dated, the therapeutic insights remain valid today. This weekend was Gay Pride in Houston. I did not participate. Not because I am not proud of myself for…

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