by Michael Mamas | Sep 10, 2016 | Personal Growth, Relationships |
HuffingtonPost.com just published one of my latest articles:
“How the Family Fabric Sustains Us”
It begins:
Some time ago, my niece was feeling bad about herself because of typical teenage stuff: social struggles, body image issues, issues with self-worth, etc. Her father told her, ‘I want you to know I think you are a great kid and I really believe in you.’
She responded by saying, “Yeah. Well sure you would say that because you’re my dad.”
When she told me this, I did my best to convey to her what being part of a family fabric means…
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by Michael Mamas | Sep 9, 2016 | Business, Personal Growth |
I just published a new article on LinkedIn:
“Effective Communication – Be Like a Tree: Fixed, Yet Flexible”
It begins:
“When communicating, be like a tree. The trunk is firmly rooted in the ground, which makes it solid. Similarly, have a goal or purpose in your communications. Stay on track, and don’t digress into tangents.
“Be like the branches. They move and flow with the wind. Likewise, listen and pay attention to those with whom you are speaking”…
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by Michael Mamas | Sep 4, 2016 | Personal Growth, Relationships |
HuffingtonPost.com just published one of my latest articles. It begins:
“We’ve all heard it before: “I can’t believe I married my father!” (or mother). In a sense, it could be argued that we all are in relationships with our father or mother. But what do we mean by that?
“We form our notions of a partner based upon our childhood family structure. Those notions run far more deeply than we can imagine. We are drawn to what is familiar. For that reason, we tend to gravitate towards people who have the characteristics of a parent. But perhaps even more so, we push our partner into that role. We subconsciously expect them to act a certain way, and we accommodate, support, and enable that behavior.”
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“Are You Your Family History? Advice For Creating Healthy Relationships”
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by Michael Mamas | Aug 31, 2016 | Personal Growth |
Still another fine quote from the office wall of Dr. Matt:
“The heart of the wise man is in his mouth.” – Benjamin Franklin
I cannot be presumptuous regarding exactly what Benjamin Franklin was referring to here, but to me it speaks of the Transcendent as the “heart”.
The wise man speaks from the Transcendent.
At the same time, he speaks from the Transcendent through the fine feeling level and then on through words in a fully integrated and undistorted manner.
So heart can refer to feelings, yet they are expressions of wisdom only when integrated with the transcendental depth of our being.
by Michael Mamas | Aug 29, 2016 | Personal Growth |
Years ago I was told a story about a child that asked his parents if he could be alone with his newly born sibling. The parents overheard via the baby monitor the child say to the baby, “I want you to remind me about God, I am starting to forget.”
Deep inside, that innocence remains within us all. It is only buried under our conditioning, our programming, our indoctrinations. Innocence is neither ignorance nor oblivion. It is spontaneously living in harmony with our own true nature, with Mother Nature, with all of Nature, with our inner Divinity. It is still there within us all, even as adults, yet we tend to bury it beneath our adaptation to the world as we have come to know it.
Another nice quote from Dr. Matt’s office wall:
“The face of a child says it all. Especially the mouth part of the face.” – Jack Handy
I would only add that it is also there in the faces of adults. We need only look a bit more carefully.
by Michael Mamas | Aug 28, 2016 | Personal Growth, Spirituality
We see it everywhere, from the Rocky movie series to Shakespeare: the Greek play formula that makes movies work. But the reason it works so well is remarkable, reaching to the depth of our very existence.
The rain falls on the mountain peak, tumbles down the stream, and eventually into the ocean to evaporate once again into rain, and then returns to the mountain peak, continuing the cycle. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. That principle is everywhere, permeating all aspects of life. The sun rises and sets. The pendulum swings one way and back the other. The electron moves as a wave…
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“The Eternal Story: Why Ancient Dramas and Modern Blockbusters Enchant Us”
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