Category Archives: Social Issues

Letting the Light Within Us Shine

December 2, 2020Abuse, Depression, Empowerment, Faith, Integrity, Mental Health, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualitycharacter disturbance, courage, faith, heart, light, soul, toxic relationshipsDr. Simon

If ever there were a time for the loving energy within us to shine, it’s now. But that takes courage and determination. And most of all, it takes faith.

Healthy Boundaries Versus Intimacy Barriers

November 19, 2020Abuse, empathy, Integrity, Intimacy, Mental Health, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issuesbarriers, boundaries, heart, intimacy, relationshipsDr. Simon

Healthy boundaries are essential for protecting our hearts. But an overly defended or hardened heart finds true intimacy difficult.

Empowering Attitudes for a Lifetime

November 11, 2020Abuse, Covert-Aggression, Depression, Empowerment, Integrity, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Social Issues, Spiritualitybehavior, covert-aggressors, empowering attitudes, loving, principle, tactics, valuesDr. Simon

Empowering attitudes are ways of looking at life and the world that are both freeing and confidence building.

Unequal Character Growth Ruins Relationships

November 5, 2020conscience, empathy, Infidelity, Integrity, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issuescharacter growth, maturity, relationships, responsibilityDr. Simon

Character growth is a process. And when two relationship partners grow in character at different rates, problems easily arise.

Likeability Does Not Necessarily Reflect Good Character

October 7, 2020conscience, empathy, Integrity, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualitycharacter, decency, empathy, likeability, personality, valuesDr. Simon

Likeability is a highly attractive personality trait. But just being likeable doesn’t make a person a decent character.

Playing the Victim Goes Along with Blaming Others

September 30, 2020Abuse, conscience, Covert-Aggression, empathy, Empowerment, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Neurotics, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Psychopathy and Sociopathy, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issuesblaming others, character disturbance, manipulation tactics, manipulators, playing the victim, responsibility, villifying the victimDr. Simon

To become empowered partners in abusive relationships have to see through their manipulator’s tactics, knowing in their heart how to distinguish a victim from a victimizer.

Blaming Others Is Not a Defense but a Tactic

September 23, 2020Aggression, conscience, Covert-Aggression, Empowerment, gaslighting, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issuesblaming, conscious, defense mechanisms, manipulation tactics, projection, unconsciousDr. Simon

Blaming others is not unconscious defense. It’s a conscious tactic to throw you on the defensive while refusing to internalize a behavioral norm.

Is Therapy for Everyone?

September 15, 2020Abuse, Covert-Aggression, Empowerment, gaslighting, Integrity, Manipulation, Manipulators, Mental Health, Neurotics, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spirituality, Therapybehavior, character, counseling, relationships, therapy, traumaDr. Simon

Do we all need therapy? Perhaps not. Could most of us benefit from a little therapy? Probably, especially if it’s the right kind.

Labors of Love Define the Wholesome Character

September 7, 2020Abuse, conscience, empathy, Entitlement, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychopathy and Sociopathy, Relationships, Social Issues, Spiritualitycharacter, entitlement, gratitude, integrity, labor, love, obligation, workDr. Simon

Many folks enjoy a healthy and sometimes rewarding or even fulfilling relationship with work. But for disturbed characters work is more than literally a four-letter word, especially when it benefits someone or something else.

A Healthy Ego Is Not Narcissism

August 31, 2020empathy, Empowerment, Entitlement, Integrity, Mental Health, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Self-Esteem, Social Issuesego, egocentric thinking, egomaniacal thinking, healthy ego, higher power, integrity, narcissism, responsibilityDr. Simon

A healthy ego is ultimately all about getting the balance right. But that’s a real challenge, given the norms of our times.