Category Archives: Social Issues

Living the Boundless Abundant Life

April 19, 2019conscience, Faith, Integrity, Mental Health, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualityabundant life, character, conscience, impulse control, mindfulness, personality, self-control, spiritualityDr. Simon

A life governed by the pursuit of comfort and security breeds a type of spiritual emptiness. But a more vast and wondrous existence awaits those who allow faith and not fear to rule.

Self-Mastery through Right Relationship

April 8, 2019Integrity, Intimacy, Personality and Character, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualityappetites, aversions, character, community, relationships, self-mastery, trustDr. Simon

We have to be right with ourselves achieve right relationship with others. And to be right with ourselves we have to master our appetites and aversions.

Self-Mastery Requires Mindfulness

March 30, 2019Addiction and Recovery, Entitlement, Integrity, Mental Health, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualityappetites, aversions, character, entitlement, hedonistic thinking, mindfulness, pleasure principleDr. Simon

Mindfulness is the key to true self-mastery. It’s too easy to live life on autopilot, a slave to our appetites and aversions. Connecting to the source brings us inner healing and also helps us relate to others in helpful, healing ways.

Honest Self Reckoning

March 15, 2019Addiction and Recovery, Empowerment, Faith, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Self-Esteem, Social Issues, Spirituality, Therapybenign confrontation, character, empowerment, honest self-reckoning, narcissism, self-deception, spirituality, truthDr. Simon

Facing and embracing the truth about ourselves is hard. But when we do, we can become incredibly empowered. The truth truly does have power to set us free. And it can wrest us from the shackles hindering our spiritual and character growth.

Unconscious Denial Versus Tactical Denial

March 8, 2019Addiction and Recovery, conscience, empathy, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spirituality, Therapycharacter, deceit, defense mechanism, denial, lying, manipulation tactics, responsibilityDr. Simon

Unconscious denial is nature’s defense against unbearable pain. But some denial is tactical – a way to be irresponsible while not looking so bad. To have reverence for the truth and for human dignity, each type must be confronted differently.

Deceit Can Take Many Forms

March 1, 2019Aggression, Covert-Aggression, empathy, Empowerment, gaslighting, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualitycovert-aggression, deceit, empowerment, gaslighting, impression management, integrity, lying, manipulators, reverence, truthDr. Simon

Deceit is the hallmark trait of manipulative characters. And there are many ways to deceive. Some disturbed characters are so skilled in the subtlest forms of lying that they have raised it nearly to an art form.

Character Requires Revering Truth

February 22, 2019conscience, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Manipulators, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Self-Esteem, Social Issues, Spirituality, Therapycharacter, deception, disturbed characters, honesty, lying, reverence, sincerity, truthDr. Simon

Revering truth is crucial to character. To have healthy intimate relationships, we have to be honest and sincere with others. And to be psychologically and spiritually healthy, we have to be honest with ourselves.

Narcissistic Insult Can Prompt Rage

February 15, 2019Abuse, empathy, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualitygrandiosity, honesty, narcissistic insult, reverence, truth, vanityDr. Simon

Narcissists refuse to recognize or subordinate themselves to any higher power or authority. They see themselves as above the need. Besides, in their own minds, they’re always right. Reality sometimes clashes with that distorted self-perception. And that can prompt a narcissist’s rage.

Narcissism and the War on Truth

February 8, 2019conscience, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Manipulation, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychological Manipulation, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, Spiritualitycharacter, deception, lying, narcissism, truthDr. Simon

Reverence for the truth builds character and can truly set us free. But narcissists and other disturbed characters have declared war on truth. For them, reality is what they say it is. Believing themselves superior, they know they’re right and everyone else is wrong.

Hitting Bottom Can Help a Narcissist

February 1, 2019Addiction and Recovery, conscience, empathy, Entitlement, Faith, Integrity, Lying and Deception, Narcissism, Personality and Character, Personality and Character Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Issues, SpiritualityAddiction and Recovery, higher power, hitting bottom, Narcissists, redemption, sufferingDr. Simon

Hitting bottom is utter defeat combined with the inability to deny the true cause of that defeat. When the lofty fall and can blame no one but themselves, opportunity opens for constructive self-reflection and character growth.