Compassion Power

04/12/2026

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202411/resentment-resolution-free-yourself-from-emotional

The chain of resentment extends into the distant past. In advanced stages, it goes into the future. It kills the heart softly.

04/10/2026

To recondition the brain, we must build a conditioned response, linking the impulse to blame with an impulse to improve the situation.

“Things are bad. This is what I’ll do to make them a little better.”

04/05/2026

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202603/was-i-ever-really-young

We can do in adulthood what we could not very easily do in youth: create meaning and purpose.

04/03/2026

It takes a lot of self-awareness to know you're a blamer. Feedback from the closest people to you is a more reliable indicator. If you get such feedback, a better future may require treating blame as an addiction.

03/29/2026

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202603/identity-who-i-am-who-i-am-not

When we reduce ourselves to labels—race, gender, profession, nationality, ideology, success, failure—we mistake the labels for the essence of who we are.

03/22/2026

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202603/shaming-someone-isnt-the-same-as-holding-them

Shaming has endured as a form of social control because it attacks the basic human desire for belonging and respect.

03/15/2026

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202501/compassionate-assertiveness

Compassionate assertiveness is standing up for your rights, opinions, and preferences, while respecting the rights, opinions, preferences, and vulnerabilities of loved ones.

03/12/2026

For meaningful change and emotional growth, we must mitigate our negative assumptions and tacit judgments. On autopilot we tend to reinforce them with confirmation bias, undermining meaningful change and growth.

Most negative assumptions and judgments inhibit emotional growth and well-being. Fortunately, every assumption and judgment has alternative evidence. Choose valid interpretations that facilitate emotional growth and well-being.

03/07/2026

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202504/how-we-turn-toddler-feelings-into-adult-action

The adult brain provides the reality testing the toddler brain lacks.

03/01/2026

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202501/how-to-exorcise-your-hate

You probably have good reasons to hate. You have better reasons to find peace and self-acceptance, and emotional growth.

02/25/2026

What makes polarization intractable is ideological purity of thought, characterized by intolerance and perceived moral or intellectual superiority. Disagreement is met with pejorative labels rather than fact or argument. Ideology sometimes degenerates into mobocracy.

Ideology is inherently immoral, even when it embraces moral causes, when guided by the perspective that has brought about most of the evil in the world: “By any means necessary.”

02/18/2026

Never justify behaviors you want to change. Justifying seizes mental focus and increases the likelihood of repeating mistakes.