Compassion Power

08/10/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/pieces-of-human-nature

There is no integrity without integration of various aspects of the self, and there is no integrity without holding opposing ideas at the same time.

08/08/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/beware-of-the-h-word

The H-word causes periods of depression, anxiety, and lethargy, which stimulate more adrenaline-propelled hate to manifest out of those terrible moods.

08/06/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/when-self-value-is-high-there-is-no-rage

We get stuck in devalued and negative emotional states when we use negative labels as descriptions of self and others. Negative labels determine attitudes more than reflect them.

08/04/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/finding-the-good

How many of our beliefs would we keep if we were aware of the unconscious assumptions and judgments that support them?

08/01/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/embrace-your-complexity

What we cannot see in mirrors is how to build more value and meaning into our lives. That must rise from our vast complexity as human beings.

07/29/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/ending-emotional-abuse

Domestic abusers are blame junkies; when they feel uncomfortable or disappointed, they automatically look for someone to blame.

07/27/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/how-love-turns-into-getting-my-needs-met

To improve your relationship, focus on altering its dynamics (habits of interactions), not changing your partner.

07/25/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202506/how-to-maintain-attachment-while-living-together

To get the relationship you most want to have, regard yourself as emotionally connected to your partner, whether you’re together or apart.

07/20/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/only-the-shamed-shame

Credibility and honesty dissolve in shaming labels. Negative labels kill relationships and serve as weapons in culture wars. No person or group can be reduced to a label.

07/18/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/how-we-spread-hate

Untreated, hate tends to worsen due to its characteristic projection and reactivity. When hate is in our hearts, we project it onto other people, who typically react in kind.

07/14/2025

Remorse, without compassion, ensures more hurt. The brain treats shame in the form of remorseful memories as something to be hidden, not as deterrent for future behavior. Remorse comes after offenses; compassion prevents them.

07/11/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-of-entitlement/202507/splitting-how-to-outgrow-it

Although it can seem like narcissism, the selfie culture is more a product of immature thinking, of wanting attention by seeming to be smart, moral, attractive, or interesting.