Unconscious

Is Free Will An Illusion?

Victor Stenger | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Punishment, Unconscious, Quantum Consciousness, Religion and Science, Conscious, Free Will, Science News

Research in neuroscience has revealed a startling fact that revolutionizes much of what we humans have previously taken for granted about our interactions with the world outside our heads: Our consciousness is really not in charge of our behavior.

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In Defense of Slow and Tedious: Quick-Fix Therapy or the Kind That Takes 'Forever'?

Jane G. Goldberg, Ph.D. | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Psychotherapy, Therapy, Psychoanalysis, Health, Freud, Unconscious, Ego, Mental Health, Unconscious Mind, Healthy Living News

What is at question, then, in the debate about short-term vs. long-term therapy is not how long the treatment takes. It is, rather, the existence, and the desirability (or not) of working with the unconscious.

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'I Thought That Lady Was Dead' -- Excuse For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Unconscious Woman

Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Necrophilia, Unconscious, Kansas, Rape, Dead Woman, Melvin L. Jackson Arrested for Sexual Assault, Melvin L. Jackson, Sexual Assault, Kansas City, Crime News

There's just no excuse for sexual assault, least of all necrophilia. Tell that to Kansas City resident Melvin L. Jackson, who was arrested Wednesd...

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Shining Light On Your Unconscious Values

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Unconscious, Spiritual Transformation, Ego, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Andrew Cohen, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Healthy Living Spirit, Spiritual Development, Healthy Living News

If you want to know what your values are, just look at your own life. Your life looks like your values. A lot of us think we have higher or spiritual values, but those values are not necessarily reflected in our so-called personal lives.

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The Power of Your Unconscious Beliefs

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Subconscious, Unconscious, Unconscious Beliefs, Subconscious Mind, Subconscious Beliefs, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

Even if, at the conscious level, we say we want one thing, if our unconscious beliefs are in conflict, those deeply held unconscious beliefs will rule the day.

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The Tango Of Ego And Soul

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unconscious, Ego, Subjective Mind, Soul's Agenda, Imagination, Spirituality, Unconscious-Mind, Soul, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

Our lives unfold between the shores of the conscious and the unconscious. The conscious mind, if unexamined, reflects the agenda of the Ego, and concerns itself with matters of survival.

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Dueling Docs: Should Children Ever Go to a Therapist?

Janice Horowitz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Parent-Centered Therapy, Unconscious, Family Dynamics, Therapy, Children, Health, Analysis, Pscychology, Child Therapy, Therapists, Privacy, Family, Parents, Healthy Living News

The Issue: Do Kids Belong in a Therapist's Office? The Facts: When a kid acts up at school, what happens? He gets sent to a therapist. Parents getti...

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Obama and the Gulf Disaster: The Psychology Behind the Criticisms

Douglas LaBier | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unconscious, Leadership, Political Psychology, Obama, Father Figure, Gulf Disaster, Healthy Living News

Many of the complaints about Obama's coolness are fueled by a wish for a strong "Big Daddy," a protective figure who will somehow fix things and make us safe again. That kind of wish is largely unconscious.

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No Prisons More Confining

Dr. James Hollis | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Unconscious, American Experiment, Jungian Analysis, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

As I look at our national discourse, I do not see consciousness at all, but various individuals, caught in complexes, expressing their anxieties, their projections, their neuroses.

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Relationships: When Love Turns To Fear

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Srini Pillay, Emotions, Unconscious, Fear, Relationships, Trust, Conscious, Romance, Srinivasan Pillay, Love, Amygdala, Healthy Living News

Why do such opposite emotions give birth to each other and what is the connection that keeps them alive in this "creative" relationship? Here, I will focus on when love turns to fear.

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Why Sleeping On It Helps

World of Psychology | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Thought, Unconscious, Consciousness, Brain, Sleep Deprivation, Decision-Making, Sleep, Healthy Living News

We're often told, "You should sleep on it" before you make an important decision. Why is that? How does "sleeping on it" help your decision-making pro...

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Sunday Morning Doubts About the Man

Lisa Guest | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Liars, Unconscious, Fear, Hiv, Doubt, Deception, Dating, Oprah, Woman, Man, The Truth?, Relationship Advice, Healthy Living News

Anyone can say anything. Anyone can come up with a line. With a gift bag gab of wisdom, knowledge and confidence, someone can really cover the world and be quite deceptive. There are those that do it. They make it bad for the rest.

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How Our Minds Play Tricks On Us In Relationships

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Srini Pillay, Unconscious, Brainwashing, Relationships, Brain, Mother, Srinivasan Pillay, Influences, Priming, Healthy Living News

These studies show that regardless of our intentions or how we think we want to act, we are strongly influenced by what is on our minds when we are acting in the world.

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Goodbye/Hello 2 "Consumer: a Retro Concept"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer, Connection, Unconscious, Global, Retro, Consumption, 21st Century, Recession, America, Barack Obama, Mindful, Citizen, Business News

Goodbye to the limiting branding and marketing models of consumerism. Hello to taping into the richer branding and marketing models of citizenry.

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Why Do CEOs Do Such Stupid Things? It's Their Nature

Joel Weinberger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unconscious, Bailout, Personality, Economy, Ceos, Prestige-Brands-Holdings, Psychology, Power, Motivation, Risk, Business News

How do we explain this behavior? Stupidity? Greed? Arrogance? To a degree, all of the above. But there is more going on and that more is part of human psychology.

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Do Americans Think - Or Just Act?

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columnist, French, Conscious, Berlin, Obama, Linguist, Future, Verb, Past, Fareed Zakaria, Bush, Bill Kristol, Un, Global Public Square, Poop, Nyt, Who Killed Daniel Pearl, 18th Century, Josef Joffe, Think, Act, Magazine, Unconscious, Language, Cnn, Herr Spörl, Conditional, Tense, Bernard-Henri Levy, Present, Die Zeit, German, Politics News

What I'm really saying is Americans are unconscious. You can see it in the verbs. This isn't a value judgment, I am just intrigued by what gets in and...

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Why the Right's Messaging is Working

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gaffe, John McCain, Youth, Trust, Money, George Lakoff, This Week, Barack Obama Polls, John Amato, Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Paris Hilton/Britney Spears Attack Ad, Power, Qualities, Control, The Terminator, Young Turks, Crooks and Liars, Old Man Dozing, George Stephanopoulos, Flip-Flop, Child Lights Fire, Oil, Foreign, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Petraeus, Simplicity, Celebrity, The Political Mind, Mistake, Confidence, Linguist, Values Voters, Think, Repetition, Unconscious, Language, Politics News

Why is the young brilliant upstart Obama only ahead by single digits. At least part of the reason is this: John McCain knows how to control his message.

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