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Posted by A.J. Mahari on April 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Medication for mental illness at the alarming rate it is being prescribed is nothing more than dangerous mind candy. Mind candy that cannot effectively address most challenges in mental illness. If one pathologizes mental illness in the narrow and rigid ways of psychiatry and its pseudo-science then one might want to fall in line with the illusion that pills are the long-sought after cure-all. However, they are not any cure-all whatsoever.
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Posted by A.J. Mahari on December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It is important to realize the fundamental and vital role that books play in our lives. Books are vehicles for education, connection, and entertainment. Books serve many purposes both for those who write them and those who read them. The wisdom, knowledge, experience, history, and imperative information imparted through the reading of books enriches us and connects us as it weaves, within our over-all experience in life, a tapestry of what the journey of humanity entails and encompasses.
Filed under Dialectic Eclectic, Education · Tagged with aj mahari on books, amazon books, antagonist, audio books, authors, Books, characters, compassion, Dialectic Magazine, ebooks, enlightenment, fiction, finding self, healing, hero, human connectedness, information, intimacy, journey of reading, love of reading, memoir, Mental Health, non fiction, personhood, plot, protagonist, publishing, quest, readers, reading, recovery, story, understanding, why read, world waiting to be born, Writers, writing
Posted by A.J. Mahari on November 23, 2009 · 2 Comments
Grief is what it is. Grief is a part of life. Grief is a process that unfolds whenever we suffer, experience, or feel loss. Some reasons for grief are obvious – the death of a loved one, loss of a job or relationship, for example. Reasons for grief can be subtle – unfinished emotional baggage from childhood interfering with goal identification and achievement in the here and now, for example. Life Coach, A.J. Mahari outlines 7 keys that help the grief process and 7 keys that hinder the process of grieving.
Filed under Culture, Mental Health, Self Help, Self Improvement · Tagged with 7 keys that help grieving, 7 keys that hinder grieving, aj mahari, coping and gaining perspective about grief, feeling emotions, grief, grieving mindfully, healing, job loss, loss, Mental Health, mindfulness, pet loss, radical acceptance, recovery, relationship breakups, Self Help, Self Improvement
Posted by A.J. Mahari on October 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Adhering to the paradox of the quest to air “Dirty Laundry” while at the same time sweeping the past and its pain under the proverbial rug is a sure-fire way to deny your own individual evolution – your own personal enlightenment. It is not an authentic way to live your life. It is a painful and limiting way to live your life. It is a paradox that if not resolved, more often than not, results in a polarization that does not promote mental health or healthy relationship styles.
Filed under Culture, Self Improvement · Tagged with A.J. Mahari life coach, authentic self, codependence, Dialectic Magazine, healing, healing childhood pain, Mental Health, narcissism, paradox, personal change, personal enlightenment, Personal Growth, recovery, Self Improvement, wellness
Posted by A.J. Mahari on October 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
What is on your mind, that is to say, what you focus on, is what will shape and justify your experience of yourself, of others, and of life.
More people are becoming increasingly aware that how and what they think creates their experience. However, for many who are in great emotional pain the connection might not be so apparent. For those with a personality disorder, or other form of mental illness, it can be much more difficult to make the connection between patterns of thought and their correlation to experience.
Filed under Mental Health, Self Help · Tagged with aj mahari life coach, cause and effect, change, consequences of negative attitude, Dialectic Magazine, healing, importance of a positive attitude, mindfulness, Personal Growth, personal philosophy, recovery, self help psychology, suffering is a choice, thinking, thinking and experience, thoughts and experience
