by Snowman Therapist | Dec 8, 2016 | Thoughts
The problem in my life and other people’s lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it. Peter Drucker By now, my readers are familiar with the metaphor of the Snowman. It’s injunction that our thoughts generate our behaviors and,...
by Snowman Therapist | Sep 22, 2016 | Behaviors, Feelings, Thoughts
“It is not what you look at that matters. It is what you see.” Thoreau As I observe the events of the day, I’m reminded of the old parable describing several blind men from India who encounter an elephant. So the story goes, each man experienced a...
by Snowman Therapist | Aug 17, 2016 | Thoughts
When we were young children, one of the most offensive labels that one kid could plant on another was “tattletale.” The tattletale was the snotty brownnose who couldn’t wait to tell the teacher about some playground misdemeanor. Or it was a sibling who tattled about...
by Snowman Therapist | Jul 8, 2016 | Thoughts
A single footstep will not make a path on the earth. So a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we need to think over and voer the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate...
by Snowman Therapist | May 25, 2016 | Thoughts
What you do matters. You may have a profound impact on a stranger by sharing a smile or word of encouragement. Courtesy of Netflix, my wife Anita and I had the pleasure of re-watching an old classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. The Harper Lee best seller was destined to...
by Snowman Therapist | May 23, 2016 | Behaviors, Feelings, Thoughts
“It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship.” – Josh McDowell In the process of teaching our graduate course in counseling theory, I re-encountered a term from Carl Gustav Jung. The word is “sygyzy,” and it has applications to...
