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Mon July 30, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Brian sat in my office for about 10 minutes while I thought about what to say to him. You see, I had decided to fix Brian. And, so far, Brian was not an easy person to fix.
When Brian came into my office over two months ago, it seemed like he had a fairly simple problem. Everything in his life seemed to be going exactly right, yet he wasn’t feeling happy. This was perplexing, for sure, because whenever things are going right for me, I’m completely happy. For instance, I’ve been ...
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Fri November 4, 2011 at 8:58 AM
This week, a video made its way around the Internet of a Texas judge hitting his 16-year-old with a belt. While the video is difficult to watch for some, I feel like it re-ignites an important and ongoing debate in our culture: whether or not we should publicly flog stupid parents.
Now, this debate has many sides. There are some that say that stupid parents should never be flogged, especially in full view of the public, and at the hands of some kind of town disciplinarian. Others say that the children ...
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Tue August 23, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Folks, it’s time for a change.
I don’t mean for me. I’m happy as a clam who has been invited to a clam honoring ceremony, in which he or she is about to receive an award for Most Delightful Clam. I can’t think of other circumstances in which a clam would be happy, so that will have to do.
No, I’m talking about you, of course, to you folks out there who are ready for a change.
You see, I’ve decided to tell you how to change your life: dramatically, completely, and irreversibly. Sure, ...
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Tue August 23, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Folks, it's time for a change.
I don't mean for me. I'm happy as a clam who has been invited to a clam honoring ceremony, in which he or she is about to receive an award for Most Delightful Clam. I can't think of other circumstances in which a clam…
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Mon June 6, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Believe me, no one was more surprised than me when Sally Ann Bopkins came to my office this week. You may remember her from my wildly popular snack-sized book, Just Stop Having Problems, Stupid!, a book which is often handed out at the reception desk of many therapists and psych wards. While I hadn’t seen [...]
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Mon June 6, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Believe me, no one was more surprised than me when Sally Ann Bopkins came to my office this week. You may remember her from my wildly popular snack-sized book, Just Stop Having Problems, Stupid!, a book which is often handed out at the reception desk of many therapists and psych wards.
While I hadn’t seen her in years, I could instantly tell that Sally had changed. She was no longer dangerously overweight, and she didn’t walk around like a hurt puppy, certainly not a morbidly obese one.
I asked her what changed ...
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Tue April 5, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Folks, occasionally people come into my apartment / office looking for a change. Sometimes it’s a relationship change, or a job change, or a living situation change, or a sex change. Inevitably, in every case, what someone is actually looking for is a way to change something about themselves by changing something else.
Let me say that again. All of these things that you want to change are probably not the thing you’re actually wanting to change.
The person who wants to change their...
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Fri March 25, 2011 at 8:00 AM
Once in a while, someone will come into my apartment / office who I immediately know is going to be interesting. I mean, someone who just really catches my attention for some undefinable reason. I had a new client this week who I’ll call Jared Leto. Hmm… I guess maybe I shouldn’t give him the [...]
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Fri March 25, 2011 at 8:00 AM
Once in a while, someone will come into my apartment / office who I immediately know is going to be interesting. I mean, someone who just really catches my attention for some undefinable reason. I had a new client this week who I’ll call Jared Leto. Hmm… I guess maybe I shouldn’t give him the name of a celebrity, so let’s give him a common name like Jor-El Leto.
Jor-El had a lot going for him, and not just his dashing good looks. ”Dr. Matt, I hear you solve just about ...
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Mon March 7, 2011 at 8:00 AM
Folks, I’ve been looking at news from around the world, and I’ve been seeing a common theme. That is, a group of people are saying to another group, “We’re mad as hell, and we aren’t going to take it anymore!” The world is awash with protests, and world and local leaders are now having to [...]
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