by swiftwriterj | Jan 22, 2025 | Psychology
The Body and the Spirit Do Looks Matter? Inside a dark movie theater sits a father, his wife, and their two young daughters. They are watching The Little Mermaid (1989). The audience gets to the scene in which a sinister sounding voice speaks. Not a minute later, a...
by swiftwriterj | Dec 18, 2024 | Psychology
How the Body Heals the Soul The Trembling Animal On a gorgeous green, pleasant-looking prairie, a juvenile pronghorn peacefully forages the landscape for sustenance. Smelling a frighteningly familiar scent, the even-toed, hoofed mammal lifts its head up and looks to...
by swiftwriterj | Jul 17, 2024 | Psychology
The Truth About Schizophrenia The Crazy Man One night, while treading carefully through the thick of a forest, a man named Jack spots a strange shape in the sky; a shape that hovers through the air like a top spins on the ground. This relatively flat shape accelerates...
by swiftwriterj | May 6, 2024 | Psychology
Integrate the Shadow The Hero’s Journey We’ve all heard of a tale or two about a protagonist on an arduous quest to slay a dragon. The challenging battle with the winged, fire-breathing beast is the climax of the story. Once our hero defeats the dragon, he gets first...
by swiftwriterj | Jan 22, 2024 | Psychology
The Ideal Personality Trapped in a Violent Storm For a few days, a violent storm spanned across the sky above a small town. With lightning as bright as the Milky Way, wind as swift as a sailfish, and rain as loud as a rhinoceros is large, the storm was indeed...
by swiftwriterj | Jan 8, 2024 | Psychology
The Flaw of Talk Therapy Born in the Underworld During her childhood, a woman named Mila was severely abused by her narcissistic parents, both physically and psychologically. This abuse had gone on as early as she could recall. Born in the pits of hell, Mila was often...
