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Performance Dissonance

By Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago

Performance Dissonance Bruce Wilson, PhD “The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.”- Rienhold Nieburh Are you performing in your right mind? The ...

The Self-Saboteur

By Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago

“I am the greatest obstacle to my greatest dreams.”-Craig D. Lounsbrough Why do we stand in our own way? What possible payoffs could entice someone to repeatedly self-sabotage? Are there any identifiable precursors that could ...

Procrastinate Later

By Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago

Procrastinate Later Bruce Wilson, PhD “I’m a conundrum or an enigma, I forget which.”- James A. Owen What motivates us to be unmotivated? Why does one put the pro in procrastination? These questions have plagued ...

Positive Frustration

By Dr Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago

Positive Frustration Bruce Wilson, PhD “Frustration although quite painful at times is a very positive part of success.” -Bo Bennett The human experience comes with oodles of expectations. Expectations of people, things, and outcomes that ...

The Paradox of Self-Anger

By Dr. Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago

The Paradox of Self-Anger Bruce Wilson, PhD We usually associate anger with an intolerance of others. But what if the intolerance is toward one’s self. The familiar pathway for anger tends to be an attempt ...

Attraction Meets Distraction

By Dr. Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago

Attraction Meets Distraction Bruce Wilson, PhD An interesting phenomenon is happening in the area of addiction. Distraction is becoming an addiction. We are becoming attracted to being distracted like never before in our history. There ...

Unmindfulness

By Dr. Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago

Unmindfulness Bruce Wilson, PhD “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” William Shakespeare Have you ever felt hopelessly stuck in your head? How are you affected when you are immersed ...

Smartphone Acquiescence Versus Annoyance

By Dr. Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago

Smartphone Acquiescence Versus Annoyance Bruce Wilson, PhD Since the advent of the smartphone in 1994, social interaction has been gradually transforming. Social interaction, at one time, was about face-to-face contact between dyads or groups. Over ...

Seeking Psychodiversity

By Bruce Wilson · 3 years ago

Seeking Psychodiversity Bruce Wilson, PhD Has self-contemplation, or navel-gazing to some, reached a point of diminishing returns? Psychologists have impressed upon the individual for years that we need to become more self-aware. Mindfulness, the penultimate ...