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Yum/Yuck—Amazingly Reliable, Always Revealing [25]

In Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittSeptember 11, 2011

Jill—thirty-seven, an assistant District Attorney raising her ten-year-old son after a difficult divorce—sits across from me in my office, fretting about an invitation she just got from her friend Shelly. …

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What It Really Means to Want It Too Much [24]

In Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittSeptember 3, 2011

One of my best friends in college was a dedicated womanizer. This was before the idea of sexual addiction, or sexual compulsivity, hit the mainstream, and I found nothing wrong …

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The Castle, the Gate, and the Threshold [23]

In Psychotherapy by Dr. Keith WittAugust 20, 2011

In fairy tales, the Castle can be a fortress of strength or a prison of solitude, depending upon who is in charge. Castle as fortress-of-strength shows up frequently in Tolkien’s …

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The Life Vessel, the Vagus Nerve, and Transcendent States [22]

In Neurobiology by Dr. Keith WittAugust 14, 2011

Becky and her friend Stephanie Badaci own Santa Barbara Life Vessel (www.lifevesselsantabarbara.com ), which—among other services like Soul Collage, the EVOX machine, Flower Essences, and Educational Kinesiology—offers sessions in a Life …

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“I Am a Psychologist. Let Me Help.” [21]

In Psychotherapy by Dr. Keith WittAugust 7, 2011

Psychologists show up all the time in jokes. “How many psychologists does it take to…?” “A guy walks into a psychologist’s office and….” The general theme is that psychologists reflect …

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Remembering the Future Is Usually Pretty Sunny, but Cracks Can Show Up in Our Rose-Colored Glasses [20]

In Neurobiology by Dr. Keith WittAugust 3, 2011

“You slept with your high school girlfriend and lied to me! How do I know you won’t cheat again?” Carrie, an attractive woman in her late thirties glares at her …

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A Few Facts About Divorce – For Better and For Worse

In Love, Sex, and Relationships by Dr. Keith WittJuly 31, 2011

I read an outstanding interview in the LA Times this week (Saturday, July 30), where Patt Morrison was asking high profile divorce lawyer Laura Wasser about the whole divorce process. …

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Stephen Colbert, Dan Savage, and Why It’s a Bad Idea to Try to Negotiate with Biology [18]

In Cultural Commentary by Dr. Keith WittJuly 25, 2011

Recently on the 7-12-11 Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert interviewed advice columnist Dan Savage about monogamy and fidelity. Dan passionately advocated that sexuality in relationships can and should be negotiated, with …

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Evolutionary Relationships – Our Ability to Be Intimate GROWS as We Mature

In Cultural Commentary by Dr. Keith WittJuly 18, 2011

For the last two hundred thousand years, the human race has been growing into the capacities that we received with the FOXP2 mutations, and those capacities extend beyond where any of us currently are—we don’t know the upper limits of any human developmental line, including profound intimacy.

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A Warrior Does Not Let His Spirit Get Too High or Too Low [16]

In Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittJuly 11, 2011

Everybody has sacred texts, and I don’t just mean the Bible or the Constitution. Once when I was a young teen and bullying my younger brother Earl, he cleverly grabbed …

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Yum/Yuck—Amazingly Reliable, Always Revealing [25]

What It Really Means to Want It Too Much [24]

The Castle, the Gate, and the Threshold [23]

The Life Vessel, the Vagus Nerve, and Transcendent States [22]

“I Am a Psychologist. Let Me Help.” [21]

Remembering the Future Is Usually Pretty Sunny, but Cracks Can Show Up in Our Rose-Colored Glasses [20]

A Few Facts About Divorce – For Better and For Worse

Stephen Colbert, Dan Savage, and Why It’s a Bad Idea to Try to Negotiate with Biology [18]

Evolutionary Relationships – Our Ability to Be Intimate GROWS as We Mature

A Warrior Does Not Let His Spirit Get Too High or Too Low [16]

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