…k Schneider , author of The Polarized Mind, talks about romantic awe. Lisa Firestone: In your new book, The Polarized Mind, you describe romantic awe. Is this something partners could aspire to in their relationship? Kirk Schneider: I hope so. I mean, my wife and I have tried to aspire to that. Definitely. What does that mean? I suppose everybody has their own definition of that. But, what does it mean to take an adventure together? Travel, you kn…
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…neider. Dr. Kirk Schneider – Modern Culture and The Experience of Awe Lisa Firestone: When you were talking about our fast paced society and I really thought about how that affects children, too, that children are put under so much pressure these days, and not only just pressure in school but rushed from activity to activity and you’re almost a better parent if you take them to more activities. But in a sense, in my opinion, is that that interfere…
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…rk Schneider talks about developing awe in existential psychotherapy. Lisa Firestone: How do you help patients start to develop this or how does it come up in the psychotherapy setting? Kirk Schneider: Again, I see that as an organic evolution in the kind of work that I do or that many people do, I think that you do. I’d call it depth existential therapy. It’s wherever you give a person a chance to, again, develop presence, concerted presence to b…
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…Even though we all say we want love, there are many ways we protect ourselves by sabotaging our relationships. Dr. Lisa Firestone explores why and how we act out these destructive patterns with our partners….
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…There are certain characteristics people can bring to their relationships that will drastically improve the dynamics between them and their partners. Psychologist Dr. Lisa Firestone explains some of the qualities people can aim for that will help them feel closer and more fulfilled in their intimate relationships….
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…Seeing each other realistically and respecting each other as separate individuals are key in maintaining an ideal intimate relationship. Dr. Lisa Firestone elaborates on the reasons independence and understanding are so important for a couple….
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…What causes us to act the way we do in our relationships? Why do the words that come out of our mouths sometimes feel foreign to us? Dr. Lisa Firestone explains the source of some of our behavior in our closest relationships….
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…following transcript contains part of an exclusive interview with Dr. Lisa Firestone and Dr. Sheldon Solomon. Dr. Sheldon Solomon talks about the Fantasy Bond. SS: You know, Horney’s view was that all of us of necessity experience what she called basic anxiety, you know, the attachment people call it primal terror. Call it what you will, and long before we’re old enough and mature enough to intellectually grapple with that emotional fact and you k…
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