Posts by Jared Michaels
The Post-It Note Method – A Truly Simple Way to Discover your Passion
I want to go public with an idea of mine that I jokingly call the Post-It Note Method. (I say “jokingly” because it sounds patented, which is not at all my style). The Post-It Note Method is a tool to help us find out why we’re here, alive, on planet Earth. It’s a way to…
Addressing our Collective Fear: How Therapy Might Heal America’s Deepest Wounds
co-written by Jared Michaels and Shirin Shoai As therapists, we’re trained to look beneath the surface of the myriad issues that our clients bring into the room. What we’ve found is that fear is usually the ultimate source of these issues. To help our clients heal, we may gently inquire about their reservations, concerns, or…
How Can Psychotherapy Help To Stop Climate Change? Twenty Therapists Answer
It seems that most psychotherapists are, like most people, just beginning to wake up to the dangers of climate change. More and more of us are starting to grapple personally and professionally with how we can help humanity transition to a life-preserving and truly sustainable society. To help us along, I asked 20 psychotherapists this…
Why Going Crazy is So Sane
Sometimes when it feels like we’re going crazy, we’re really having a deeply sane response to a world gone mad. As we become aware of all the suffering and potential future suffering on Earth, it’s natural to feel disturbed. And although these feelings can be extremely unpleasant, they’re actually a critical part of humanity’s evolution.…
A Wildly Bright Kind of Earth Day Activism
We can be gloomy about earth day and activism or we can brighten up.