by Brian Blem | Nov 17, 2023 | Ecopsychology
To get the work-life balance right, a four-day working week is necessary. Currently we are stressed, immune compromised, and survival driven. Phrases like “Life’s a bitch, and then we die” describe how most people live. Another one comes to mind from The Shawshank...
by Brian Blem | Aug 9, 2023 | Ecopsychology
“I want to live the real life. I want to live my life close to the bone,” are the lyrics from a song by John Mellencamp which I am currently listening to. He describes how there comes a point in life where we realize that time is passing, and that we have been wasting...
by Brian Blem | Jul 7, 2023 | Ecopsychology
Understanding the difference between our needs and wants is important to live our best lives. I believe that when our individual needs are adequately met, then our wants will be positive and constructive. Currently this is not the case, as we see how divided and...
by Brian Blem | Mar 24, 2023 | Ecopsychology
I remember the day my daughter was born as a standout life defining moment. There is nothing more natural, wild, and emotionally awakening, apart from death, than the birth of a fellow creature. She came into the world, literally bright eyed and bushy tailed, and as...
by Brian Blem | Mar 17, 2023 | Ecopsychology
These were the dramatic words spoken by Emperor Commodus to Maximus Decimus Meridius in the final scene of Gladiator in the colosseum before their fight to the death. For me it was a battle between culture and nature, Commodus in a seemingly impenetrable position of...
by Brian Blem | Feb 16, 2023 | Ecopsychology
Fear is one of the six primary human emotions, the others being anger, guilt, shame, sadness, and joy. They are like the primary colors of a rainbow or spectrum from which all other colors originate. This palette of human emotions was always meant to be fully...
