by Brian Blem | Aug 11, 2024 | Mental Health
These are lyrics from a hit song by Crowded House, a New Zealand-Australian rock band, released in 1991. I recently relocated with my family from South Africa to Great Britain, arriving on 1 June 2024 to an exceptionally cold and wet summer. We kept reminding...
by Brian Blem | May 16, 2024 | Mental Health
When my best friend was going through a divorce I bought him two books, one of which was more of a booklet, titled The Serenity Prayer. He later told me how much it had helped him navigate a very difficult time in his life. Now I must add that Chris is not a religious...
by Brian Blem | Apr 1, 2024 | Mental Health
One of my favorite quotes by Carl Jung is, “The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.” Sadly, most people do not know who they are, as their lives have been determined by what the world has told them. The outcome...
by Brian Blem | Mar 24, 2024 | Mental Health
Lemons are inevitable in the journey of life. There are just too many moving parts within and around us for things not to go wrong, or at least not go the way we want them to. The challenge is to make lemonade whenever this happens– a process of personal autonomy,...
by Brian Blem | Feb 3, 2024 | Mental Health
“The Matrix trilogy suggests that everyone has the individual responsibility to make the choice between the real world and an artificial world. Though Neo is the exemplar of free will, fate plays a large role in his adventure. Neo relies on the Oracle, and everything...
by Brian Blem | Dec 10, 2023 | Mental Health
John Powell, in his book ‘The Secret of Staying in Love’, suggests that the average human realizes only 10% of their potential. What a tragedy that so much living and loving is missing from our lives. Fortunately, we are at a point in history where this can and should...
