The mind is analogous to a wild horse: it has tremendous strength and energy, but utilizes it indiscriminately. Much of its activity seems random, running at high speed in different directions, bucking and kicking. Like a fart in the wind, it’s...
Read moreDan Mager has a new blog up on Psychology Today
Early in the 17th century, the French philosopher Rene Descartes famously wrote, “I think, therefore I am.” Thoughts occur so naturally and automatically that we are oriented to see them not only as a part of ourselves, but as ourselves. We...
Read moreDan Mager's Inaugural post up on psychologytoday.com
Welcome to the inaugural blog post for Some Assembly Required! Achieving recovery―or any meaningful path of bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing―is not unlike the process of constructing furniture purchased in “knock-down” or ready-to-assemble...
Read morePutting the Pieces of Recovery Together
Welcome to the inaugural blog post for Some Assembly Required! Achieving recovery―or any meaningful path of bio-psycho-social-spiritual healing―is not unlike the process of constructing furniture purchased in “knock-down” or ready-to-assemble...
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