“My average UCLA student who’s been successful wrote at least six complete, polished screenplays before finally selling one.”
~William Froug (Twilight Zone, tv show)
“I wrote maybe 10 screenplays before I was able to sell one.”
~Nicolas Kazan (At Close Range)
“We wrote six scripts before anything was produced.”
~Jack Epps,
Many of us are working from home during the COVID-19 Pandemic. It’s the safest option right now. Meanwhile, we’re all trying to figure out how to order food from our local restaurants without killing ourselves in the process.
Do you feel that you are able to change ingrained patterns of behavior that you have had for a long time?
If not, you’re not alone!
Most people feel that behaviors (as well as thoughts) are difficult to change.
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After 10 years & about 1,322 Mental Health Humor Cartoon posts for Psych Central…experiencing some brain freeze?…normal!:) Thank You Dear Readers &
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June 1st is the “official” start of the hurricane season! It’s almost September 1st and so many have been suffering due to “Hanna” “Isaias” “Laura”
...Today’s post is by guest writer Susan Costello, MA, LMHC, CPCC.
“Shhh! Don’t call the dog chubby, you will hurt her feelings,” admonished my son when he was about eight years old.
...Chadwick Boseman—best known for his role as T’Challa in Marvel’s Black Panther and Avenger series—has died after a four-year battle with colon cancer.
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Do you have a loved one or someone you care about who doesn’t believe they have a serious mental illness?
Do you find it difficult to help this person understand the importance of getting help?
...Linda: There are three major ways that hearts get broken: abandonment, inconsistent attachment, and rejection. With abandonment, the person that we were formerly attached to leaves.
...Linda: Here are some of the common factors that keep people stuck in commitment phobia:
Beginning in 1951, Solomon Asch, a Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology, devised a series of experiments to examine the extent to which pressure from other people could affect a person’s judgment.
...If you have ever felt speechless looking up at the Grand Canyon, compelled to take a picture of a Swan and her gosslings, or caught up with a glimpse of a full moon,
...It is unfortunate that this final blog posting for Full Heart, Empty Arms should end on such a sad note. But the suicide of rape survivor Daisy Coleman on August 4th,
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One of the main practices that I learned from my years of living in an ashram was the practice of surrender.
Which is another word about learning to trust –trusting the native intelligence that allows an acorn to grow into an oak tree,
...In an earlier post, I wrote about my experience with hallucinations. I have had more recently. I hate them. They are scary and make me feel crazy.
The beginning of the year was rough.
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It’s easy to become overwhelmed by our issues. I’m not here to suggest that anyone can tackle complex emotional issues with the simple idea I’m about to express,
Individuals intent on releasing the false family narrative that is the ‘scapegoat story’ face unique challenges in regard to their recovery. For example, if their family is unable to see them as a ‘whole’
Often families and friends keep secrets to protect others from historical or current information they fear will be too painful or embarrassing to disclose or to hear.
The problem is that secrets are costly.
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If you dislike your body, feel shame about it, or downright hate it, you’re not alone. So many of us call our bodies disgusting and don’t look in the mirror (or grimace at our features when we do).
...People with ADHD often lament their challenges with planning ahead – or, sometimes, their flat-out failure to do so.
I’ve brought up that aspect of ADHD many times on this blog,
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