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Posted on September 28, 2021
by Kēphen
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In my late teens and early twenties I knew what it meant to have a sense of purpose, but what I didn’t know was just how powerful its effect really was on my life. My discharge on January 11, 2008, was the first day… Continue Reading “The Power of Purpose, Meaning, and Fulfillment”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Action Plans, Active Resiliency, Anticipation Anxiety, Barriers to Success, Burnout, Catastrophic Thinking, Conflict Mode Instrument, Desensitization, Dissatisfaction Goal Setting, Effects of Stress and Anxiety, Encounter Stress, Explanatory Styles, Exposure Therapy, Exterior Barriers, Fulfillment, Goals, Inactive Resiliency, Interior Barriers, Learned Helplessness, Meaning, Optimism, PERMA Model, Pessimism, Positive Psychology, Power of Purpose, Prevention and Management of Stress and Anxiety, Problem Solving, Purpose, Recovery, Resiliency, Situational Stress, SMART Model, Stress and Anxiety, Stress and Anxiety Triggers, The Strenuous Life, Time Stress, TKI Model, Ulterior Barriers, VOCAB Model
Posted on September 10, 2021
by Kēphen
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Today is World Suicide Prevention Day! Some of us have had suicidal thoughts in the past. Some of us are currently having suicidal thoughts. Some of us have put those thoughts into actions and have had abandoned attempts. Some of us have fully attempted… Continue Reading “World Suicide Prevention Day”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, AFSP, AFSP Advocacy, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Recovery, Suicide Awareness, Suicide Prevention, World Suicide Prevention Day
Posted on August 16, 2021
by Kēphen
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I would like to share some personal things about myself that I have been experiencing as of late, just in case others can relate. First though, I want to provide some context for why I decided to share my recent experiences. In June, I… Continue Reading “We Are Not the Burden, We Carry the Burden”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human ConditionTags: *See All Posts, Addiction, Alone, Anxiety, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Compassion, Courage, Depression, Empathy, Fitness, Hope, Hopelessness, Life, Life After Trauma, Major Depression, Mental Breakdown, Mental Health, Mental Health Condition, Mental Health Issues, Mental Health Stigma, Mental Illness, Mental Illness Stigma, Military Suicide Awareness, Mindfulness, Mood Disorder, Online Bullying, Pandemic and Mental Health, Psychiatric Episode, Recovery, Self-awareness, Substance Use Disorders, Suicide Prevention, Unemployment
Posted on August 16, 2021
by Kēphen
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In May 2009 I joined Twitter, two months later I deleted my account, and now twelve years after that I have rejoined the quagmire of Twitter for one single reason: it’s the only place where I can follow the vast majority of authors, scientists, philosophers,… Continue Reading “Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management”
Category: All, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, TechnologyTags: *See All Posts, Addiction, Antisocial, Apathy, Attention, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Delusion, Ego, Empathy, Facebook, Honesty, Human Interaction, Humble, Humility, Instagram, Introspective, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Narcissism, Narcissist, Narcissistic, Numb, Psychopathy, Reality Check, Sam Harris, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Sensation Overload, Sensory Overload, Social Burnout, Social Media, Twitter, Unemployment, Video Games
Posted on August 12, 2021
by Kēphen
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I woke up the other morning thinking about how when I quit my job more than seven months ago, I never thought I’d experience nostalgia about my twelve-year career there. At least not to the degree that I have. It wasn’t the first time… Continue Reading “Employment Nostalgia”
Category: All, Kephen's Commentary, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Employment Nostalgia, Memories, Nostalgia, Reflecting, Ruminating, Unemployed, Unemployment, Workplace Nostalgia
Posted on July 24, 2021
by Kēphen
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On July 2, 2021, I joined about a hundred-million other Americans and partook in a medical practice that has occurred for more than two centuries, I received my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, specifically Moderna. I didn’t want to get the vaccine right… Continue Reading “Vaccination?”
Category: All, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, Politics, ScienceTags: *See All Posts, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, Ivermectin, Moderna, Moderna Vaccine, Vaccination, Vaccine, Vaccine Hesitancy
Posted on June 22, 2021
by Kēphen
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Should You Go Back to School? Table of Contents Introduction A Data-Driven Evaluation Making a Choice and Initiating the Admission Process Scholarships, Grants, Loans, and Other Financial Aid In Conclusion Introduction An adult or independent non-traditional student is typically defined as a student attending… Continue Reading “Should You Go Back to School?”
Category: All, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, ScienceTags: *See All Posts, Adult College Student, Adult Student, Can someone in their 20's go back to school?, Can someone over 30 go back to school?, Independent Student, Is College Worth It, Returning to College as an Adult, Returning to University as an Adult, Should I Go Back to College?, Should I Go Back to School?, Should I Go Back to University?, Should I Quit My Job and Go Back to School
Posted on May 6, 2021
by Kēphen
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These past several years I have really been noticing a significant rise in bravado, grandiosity, self-aggrandizing, and a false sense of social importance, particularly among young American men. This pretentious view that one is special and important, and that the choices they make have… Continue Reading “The Privilege and Risks of Pretentious and Delusional Self-Importance in American Youth”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, ScienceTags: *See All Posts, Adulthood, American Youth, Behavioral Health, Bravado, Delusion, Grandiosity, Humble, Humility, Hype, Hype Beast, Hype Culture, Legend, Lessons on Living, Mental Health, Pretentious, Reality Check, Self-aggrandizing, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Self-Importance, Self-worth, Temperance, Youth
Posted on May 4, 2021
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Prajñāpāramitā Part III: The Lotus Sutra This is my third and final installment on the three core sutras that define Mahayana Buddhism. It has taken me four years to complete a study of these ancient Buddhist scripture in order to walk away feeling as though… Continue Reading “Prajñāpāramitā Part III: The Sacred Lotus of the Dharma”
Category: All, Atheism, Religion and SpiritualityTags: *See All Posts, Bodhichitta, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva Dharanimdhara, Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha, Bodhisattva Manjushri, Buddhism, Dharma Practice, Dwelling in the Four Ways, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Mahayana Buddhism, Prajnaparamita
Posted on April 24, 2021
by Kēphen
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Your first question after reading the title is probably “What is emotional impotence?” Emotional Impotence is a term sometimes used in behavioral health, also often called toxic positivity or chronic optimism, and refers to the act of compartmentalizing or dismissing negative and often traumatic… Continue Reading “How to Practice Empathy and Prevent Emotional Impotence”
Category: All, Behavioral Health, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, MiscellaneousTags: *See All Posts, Advice on Expressions of Sympathy, Apathy, Chronic Optimism, Emotional Impotence, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Understanding, Empathy, How to Practice Empathy, How to Talk to a Grieving Parent, How to Talk to a Grieving Spouse, Human Connection, Human Interaction, Social Behavior, Social Skills, Speaking to the Bereaved, Sympathy, Talking About Grief, Toxic Positivity
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The Ardent Axiom 
Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management
Posted on August 16, 2021 by Kēphen
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In May 2009 I joined Twitter, two months later I deleted my account, and now twelve years after that I have rejoined the quagmire of Twitter for one single reason: it’s the only place where I can follow the vast majority of authors, scientists, philosophers,… Continue Reading “Social Media, Psychopathy, and Time Management”
Category: All, Human Condition, Kephen's Commentary, Miscellaneous, TechnologyTags: *See All Posts, Addiction, Antisocial, Apathy, Attention, Awareness, Behavioral Health, Bipolar Disorder, Delusion, Ego, Empathy, Facebook, Honesty, Human Interaction, Humble, Humility, Instagram, Introspective, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Narcissism, Narcissist, Narcissistic, Numb, Psychopathy, Reality Check, Sam Harris, Self-awareness, Self-esteem, Sensation Overload, Sensory Overload, Social Burnout, Social Media, Twitter, Unemployment, Video Games