Brain Food for the Good Life Blog

Forgive? Why? Who? What? When? and really, How?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 26, 2021

Perhaps the number one killer of mental and relational health in America is the refusal to go through the learning experience of emotional pain. But I believe our next biggest mental health buzz kill is our refusal to forgive others and ourselves. I just have to take a stab here at trying to reduce this […]

The Lies of "Soft Pornography"

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 15, 2021

There’s nothing soft about the damage “soft pornography” does to those not aware of its dangers. And few people are. If you use pornography or know somebody who does, here are fifteen common lies whispered to us by the purveyors of sex trash in magazines, movies, and websites. I can control myself. I will be able to keep […]

How I Live: Are the Best Things in Life really Free?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 14, 2021

NATURAL QUIET AND SIMPLICITY INSPIRE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT August 2022 At midlife, I had been building and launching both my family and my career for over 20 years. I was stressed out from trying to make ends meet. My business supported employees and counselors, but during its last years, I reached a point where I […]

Overcoming Anxiety and Worry (Part 2)

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 14, 2021

The key to managing worry and fear is learning how to change the channels in your mind. We learned last time how to switch awareness from the involuntary nervous system that takes feelings TO the brain, and give it to the voluntary nerves taking messages FROM the brain out to the muscles. We also learned […]

Psychology 101

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 13, 2021

PSYCHOLOGY 101: MAKING SENSE OF MOTIVATION Ever wonder why two brothers or sisters turn out to be so different from each other? What drives some people to love so strong, or work or play so hard? What makes your personality the way it is? The view of human nature you will find below does […]

Guidelines for Resolving Marital Conflicts

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 12, 2021

GROUND RULES FOR SETTLING MARITAL CONFLICTS These are not my guidelines. They are the ones most frequently presented in the many books I have read to help couples work through their disagreements and misunderstandings. They are also the ones I have been taught in my training, and the ones I have seen to work […]

Teaching Youth About Right and Wrong (Part 1)

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 11, 2021

If you’re like most American adults, you are concerned that some of the youth in your family are going to mess up their lives by bad habits and choices on some moral issue. The ones I hear about the most are sex, money, family, religion, and drug or alcohol abuse. All too often, efforts to […]

Four Circles

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 10, 2021

Four-Circle Sobriety Plan Four concentric circles represent three important lists of behaviors, and one list of warning signs. These lists will be fluid, and you will need to add and subtract new items on a regular basis, at least from the boundaries list and the recovery behaviors below. Use these lists to structure […]

Parenting Rebellious Teens

By Dr. Paul Schmidt on September 8, 2021

Sixteen-year-olds look completely different from the way they looked at twelve. Even more striking is the difference in their personalities. Parental influence has declined by roughly half, due to more influences from peers, media, hormones, boyfriend/girlfriend, and the huge internal need to feel grown-up by acting different from you. Yet parents do not adjust their […]

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Dr. Paul F. Schmidt

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