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Nov 03
New Podcast: Psychospiritual Reflections w/ John P. Rettger, PhD
Mindfulness, The Two Arrows, and Working with Adversities NOVEMBER 01, 2022 JOHN P. RETTGER, PHD SEASON: 1 EPISODE: 1 Mindfulness, The Two Arrows and Working with Adversities Description In this episode, Dr. John draws from the wisdom of the Buddha and concepts of Cognitive Behavior Therapy to share how to work with life’s challenges from …
Feb 11
Latest Online Article: Responding to Life’s Challenges with Mindfulness
Dear Friends, I recently wrote an article about how to respond to life’s challenges with Mindfulness. Read it on the Good Therapy San Diego website where I currently practice as a clinical psychologist. Read it here!
Dec 31
John’s Closing thoughts on 2018
John’s Closing thoughts on 2018 “For real hope, as distinguished from wishful thinking, we ought not look first to our technological cleverness or abstractions about progress of one kind or another, but rather to the extent and depth of our affections, which set boundaries on what we do and direct our intelligence to better or …
Mar 26
Reflections: Feb/March
This month I am reflecting on how yoga has at its core a very simple, yet hard to practice teaching of being fully present and awake at this moment. The poet Mark Nepo writes: “The further I wake into this life, the more I realize that God is everywhere and the extraordinary is waiting quietly …
Mar 08
a helpful reminder for a winter day…
The Practice Of The Wild by Gary Snyder All of us are apprenticed to the same teacher that the religious institutions originally worked with: reality. Reality-insight says … master the twenty-four hours. Do it well, without self-pity. It is as hard to get the children herded into the car pool and down the road to …
Jan 05
New Years Update 2018!
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Nov 17
the touch of self-compassion
Do you sometimes get down on yourself for not being perfect? Do you notice yourself being unkind to yourself when you make mistakes? Or maybe you get caught up in frustration when something does not turn out as you had hoped? Can you be self-critical or overly demanding of yourself? Or maybe you are struggling …
Jan 28
Spinning
Today, I see your face, the stones start spinning. Out of the empty, vast landscape You suddenly appear. All my studying wanders. I lose my place. This river water turns pearly. This Fire dies down and does not consume. In your presence I do not want what I thought I wanted, those three little hanging …