Robert J Strock 
Inquiry from the heart is essential because, if we make this practice part of our lives, it is one of the key ways to focus our awareness in the direction of our own healing and fulfillment. It can also alert us when we are not heading in a healing direction. When we develop awareness that …
Although most of us already ask ourselves questions about how we might make positive changes in our lives, those questions are often asked in ways that do not support us and do not bring healing. They can be expressed with a negative edge like, “Why aren’t you making more progress?” or “Why are you stuck …
When we look closely, we’ll discover that the tone of voice of ourselves and those that are closest to us is the source of our greatest suffering and our greatest intimacy.
Psychotherapist Robert Strock discusses the importance of awareness of tone of voice when dealing with your teenager, connecting with their heart, and setting firm boundaries.
This is a good article as far as it goes. Of course, how we handle our distribution of money and the work opportunities throughout our population is going to have an immeasurable impact on quality of life and homicides as well. Besides the denial of death, the denial of income inequality is a disease throughout …
This is a great article with a long-term world perspective. How long will it take for America to see that it has built its brilliance on the backs of the American Indians and slaves? Unfortunately, this is how it’s been throughout history. This beginning insight is, for some, the inspiration to commit to a life …
This guided meditation crystallizes a healing path when we are feeling righteous, victimized, impatient and aggressive. Where are you most righteous, moralistic, antagonistic, or feeling like a victim in your life?
Psychotherapist Robert Strock discusses how to adapt to the new normal of a longterm illness, be the quarterback of your team of caretakers, and focus on the possible rather than dwell on the impossible.
Mindfulness is only a starting point. We could analogize it to God or Faith. We can be devoted with a very dear part of ourselves, but the question is how much is this integrated into our life? We can go to church on Sundays, but not practice or express our faith during the week. We …
This is a message to those of us who don’t believe that the assassination of General Soleimani was a wise strategy even though we recognize that he was a murderous killer of Americans. The normal reaction is to criticize the Trump administration for not having a plan or clear strategy immediately in place. This is …