Self-help

"I deserve good things"

Priority request: The statement seems crucial to self esteem, as well as being able to value and enjoy life. Whether or not deservingness is constructive as a concept seems less important than the affirmation that one is fundamentally worthy of blessings, grace and forgiveness.

Making Love: Sexual Love the Divine Way, by Barry Long

Long "restores the place of romance and gives couples very practical advice on how to change their sexual behaviours so that they can realign their love for each other with the love of God" -- amazon.

The Superbeings: The Superselling Guide to Finding Your Higher Self

by John Randolph Price. "This book will demonstrate, step-by-step, how you, too, can be well--spiritually, mentally, emotional, physically and financially -- how you, too, can become one of the SUPERBEINGS" -- amazon.

prohibition of having a relationship with another spiritual teacher

Request: Wanting to hold the Doc in my mind, I am met with a kind of feeling that I "shouldn't" do it. The argument is the existence of Christ... [Still,] a Christian cannot betray Christ... just because he maintains a "different" teacher in his mind. I wonder what is behind this "prohibition".

We've Got Issues, by Phil McGraw

How You Can Stand Strong for America's Soul and Sanity (subtitle). "come home to our core values, fortify our families, and re-embrace self-determination and self-governance." Priority request.

12-step programs

Calibrated in Truth vs. Falsehood at 540. The motivation, awareness and focus is high, but what about the overall effect, all things considered?

Six Steps of Schizophrenics Anonymous

Request: Based on the twelve steps. I hope to use this with patients of mine. How does this program calibrate?

fear of rejection

Request: Common concern for people.

being hard on yourself

Request: Always feels awful - like consenting to ruthlessness toward oneself.

statement: thankfulness for something potentiates receiving more of it

Priority request: being grateful for things like opportunities, relationships, and material things will tend to increase their presence in our lives as love dissipates the expectation of loss... It brings awareness to positivity and recontextualizes disappointment.

situationship

"characterized by emotional intimacy, spending time together, and often involves a physical and sexual component. However, partners won’t define their relationship, place it into a category, or set clear boundaries" -- choosingtherapy.com

effect of having and caring for a pet

Request: When I’m back home with my dogs, I always feel like it increases my LoC. in the heart, especially. My guess is that its in the ‘taking care’ aspect.

delayed gratification

A person's ability to delay gratification relates to other similar skills such as patience, impulse control, self-control and willpower, all of which are involved in self-regulation -- wikipedia.

reflecting on past mistakes

Request: Mistakes made years and even decades ago sometimes resurface in my mind, leading me to inadvertently reflect on them over and over. Is it constructive?

"You are morally obliged to do remarkable things"

Request: Quote from Jordan Peterson's Instagram page. I am not sure if it's above 200, sound like a hard work or even a force.