It’s time that we fix a flaw in our mental health model: its denial of personal responsibility. Mental health is not hard-wired at birth; it’s a set of learned skills. Help is nice, but it only helps ...

Self-compassion is advantageous to overall well-being and recovery from mental illness, but many people are still skeptical and fear that it leads to irresponsibility or self-indulgence. So, Is it ...

“Is there a problem with saying ‘personal responsibility’?” my friend asked. “What do you mean?” I replied. He’s a Romney-type conservative who’s deeply involved in bipartisan efforts to address ...

I actually just jumped on my Instagram feed and found those. Lest you think me dismissive or derisive of such sentiments though, I am not! I have no problem with messages of empowerment, but they have ...

When Julius Caesar was repeatedly stabbed in a Senate meeting in 44 B.C., it wasn’t just Brutus, Cassius, or the other 60 “liberators” who were killing him — it was, in their minds, “the people.” ...

Here are few suggestions usually given: address daily life through the channel of spirituality, amalgamate spirituality into life resolutions, attain clarity between right and wrong, decide what is ...

There’s a lot of talk these days about “”personal responsibility,”” and for good reason. It’s a nice, antiseptic-sounding, middle-of-the-road kind of idea: President Obama talks about it when he wants ...

For years, environmental campaigns have espoused virtuous actions like biking instead of driving, taking shorter showers, and remembering to turn off the lights. But increasingly, Americans’ concern ...