by Helen Papadopoulos | Feb 18, 2022 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
To some people who land on my blog, I come across as a whack job, or ‘abuser’ when they read one of my rants aimed at some group of people that deserve it: those who rule the world and all those who are like them in word, or in deed. It does not seem to matter to them...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Feb 1, 2022 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
“Your experience isn’t real unless we tell you it’s real.” In my first statistics lecture as a psychology student, we were told the following: if a phenomenon could not be demonstrated via scientific research, then it did not exist. This means...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jan 28, 2022 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Misplaced: To set on a wrong object or eventuality: his trust had been misplaced; synonyms: lose, mislay. Guilt: Feelings of deserving blame especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy: SELF-REPROACH; synonyms: contrition, penitence, regret,...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jan 2, 2022 | Real Philosophy
“I understand that you find my boldness and honesty offensive. It’s okay, I find your fake kindness & sugar-coated nonsense pretty offensive, too.” ~ Brooke Hampton What is offensive to some, is inspirational, informative and entertaining to...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Dec 6, 2021 | Real Philosophy
The following phrase is sometimes used as an explanation for the word “forgiveness”: “Life is for giving (as in “for-give-ness”), not for getting (as in “to get, or take”). I did once refer to this meaning in one of my books...
