Dr. Jim Taylor

27 10, 2022

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Has Your Psychological Castle Become an Emotional Prison?

Personal Growth, Psychology

Has Your Psychological Castle Become an Emotional Prison?

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2022-10-26T14:27:04-07:00 October 27th, 2022|Categories: Personal Growth, Psychology|Tags: emotional baggage, emotions, letting go, pain, personal growth, personal transformation, psychology, self-help|0 Comments

Our survival instinct developed to protect ourselves from harm and to ensure our survival. This fundamental drive has been wired into our DNA through evolution since we climbed out of the primordial muck more than 530 billion years ago. And it has worked pretty darned well for most of human existence. Unfortunately, times have changed [...]

7 09, 2021

What’s in Your Emotional Chamber of Pain? (Part I)

By Dr. Jim Taylor| 2021-08-24T12:57:56-07:00 September 7th, 2021|Categories: Personal Growth, Psychology|Tags: anger, catharsis, emotional pain, emotions, guilt, letting go, personal growth, sadness, self-help, shame|1 Comment

My experience, both professionally and personally, is that few people emerge from childhood unscathed from their upbringings. You get your psychological and emotional baggage from your parents (e.g., neglect, abuse), peers (e.g., rejection, bullying), traumatic experiences (e.g., loss of a parent or sibling), or popular culture (e.g., unhealthy values, expectations), to name a few. Sadly, [...]