future – NOT YOUR DOC

The lack of hope, the lack of being able to imagine a better future for oneself or for one’s family does not invariably lead to depression, despondency, inertia, a lack of will, or a lack of direction …

https://youtube.com/shorts/vkE70PIRSao?si=TJCSFT4hle0c_Zc3 All of us have to believe that our life situations are either acceptable, could get better, or will get better. Hope is not just an empty wish. Hope is life saving… not only for the person searching for it, but for the rest of us who are touched by that person’s life. Charles Tadros,Continue reading “The lack of hope, the lack of being able to imagine a better future for oneself or for one’s family does not invariably lead to depression, despondency, inertia, a lack of will, or a lack of direction …”

You accept that you have no agency? Sigh…I have limited agency…I don’t know exactly in what spheres/domains…so I still make plans and goals and make educated/reasonable/calculated efforts… because I never know what will work or what won’t, but I set myself up for success without being too hard on myself if I don’t achieve whatContinue reading “A friend asks, and I respond, about my perception regarding self determination, having agency, in light of this new book by Sapolsky, Ph.D. … “Determined: Life without free will”.”

Charles Tadros, M.D. June 29, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri