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Falling in Love part 1

Post author By Dr. Dave DeLapp
Post date March 21, 2026

I have been exploring the subject of love once again. I do this every so often just to update the ground I stand on internally. This time I started looking at some of the many influences on my perspectives over the years. I feel truth in so many different views of love. Today I narrowed […]

Tags babies, biology, Buddha, commitment, dopamine, Falling in Love, Freud, idealizing, intimacy, Jung, Lao Tzu, love, madness, mind mirror, Nietzsche, oxytocin, passion, projection, Rumi, Shakespeare, soul-work, spiritual doorway, stoics, surrender, survival, vulnerable, Watts

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Suffering

Post author By Dr. Dave DeLapp
Post date February 2, 2020

The topic around the house this last week or so has been on suffering. This has been a favorite topic intermittently over the last 25 years or so, but this time it was different. This time, on her own, Ellen made the profound realization that all the suffering in her life has come from her […]

Tags attachment, basic needs, entitlements, feedback, feeling, gratitude, hit the wall, my way, pain, personal impact, readiness, right, stoics, story, suffering, suffering drives change