I warned people years ago about a "flashpoint" in Los Angeles that would rage across SoCal like a wildfire ripping residents into anarchy and chaos beyond the Watts and Rodney King riots...the figurative and literal flashpoint has arrived. My deeper concern is that the predicted and pending anarchy and chaos in LA could be a flashpoint for the whole country. Stay aware and on alert.

*Photo Credit: "Thompson Fire" by Ron Jones

*LANGUAGE DISCLAIMER!
Los Angeles fires straight talk and NO BS as a Southern California native whose family moved to California in the 1890s. Enough is enough.
 
*Photo Credit: RJ Yoga @ Huntington Beach, CA

I took a road trip to Missouri a few weeks ago because I had a consulting job for a public health department there for professional development. On this episode, I share some of my journaling thoughts and the importance of road trips and writing things down. Enjoy!

*Photo Credit: "College Street Cafe Dawn" by Ron Jones

I dropped by Costco right before New Year's for a few supplies. While waiting to check out, I noticed twin boys about a year and a half old in the cart in front of me. They had NO devices and were noticing things around them...it's worth a show to discuss the positive benefits of your kids looking around at things besides a ridiculous electronic device.

*Photo by Ron Jones

"You must adjust...This is the creed of the sciences that have sold themselves to the status quo..."

Here's another short passage from psychoanalyst Dr. Robert Linder on what essentially is the current "Conformity Industrial Complex" and the utter insanity of the power whores beating the masses to conform...and sell their souls of humanity in the process. RESIST!

*Source: "Must You Conform?" by Robert Linder (1956)

In Dr. Robert Linder's 1956 book, "Must You Conform?", Linder cites Orwell's "1984" book published in 1949 with this passage from O'Brien the Inquisitor...we have been forewarned...is anyone listening?

*Source: "Must You Conform?" by Robert Linder (1956)

More from psychoanalist Dr. Robert M. Linder's 1956 book, "Must You Conform?" This passage deals with the history of "one" ruling class.

*Source: "Must You Conform?" by Robert Linder (1956)

We return to psychoanalyst Dr. Robert M. Linder (1914-1956) with a passage on the "bed of despair" and how frontiers and outlets for aggression are essential for the health of societies. 

*Source: "Must You Conform?" by Robert Linder (1956)

It's been a while since I have shared a passage from this amazing 1914 book...here's another passage about thinking right and fighting the good fight...alone as needed...I hope it inspires you as it did for thousands of others before us.

*Source: "PEP: Poise--Efficiency--Peace. A Book on Hows Not Whys For Physical and Mental Efficiency" by COL. WM. C. HUNTER (1914), pages 81-83

A short passage shared today from a fascinating book I'm still reading by psychoanalyst Dr. Robert M. Linder (1914-1956) on "abandoned solitude" and his warnings on how giving up reflective time alone negatively impacts mental health.

Dr. Linder also wrote "Rebel Without a Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath" and "The 50 Minute-Hour: A Collection of True Psychoanalytic Tales."

Source: "Must You Conform?" by Robert Linder (1956)