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The relationship between mental health, spirituality and politics told from the point of view of a working psychotherapist.

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Author: Anthony Tshering

Hello! You’ve reached the personal blog of Anthony Tshering, psychotherapist and writer. Originally from California, I have studied at Santa Clara University, Hunter College, and The Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. I am now based in Brooklyn.
May 10, 2022 Emotional Maturity / Everything Everywhere All At Once / growth / meditation / movies / psychotherapy / Spirituality

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” and The Arc of Emotional Maturity

Firstly, apologies for the lack of posts of late! Momentum is really strange, it snowballs one way or the other.

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April 4, 2022 coen brothers / film / list / movies

Ranking The Coen Brothers’ Filmography

A little something different for this post… After watching The Tragedy of Macbeth, I decided to watch the Coen Brothers’

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March 28, 2022 Compassion / perfectionism / psychotherapy / self love / self-compassion / social media / Spirituality

Against Perfectionism Or How to Enjoy Being a Fuck Up

Perfectionism is a disease among my patients. People’s inner dialogues these days are unrelenting. The oddity of this all is

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March 21, 2022 creativity / Novel Writing / writing

The Weirdness of Writing a First Novel: 4 Musings on the Journey to Finish

The past two weeks I’ve been hard at work on the second draft of my first novel, and I’m in

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March 14, 2022 Absurdism / bodhisattva / Buddhism / Death / grief / Spirituality / suffering

Nihilism or Optimism? More Thoughts on Grief

(My apologies in advance for writing about grief again. I wish my mind was elsewhere, but I suppose that’s what

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March 10, 2022 civilization / Freud / Religion / sex / Shadow Self / Spirituality

Our Instincts Are Who We Are: Finding Our Way in the Mess of Civilization

Recently I reread Fernando Pessoa’s  “The Book of Disquiet.” (If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it.) In a

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March 1, 2022 Aging / Buddhism / Death / grief / Reflection

Life Goes On and On and On and On… More Reflections on the Death of a Parent

Today I saw my father-in-law for the first time since my father passed away. He was kind and sympathetic. He

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February 22, 2022 Musings / self-compassion / Spirituality / Tao Te Ching

Thinking About Paradox

A quote from the Tao Te Ching hangs in my line of vision as I write this:  “The universe is

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February 15, 2022 Buddhism / Death / grief / mental health / mindfulness / Reflection

Reflecting on the Death of a Parent

My dad passed away about 17 days ago now. This is the first time I’ve tried to write about it

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February 4, 2022 anxiety / Buddhism / Compassion / feelings / meditation / mindfulness / self-compassion / Spirituality

The Joy of The Present: Dealing With Anxiety Using Mindfulness

Most of us accept the reality given to us. That includes our thoughts and feelings. After all, if we think

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February 1, 2022 Cars / mindfulness / Modernity / Nature / Reflection / Spirituality

The Dreadfulness of Cars

Just a quick reflection on something I have been thinking about a lot lately…  In Richmond, British Columbia, where I

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January 19, 2022 depression / Despair / list

5 Ways I Cope With Depression

It’s an overwhelming time to be alive. Omicron runs rampant. Inflation is up 8%. Housing and healthcare keep going up

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December 24, 2021 Best oF / books / list

The 20 Best Books I read this Year

Merry Christmas everyone if you celebrate that sort of thing. In my boredom, I decided to create a list, because

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December 23, 2021 Absurdism / film / Karl Marx / mental health / psychotherapy / Spirituality

How “The Matrix Resurrections” Critiques Psychotherapy

I loved the new Matrix movie. I felt skeptical initially. Another reboot? I watched it only because my parents wanted

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December 22, 2021 mental health / psychotherapy

‘I’m a Therapist—Here Are 3 Ways Finding Mental Health Provider Can Feel Like Dating’

I wrote a piece for Well + Good Magazine. Here is an excerpt. Feel free to check the rest here:

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