Hi all!My latest - on Origin and Caste - in Psychology TodayThe New Film “Origin” Forces an Acknowledgement of Caste | Psychology Today, April 12, 2024Can people survive if people prefer something other than people? Can you survive if you, as a person, or your type of people, are disfavored? The answer, of course, is no—and yet we have this kind of disfavor, bias, discrimination, and cruelty built into the structures of psyche and society—so that dominant groups thrive and subordinated grou ...Continue Reading

"Killers of the Flower Moon," Civilization, and Discontents (Adobe stock image by anastasy_helter, licensed by Ravi Chandra) Hi all, My "Love Your Enemies" article in East Wind got a boost from republication at The Greater Good Science Center, and I published a shortened version at Psychology Today. Here are all three versions: MOSF 19.1: Love Your Enemies? Jesus, King, Buddha, and the Psychology of Love (February 3, 2024) Six Tips for Loving Your Enemies (Greater Good Science C ...Continue Reading

"Killers of the Flower Moon," Civilization, and Discontents (Adobe stock image by anastasy_helter, licensed by Ravi Chandra) Hi all, My "Love Your Enemies" article in East Wind got a boost from republication at The Greater Good Science Center, and I published a shortened version at Psychology Today. Here are all three versions: MOSF 19.1: Love Your Enemies? Jesus, King, Buddha, and the Psychology of Love (February 3, 2024) Six Tips for Loving Your Enemies (Greater Good Science Ce ...Continue Reading

CitizenShip of Mixed Emotions - World Premiere at the DisOrient Film Festival in March, Eugene, Oregon ;) Happy New Year, and Happy-Almost Year of the Dragon! Hope the rains in California and the difficult weather elsewhere aren't affecting you to severely! Stay safe. Here's my latest. It started out as an 800 word essay for Psychology Today, but grew and grew til I could only publish my 3000 word take on the topic at East Wind. Hope you enjoy! MOSF 19.1: Love Your Enemies? Jesus, King, Buddha, and the Psychology of L ...Continue Reading

Illustration from "The Abuser-Victim Dyad: Central to Understanding Our Times" Licensed Adobe Stock image by Yuri Hi all, I've never asked for contributions to support my writing - but would welcome any donation you might offer. This year, I wrote 12 longform essays for East Wind eZine and 19 essays for Psychology Today, including a 4 part series on Trauma and Healing, and a well-received lecture on abusive power. All of that is available in my archive of past newsletters. You can donate via my compassion non ...Continue Reading

Hi all, First off - please consider donating to Randall Yip's AsAmNews! He has a $30K matching grant for donations from Nov 1-Dec 31, and his site is essential, daily publication on Asian American news. Funding will help support an on-the-ground reporter for Maui's recovery, and other specific initiatives for Asian America. I subscribe to the daily digest, and the headlines alone keep me abreast of Asian America. Donate here. One longread for your weekend. I appreciate the tools of deconstruction, and we have to " ...Continue Reading

A lot of links to articles and more in this email. Here's what's below: (Please distribute the resources to anyone you think might find them helpful. We're all in this together.) [*]A long letter about my experiences over the last two months [*]Two articles published after Oct. 7, including “Keeping a Cool Head and Warm Heart During a Crisis" and "Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, and Society in a World Held Hostage” [*]A four-part series on trauma and healing, written or presented before Oct. 7. (b ...Continue Reading

(Happy Dumpling by sudowoodo, Adobe stock image licensed by Ravi Chandra. From "The Dim Sum Dialogues" - a podcast and blogpost at Psychology Today.) Hi all,   If any of you are interested - I am speaking at Tadaima on Monday night at 6 pm PT (Oct. 2, 2023) (sponsored by Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages. (The talk should be on YouTube soon after, and I will send a link to that next month.) Title: “Treating America’s #1 Addiction: Abusive Power” Blurb: Modern psychiatry recognizes that addicti ...Continue Reading

  Hi all, On Wednesday, I decided to read Ronan Farrow's New Yorker profile of Elon Musk - mainly so I would not have to read Walter Isaacson's hagiography-in-process. It'll take you an hour to read, longer if it makes your blood boil. My tl;dr - The TLDR - on this article by Ronan Farrow, which is worth the time - 1. Musk comes from a culture/nature/nurture in South Africa that amplified a dominating attitude. He was an abused child, saw his mother beaten, tried to defend her. The victim-perpetrator is probably th ...Continue Reading

Hi all, I vehemently disagree with the SCOTUS majority opinions on Affirmative Action, and those empowering homophobia and disempowering student loan borrowers. I have notes. Please also check out the references on my East Wind articles for a lot more detail. I think the truth and the evidence are in favor of Affirmative Action. I've just heard about some research by Stanford GSB Professor Deborah Gruenfeld "Diverse Teams Produce Better Decisions." A conservative supermajority in SCOTUS is producing ...Continue Reading