Arthur Ciaramicoli

It's when we're conditioned early in life to think a certain way, it's like dropping that needle on a record.

It starts immediately unless we intercede.

And we have to keep learning how and discipline ourselves to break up that thought pattern.

And we do that by always asking ourselves, what is the truth?

What is the truth?

And empathy is focused on truth-finding.

And that's why it's such an important capacity.

And you can continue to think in negative ways your entire life without ever realizing it because you're not very aware of what's happening.

You're just allowing that old story to dominate your life.

Well, the likelihood of that being so is very low.

I mean, how many human beings do you know that are horrible human beings with no talent, no abilities, and are utterly ugly?

So most of the fears that people have don't tend to be fact-based.

I mean, we all have imperfections, and if there is something that we need to improve on, like you tend to react too quickly, you tend to be too angry, again, these are all learned patents that can be unlearned.

So you have to acknowledge your misgivings and have to acknowledge your imperfections

But the likelihood that you're going to end up in such a dismal place, that you're a horrible human being, I mean, I just haven't met anyone in my travels that's like that.

75% of my practice right now are not people who are mentally ill, but they're highly stressed.

They're good people.

They are oftentimes educated people.

They're loving people.

But their lives are in such a fast pace.