April 2020 - Love and Power Institute

My Dead Husband Wants to Remarry!

by Norman M. Brown Ph.D. | The Dream: I had a dream last night that my deceased husband came back and I was so excited. We were affectionate with each other and he proceeds to tell me he was going

Emotional Versatility Contributes to Planetary Sustainability
January 25, 2023
Norman M. Brown and Marsha Hudson Introduction: Intelligence, love, aggression and men and women vis-à-vis …Read more
Emotional Maturity and Planetary Sustainability
December 16, 2022
Adapted from a sermon at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz, Oct. 9, 2022 …Read more
1. Distress is Necessary for Stabilizing Love & Expanding Human Potential.
October 19, 2021
Adapted from Silvan Tomkins Affect, Imagery, Consciousness v1, p316f (New York, Springer, 2008). Distress is …Read more
4. Research on Shame when Triggered by Disrupted Relations
June 23, 2021
The popular conception of shame in America is a onsesided version of 1990s TV host …Read more
3. Shame’s Role in Character Building and Conflict. Avoidance and Attack-Other.
January 12, 2021
By Norman M. Brown, Ph.D. This the third in the series, Shame is Especially Useful. …Read more
2. Undoing the Damage of Shame. Withdrawal and Attack-Self.
January 12, 2021
By Norman M. Brown, Ph.D. Before attempting this novel approach to shame, please read my …Read more