Author: John Ingram Walker, MD

The Road Less Traveled combined Dr. Peck’s experiences from his psychiatric practice with mystical interpretations dealt primarily with personal responsibility for growth of love and spirituality. The book’s opening sentence,

The next few weeks I will be reviewing two books by M. Scott Peck, MD. The long article below summarizes Dr. Peck’s life. Those who don’t like to read can

In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Alice asks the Cheshire Cat, “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to walk from here?The Cheshire Cat responds, “That

If words are the most powerful destiny shaper that we control—and they are—then by governing the words that come out of our mouths, we can have a better chance of

Emile Coue, the pioneer of autosuggestion, coined the phrase: Day by day, in every way, I’m getting better and better. I feel healthy. I feel happy. I feel terrific. He

For my daily devotion I read the passage in Matthew about Jesus admonishing his followers to “Be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect.”How can that be? We can’t be

My good friend, William T. Hendricks, Jr., MD, says he helps perfectionists give up their punishing pursuits by telling them, “You have to learn to perfect your tolerance for imperfection.”

Thanks to Denn Carlyle for presenting this material at Blacksburg Christian Fellowship: Soli Deo gloria, a Latin term for Glory to God alone, was used by artists Johann Sebastian Bach,

Perfectionists tell themselves: “I must do better than everybody else”; “I must make a 4.0”; “I must make the starting team”; “I must be the top salesperson”; “I must be

 Perfectionists possess pessimistic thought patterns that must be recognized before they can be changed. These patterns include: Self-centered thinking–relating negative events to oneself when there is no basis. Juliet doesn’t

Before we discuss ways to overcome perfectionism we must differentiate between good and bad traits. Unhappy perfectionist feel badly about themselves when they fail to reach unrealistic goals. Failure exacerbates their low

Perfectionism, a tormenting trait, robs some achievers of contentment and abiding relationships. Because perfectionist possess a driven personality style, many have gathered applause and accolades, but feel inadequate and empty