How authoritarians breed fear and confusion.
Eric Maisel
Why Authoritarians Love Religion
The authoritarian personality finds in religion a match made in Heaven.
The authoritarian personality finds in religion a match made in Heaven.
Why the Authoritarian Wound Rarely Heals
Respondents to the Authoritarian Wound Questionnaire report a lifetime of pain.
Respondents to the Authoritarian Wound Questionnaire report a lifetime of pain.
10 Tips for Surviving Your Authoritarian Parents
How to deal effectively with your bullying, narcissistic mother or father.
How to deal effectively with your bullying, narcissistic mother or father.
Authoritarian Father, Suicidal Brother
How authoritarians wound whole families.
How authoritarians wound whole families.
Authoritarian Parent, Childhood (and Adult) Depression
How lifelong sadness can result from authoritarian wounding.
How lifelong sadness can result from authoritarian wounding.
Family Dictators
You can't change a dictator: not one who holds political office and not one who is running—and ruining—your family.
You can’t change a dictator: not one who holds political office and not one who is running—and ruining—your family.
Am I Wrong for Hating My Father?
How should you feel if your parent is an authoritarian who regularly harms you?
How should you feel if your parent is an authoritarian who regularly harms you?
I Hate My Father
It's long past time to expose the epidemic of cruel parenting.
It’s long past time to expose the epidemic of cruel parenting.
When You Practice, That’s What You Do
Why daily practice is more complicated than peeling a potato.
Why daily practice is more complicated than peeling a potato.
3 Steps to Everyday Heroism
Using Kirist principles to support ethical action.
Using Kirist principles to support ethical action.
‘I Hate My Mother’
How children of authoritarians experience their parents.
How children of authoritarians experience their parents.
My Mother Loved Me, When I Was Perfect
How an authoritarian can be a tyrant without being a bully.
How an authoritarian can be a tyrant without being a bully.
The Secret To a Life of Purpose
Create daily practices that turn chaos into calmness.
Create daily practices that turn chaos into calmness.
A Man and His Car
How to mine your experiences for meaning.
How to mine your experiences for meaning.
Authoritarians Keep You Walking on Eggshells, Permanently
Why authoritarian contact produces lifelong anxiety, confusion and incompetence.
Why authoritarian contact produces lifelong anxiety, confusion and incompetence.