Flying Forward with Courage

Courage is the Price… By Steven Ross RSW LCSW “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” In that inspired opening of her poem “Courage” Amelia Earhart, the pioneering aviator beautifully unpacks a stance that is pretty core to the idea of self-discovery and personal growth, especially within the construct of psychotherapy. To…

The Genius Art of Moving Forward

The Road to Self-Actualization Through Attachment By Ross Stressing free will and self-actualization, in 1826 English essayist William Hazlitt published “On Application to Study.” It was a well-crafted essay delving into the art of staying engaged, and through that particular process, we find our way of moving forward. It is a concept that fits neatly…

The Struggle for the Deservedness of Love

Courage in the Face of Fear By Steven Ross LCSW RSW “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it,” wrote Nelson Mandela in his 1994 memoir “Long Walk to Freedom.” He was a wise man that discovered through trauma that courage and fear aren’t opposites, but are qualities…