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I know what you’re thinking. That whole Occupy Whatever movement has come and gone. While some may argue that’s true, it’s also why I bring this up now. Because after you’ve been out changing the world, it’s time to come inside and Occupy Your Bedroom.

You see, there’s always going to be something to be upset about, something to protest about, and something to yell about. But unless you occupy that bedroom, there may not always be someone there to talk to after you’ve been pepper-sprayed by some dickhead cop, or …

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 As I’ve been telling you, you and I are going to change your life.  Hopefully, you’re up to speed on this, because we’ll be a lot more effective in changing your life completely if you know what’s going on.
Last time, we talked about what you deserve.  But once you get the inkling about what you deserve, there’s still a number of things that can stand in the way of getting that pile of deserving. Before you start going around pointing and blaming possible things that stand in your way, the …

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Folks, it’s time for a change.
I don’t mean for me.  I’m happy as a clam who has been invited to a clam honoring ceremony, in which he or she is about to receive an award for Most Delightful Clam.  I can’t think of other circumstances in which a clam would be happy, so that will have to do.
No, I’m talking about you, of course, to you folks out there who are ready for a change.

You see, I’ve decided to tell you how to change your life: dramatically, completely, and irreversibly.  Sure, …

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Believe me, no one was more surprised than me when Sally Ann Bopkins came to my office this week. You may remember her from my wildly popular snack-sized book, Just Stop Having Problems, Stupid!, a book which is often handed out at the reception desk of many therapists and psych wards.

While I hadn’t seen her in years, I could instantly tell that Sally had changed. She was no longer dangerously overweight, and she didn’t walk around like a hurt puppy, certainly not a morbidly obese one.
I asked her what changed …

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Folks, occasionally people come into my apartment / office looking for a change.  Sometimes it’s a relationship change, or a job change, or a living situation change, or a sex change.  Inevitably, in every case, what someone is actually looking for is a way to change something about themselves by changing something else.
Let me say that again. All of these things that you want to change are probably not the thing you’re actually wanting to change.

The person who wants to change their relationship isn’t coming to me for help in …

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Folks, I’ve been looking at news from around the world, and I’ve been seeing a common theme. That is, a group of people are saying to another group, “We’re mad as hell, and we aren’t going to take it anymore!” The world is awash with protests, and world and local leaders are now having to face the music.
“Well that’s fine, Dr. Matt,” I’m sure you’re saying, “but what’s that got to do with me and the problems in my life?”

What’s It Got To Do With Me?
Well, first, if …

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Folks, earlier this week, a friend of mine pointed me to this article entitled, cleverly, “Don’t Follow Your Passion.”
“It’s really good advice,” my friend told me.
Now, I took a gander at this article and it took me a few moments to figure out that it was really bad advice posing as really good advice.  Let me give you a tidbit:
So. You’re in love with a thing. Let’s say it’s coffee, books, design, code or solving interesting problems. You decide to open up a café to follow your passion for coffee. …

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With a busy schedule of public speaking and celebrity endorsements, I haven’t had time to take a lot of appointments from clients.  However, the other day, a client walked in that I hadn’t seen in a while.  He’s the one that I call Freddle, and since I was making up names for him, I thought it appropriate to give him some more, so you may remember him better as Freddle Dolly-Parton McMannohaggonbaum, which, let’s be honest, is far more interesting than his real name, which I’m actually starting to forget.

Anyway, …

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I’ve been riding the bus a lot lately, ever since my Toyota Plug-In Hybrid Prius suddenly accelerated towards the edge of a cliff while I was parking.  As you know, my Prius is something that is sacred to me, so this was an event that profoundly affected me at a spiritual level.  If the thing I chose had some flaws, then is there something wrong with my choice?

Anyway, I was on the bus the other day, and there was a crazy guy on it.  I mean, crazier than usual for Vancouver. …

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It’s been a little while since I’ve jotted down my thoughts to you folks.  I spent a number of days at the International Psychology Conference, where I gave a lecture entitled, “Regaining Things In Your Life That You Stupidly Lost.”  You see, when we’re young and we haven’t been burdened with all of society’s limitations of what we can achieve, we tend to reach far and, in many ways, accomplish quite a bit.  Over time, people continue to tell you what you can’t do.  If you’re older, you can’t be …