Category Archives: Positive Disintegration

Getting to Know Thyself

Posted on March 18, 2013 by lthibault11

The personalities and behaviours that we own today no doubt reflect an amalgamation of past experiences collected and stored long ago within our subconscious minds.   Freud believed that all of our behaviours were derived from unconscious motivations and that we in fact have … Continue reading →

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Fertile Confusion

Posted on March 12, 2013 by lthibault11

The road to self-knowledge and personal growth leads to a myriad of discoveries, transformations, concepts, and new ideas.  It is inevitable that periods of confusion will ensue at some point or another along the way.  Confusion can be expressed as two or more … Continue reading →

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The Power of Positive Disintegration

Posted on May 31, 2012 by lthibault11

Anyone who has navigated this blog will know that I am fairly smitten by Polish psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski and his theory of personality development – or more specifically, the Theory of Positive Disintegration. Notwithstanding the ominous sounding name and the relative obscurity of its creator, … Continue reading →

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Inner Conflict as a Path to Higher Development – Part III

Posted on April 21, 2012 by lthibault11

Continuation of Part II… Beyond Level III there are two higher stages of development.  Both of these stages are rare, but they have been attained by various members of our society and so they remain possibilities.  Level IV is the … Continue reading →

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Inner Conflict as a Path to Higher Development – Part II

Posted on April 19, 2012 by lthibault11

Continuation of Part I… The critical element of the level III personality structure is the awareness of an ideal in themselves toward which they must strive.  They have a sense of “what is.”  From this awakening there stems the beginning of … Continue reading →

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Inner Conflict as a Path to Higher Development : Part I

Posted on April 16, 2012 by lthibault11

I have often referred to and written about the Theory of Positive Disintegration by Kazimierz Dabrowski on this blog.  His is a theory about the process of personal development that I  can strongly relate to in a real and significant way.  But rather … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of Existing

Posted on January 30, 2012 by lthibault11

Life is not always a bowl of cherries, especially for those endowed with high sensitivity.  It`s not that we don`t see the greatness of it, on the contrary, we sensitives tend to absorb life and all it entails in a most intense … Continue reading →

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The Notion of Self-Actualization

Posted on October 30, 2011 by lthibault11

Today I wish to speak my mind on two theories on self-actualization that I`ve come across; what I believe they mean, where the notion comes from, and the theories in psychology that speak to them.   The first that comes to mind of course is Abraham … Continue reading →

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