Cliff Heegel Ph.D.

Subtitled: An uncertain mind sometimes deals with Reality better than a mind that is certain “It ain’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so” ~Will Rogers I love that Will Rogers quote. It captures, in a humorous way, the essence of the human predicament. [...]

People do not come to my office because of physical or emotional pain- they come see me because they are suffering. I like that old saying ‘pain is inevitable, suffering is optional’. There is a big difference between authentic emotion and human suffering. Suffering is a fact of the human condition. However, it is not [...]

About that word ‘zen’. Don’t be scared of the word zen. After all, it is just a word. The word ‘zen’ has a lot of different meanings.  In the context of me and my psychology practice, zen is simply a word that points to Awareness Practice. Although zen originated as a Japanese Buddhist practice, it [...]

You are what observes, not what you observe. If that is true, then… ? What are you certain of? Anything? Nothing? It is important.

Cliff’s notes: I put this on my site because I like to refer my clients to it now and then. While the language strikes some as odd, I like it. To me it is very clear. I often laugh out loud when I read it because the author did a great job of capturing the [...]