AAArrh yes Irvin D yalom and Nietzsche! "When Nietzsche wept" what a great book! Now Yalom talks about the "here and now" all the time in his books, really helped me to see the "here and now" in my own therapy.

Of course before I could do that i had to get rid of the "then" T kept trying to get me to talk about me and her in the here and now. I think we are only really begining to do this! and yes it helps so much. I gives me a clear picture of WHO I AM! I no longer read newspapers or watch the news or really even watch the TV now because it corrupts so much one's ablity to live their own life. I love cutting ties with the "herd" infact at times I have to stop and wonder just how blind I once was. That I swallowed other peoples views and opinions over my own. Maybe because I didnt have my own. Its so exciting isn't it!!