Understanding Grief through Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Camus – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-08-09T22:00:45-04:00August 9th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Camus, Greif, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, Recovery Philosophy| Read More 0
Japanese Ma – An Essential Part of Your Recovery is Allowing Silence – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-08-02T22:02:57-04:00August 2nd, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Japanese Ma, Pause, Silence, Space| Read More 0
Encounter with a Vampire – With a Relationship Scam – the Temptation of the Malevolent – 2025 [VIDEO] SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-27T09:45:01-04:00July 27th, 2025|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, • SOCIOLOGY / ANTHROPOLOGY / POLITICAL SCIENCE, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD| Read More 0
The Native American Navajo Concept of Hozho – A Path to Inner Balance – 2025 [PDF] SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-24T10:40:53-04:00July 24th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • SOCIOLOGY / ANTHROPOLOGY / POLITICAL SCIENCE, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Balance, Hozho, Native American, Navajo| Read More 0
Origami and Refolding Your Life for Recovery – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-21T10:06:21-04:00July 21st, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Origami, Recovery, Refolding Life| Read More 0
The Compulsion of Risk – an Essay by Tim McGuinness Ph.D. – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-20T10:18:44-04:00July 20th, 2025|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, • SOCIOLOGY / ANTHROPOLOGY / POLITICAL SCIENCE, 2025, EDITORIAL / COMMENTARY, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Editorial, Essay, Risk| Read More 0
The Paradox of Pain – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-20T00:07:23-04:00July 20th, 2025|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Pain, Psychology| Read More 1
Waiting to See if Someone is Real – Take a Pause First – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-18T19:15:16-04:00July 18th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • LIVING IN REALITY, • ONLINE SAFETY, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Nomads, Pause, Real| Read More 2
The Myth of Purpose – Purpose Is Not Found It’s Built – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-18T15:53:15-04:00July 18th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • LIVING IN REALITY, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Purpose| Read More 0
Japanese Tradition of Naikan – Looking Inward – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-16T18:46:03-04:00July 16th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Naikan| Read More 0
Aren’t We All The Same? Aren’t We All Just Meat-Robots? An essay on Humanity by Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-16T08:47:07-04:00July 16th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, 2025, EDITORIAL / COMMENTARY, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: All The Same, Essay, Humanity, Meat Robots| Read More 1
Motte and Bailey – A Cognitive Pattern & Defense Mechanism that Inhibits Honest Acceptance – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-15T20:58:55-04:00July 15th, 2025|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • LIVING IN REALITY, • PHILOSOPHY, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Motte and Bailey| Read More 1
Japanese Legend of Tears – When There Are No Words – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-07-13T09:05:01-04:00July 13th, 2025|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Crying, Emotional Release, Tears| Read More 1
The Past Does Not Exist or Does It? – Remembering the Scam – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-29T03:43:35-04:00June 29th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: The Past| Read More 0
Samurai Wisdom and Rituals for Clearing the Mind After Scam Trauma – 2025 – [VIDEOS] SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-27T02:15:13-04:00June 27th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Ancient Japanese Rituals, Clearing the Mind, Philosophy, Recovery Philosophy, Samurai Wisdom, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Trauma| Read More 1
Post-Trauma Human: How Scam Victimization Mutates the Self – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-22T11:13:52-04:00June 22nd, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, EDITORIAL / COMMENTARY, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Betrayal, Mutates, Post-Trauma Human, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victimization, Scam Victims, Transformation, Trauma| Read More 0
Opening Pandora’s Box: How a Romance Scam Unleashes What You Never Expected – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-20T06:43:42-04:00June 20th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Hope, Mythology, Pain and Suffering, Pandora's Box, Philosophy, Recovery Philosophy, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Ho’oponopono is an Ancient Hawaiian Practice of Reconciliation and Forgiveness – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-19T06:22:21-04:00June 19th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Ancient Hawaiian Practice, Forgiveness, Ho’oponopono, Philosophy, Reconciliation, Recovery Philosophy, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Mono no Aware 物の哀れ – The Sadness of Letting Go – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-16T11:32:11-04:00June 16th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Mono no Aware, Pathos of Things, Philosophy, Recovery Philosophy, Sadness of Letting Go, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Chasing Happiness: A Scam Victim’s Lesson in Contentment – A SCARS Institute Book – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-12T08:41:58-04:00June 12th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PSYCHOLOGY, 2025, BOOK, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Book, Chasing Happiness, Contentment, Gratitude, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Maitri – Loving Kindness in Buddhist Philosophy Applied to Scam Victims – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-09T13:23:00-04:00June 9th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR ADVOCATES, • FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Being Kind to Yourself, Buddhist Philosophy, Loving Kindness, Maitri, Philosophy, Recovery Philosophy, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 1
The Wolf and His Shadow – an Aesop’s Fable – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-08T14:10:09-04:00June 8th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Aesop's Fable, Fable, Philosophy, Scam Victims, Vulnerability| Read More 0
Joseph Campbell’s ‘The Cave’ – What You Fear Holds Your Treasure – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-07T11:49:26-04:00June 7th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Fear, Joseph Campbell, Recovery Philosophy, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 0
The Fool – A Different Look at Scam Victims Using an Ancient Concept of Tarot – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-07T04:25:38-04:00June 7th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Recovery Journey, Recovery Philosophy, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Tarot, The Fool| Read More 0
The Lotus-Eaters and the Quicksand of Comfort for Scam Victims in Recovery – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-06-01T21:37:17-04:00June 1st, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Apathy, Greek Philosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy of Recovery, Recovery Philosophy, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Scam Victim Recovery Plateauing – There is Still More to Climb – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-30T01:18:01-04:00May 30th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Plateauing, Recovery Plateau, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Kaizen – Japanese Philosophy of ‘Good Change’ for Scam Victim Recovery – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-27T15:53:06-04:00May 27th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Change, Japanese Philosophy, Kaizen, Philosophy, Recovery Philosophy, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 0
What is Commitment? 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-24T15:03:06-04:00May 24th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR ADVOCATES, • FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: A Conscious Choice, Commitment, Follow Through, Making a Decision, Sustained Choice| Read More 1
Koyaanisqatsi – A Life Out of Balance – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-20T04:27:12-04:00May 20th, 2025|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2025, ARTICLE|Tags: Koyaanisqatsi, Life Out of Balance, Philosophy, Recovery Philosophy, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 0
Scam Victims Recovery – A Gothic Horror Ghost Story for Many – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-18T18:47:41-04:00May 18th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Ghost Story, Gothic Horror Story, Hauntological, Philosophy, Philosophy of Scam Victimization, Scam Victims, Scam Victims Recovery| Read More 0
Betrayal – The Deepest Wound, The Strongest Trauma – For Scam Victims – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-16T18:40:17-04:00May 16th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR ADVOCATES, • FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Betrayal, Betrayal Trauma, Betrayer, Loyalty, Lucifer - Satan - Iblis, Philosophy of Victimization, Psychological Trauma, Trust| Read More 1
The Trials of Hercules – A Mythological Parable for Scam Victims – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-14T08:45:55-04:00May 14th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Challenges, Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Hercules, Philosophy of Scam Victimization, Recovery, Redemption, Resilience, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Struggles, Suffering| Read More 0
Vulnerability to Scams Caused by Past Relationships is Like a River Running through Your Life Cutting Channels – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-06T11:09:37-04:00May 6th, 2025|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Past Relationships, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Scams, Vulnerabilities, Vulnerability| Read More 1
Beginning Again and Scam Victim Recovery -2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-05T06:49:26-04:00May 5th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Beginning Again, Hannah Arendt, Recovery Philosophy, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Starting Again| Read More 3
The Prodigal Son or Daughter – Returning ‘Home’ After the Scam – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-04T09:22:14-04:00May 4th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Lost Daughter, Philosophy, Prodigal Son, Recovery Philosophy, Returning Home, Scam Victim Recovery| Read More 1
Philosophy of Life Planning – From Chaos to Order and the Scam Victim Recovery Path Forward – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-02T22:56:42-04:00May 2nd, 2025|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2025, ARTICLE, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Chaos, Jordan B. Peterson, Life Planning, Order, Path Forward, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims| Read More 2
Divine Plan – Either Everything is Determined or We Have Free Will/Agency – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-02T18:39:20-04:00May 2nd, 2025|Categories: Tim McGuinness PhD, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2025, ARTICLE, Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych)|Tags: Accountability, Agency, Commitment, Consequences, Divine Plan, Free Will, God's Plan, Personal Decision, Religion, Responsibility| Read More 2
The Keres and Cybercriminals: New Monsters in Our World – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-05-02T14:26:36-04:00May 2nd, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • CRIMINOLOGY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Cybercriminals, Fraudsters, Greek Mythology, Hackers, Keres, Monsters, Online criminals, Scammers| Read More 0
SCARS Law™ – Murphy’s Law – and Other Rules About When Things Go Wrong! – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-04-27T23:24:35-04:00April 27th, 2025|Categories: • PHILOSOPHY, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR ADVOCATES, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Heuristic, Murphy's Law, Observations, Rules, SCARS Law, The truth about scams, Truth| Read More 0
The Value of a Victim – a Scammer’s Justification – 2025 SCARS Editorial Team2025-04-27T06:50:22-04:00April 27th, 2025|Categories: • CRIMES & CRIMINALS, • FEATURED ARTICLE, • FOR SCAM VICTIMS, • PHILOSOPHY, 2025, ARTICLE, Tim McGuinness PhD|Tags: Philosophy, Philosophy of Scams, Scam Victims, Scammer's Justification, Value of a Victim| Read More 0