Setting goals and not achieving them too often leads us to shame and self-doubt. I want to encourage you to possibly stop goal-setting for a moment and focus on what you care about. Start with livable goals that begin with what you're already doing, succeed from a...
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Looking at change as a foundational law of life can help us on our journeys of discovery and see others more clearly.
What are our feelings telling us about ourselves and the person whom we are interested in? What should we do about them?
A Replication Problem
Exploring the so-called "replication problem" in psychological research, in particular focusing on "the Marshmallow Test." Looking at issues about replication, definition and the nature of complexity in studying people. Replication Problem Further Reading:...
The present holds all that is possible. This is where we will start exploring the fourth agreement, Always Do Your Best, from Don Miguel Ruiz’s book “The Four Agreements”. Contemplation of what it means to live in the present and choose from all that is possible. We...
We only know so much. Reading from “The Four Agreements” and exploring the third agreement of “Don’t Make Assumptions”, I discuss the nature of communication, how we often think we’re listening we’re merely assuming we know everything we need to know and therefore...
Working through The Four Agreements we discuss the second agreement: Don’t Take Anything Personally, we explore how others see us and how we view ourselves. We discuss our usage of identity to select and justify our behaviors. We struggle with confronting other...
The nature of agreements and the desire to create new ones to live more authentic lives. Exploration of the first agreement in Don Miguel Ruiz’s book “The Four Agreements”: be impeccable with your word. Our word binds us and sets us free. How we use our word...
Welcome to Humanity's Values first podcast, Beginning the Journey. In this episode I share the purpose of this podcast and what we will explore on this journey as we move forward together. To begin we will dive into "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz. This...
Exploring the nature of self-control, the connection it has to empathy, and the picture we have of our ideal self. Reading from The Atlantic article “Self-Control is Just Empathy with Your Future Self” by Ed Yong. We can think of self-control as the "present" you...
Further exploration of Sharon Martin’s article looking at: "How Codependents Can Stop Enabling and Controlling." Looking at the habits that allow the problematic behavior of others. Learning how co-dependency is often concerned with the stories we tell ourselves to...
Exploring an article by Sharon Martin looking at: "How Codependents Can Stop Enabling and Controlling." Asking questions of how codependent characteristics are in all relationships, how boundaries work, and whether we’re as separate from one another as we think....