write lists, write lists, that’s what every blogger is told. what is it that we find so fascinating about lists? i tried to find some research on that but can’t come up with anything so far. hm. let’s ask some academics who might know: john suler, famous for his psychology of cyberspace studies; chris from… Continue reading 4 reasons why we like lists
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a new theme
well, folks, i finally have my new theme up and running. what do you think? i still need to iron out all kinds of little kinks and realize that i want to re-write all my pages (as opposed to the posts) – but all in all, i think my new “house” is ready. please feel… Continue reading a new theme
the STORR game
need to shake up your brain a bit? play the STORR game – STOp-Reflect-Realize: what to do: print out a few copies of this page, and then tuck them away in places where you’ll stumble across them in the next week or so. whenever you come across this sheet: stop – reflect – realize you… Continue reading the STORR game
creating community
researching for an article, i came across a number of interesting resources on building community, and i thought i’d share them with you. at the beginning of next year i’ll tell you what this is all about … mutual support handbook how to develop an online support group or web site local self-help group clearinghouses… Continue reading creating community
the soup oracle
from my tea table book of poetry, here’s a poem i wrote many years ago. it’s neat to see that eventually i did ask the oracle what it meant … read the soup last night 12 midnight was good good hot soup in the fall few days before new moon read the soup and the… Continue reading the soup oracle
prayer
there’s a new web site, prayer 2.0, with an interesting discussion regarding different ideas about prayer. my reply turned out to be quite long so i figured i’d simply post it here. one contributor said this, among other things: in my mind, “pray” is something you do when you don’t want to do anything yourself.… Continue reading prayer
blog conversation: leaving bad work experiences behind
as you probably know by now, jacob from the job mob and i are having a blog conversation about recovering from bad work experiences. in his latest post about the topic, jacob points out, quite rightfully, that one of the reasons why we end up in bad work situations is because we didn’t ask the… Continue reading blog conversation: leaving bad work experiences behind
thanks, violeta
the other day, i came across pensieve, who is challenging the blogosphere to come up with a thanksgiving limerick. since i’ve been digging back into my chilean songs lately, i came up with this harebrained idea of trying to turn violeta parra’s gracias a la vida into a limerick. it doesn’t do justice to violeta’s… Continue reading thanks, violeta
what’s it gonna be?
remember last week, when i mentioned our meditation meetup with yama? yesterday, yama kindly sent over his fabulous illustration of why we meditate. here it is. what’s it gonna be? which one do want to be? (this post can be found at the meditation, yoga and spiritual growth carnival)
body image research
today you will find me over at brainblogger, with an article on body image research. here is a short excerpt: great apes use mirrors to groom themselves, pick food out of their teeth and make faces at themselves for entertainment. but do they also use mirrors to criticize themselves? female dissatisfaction with appearance and poor… Continue reading body image research