genkaku talks about praise: I like to praise things. It feels delightful. It feels good. It feels right. And I imagine other people have similar feelings. Of course, sometimes they can be pretty obnoxious about it — praising one god or another and insisting you do the same — but in general I like to… Continue reading of praise and other good things
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september newsletter pt 1: see and be seen
this is an excerpt of the newsletter i send to my friends, clients and business associates once a month. it’s done with mynewsletterbuilder.com. if you would like to subscribe, email me at moritherapy at shaw dot ca. to make it easier to read, i’ll post it in four posts: post 1 – thoughts for today:… Continue reading september newsletter pt 1: see and be seen
discussions: asking leading questions
as many of you know, (almost) every wednesday night i hold a fireside chat at sacred space. it’s a salon-type get-together where we sit in the living room area of sacred space, a beautiful store across from tinseltown in vancouver, and talk about – well, all kinds of things. today’s topic was supposed to be… Continue reading discussions: asking leading questions
more on persuasion and the like
to continue with the theme we’ve been talking about, i just stumbled across a whole big web site devoted to changing people’s minds. it includes a page that analyzes martin luther king’s famous i have a dream speech. isabella mori counselling in vancouver
automatic emotional responses
what a coincidence! medline today reports a study that goes quite well with what we discussed yesterday: Irrational behaviour arises as a consequence of emotional reactions evoked when faced with difficult decisions, according to new research at UCL (University College of London) … The UCL study suggests that rational behaviour may stem from an ability… Continue reading automatic emotional responses
“you made me do it” – part 4: understanding it all
okay, so let’s see what we can make of all the information and opinions we’ve gathered in the last few days about the subject of “making” someone feel something. in the first part, we concluded that it’s not possible to make anyone feel anything, as evidenced by the fact that when a teacher says something… Continue reading “you made me do it” – part 4: understanding it all
“you made me do it” – part 2
more on making people feel things … (continuation from yesterday’s blog) right now, i am reading the tipping point by malcolm gladwell. it turns out that what he talks about is very a propos to our discussion here. in his book, gladwell discusses three different types of people who can make a huge difference in… Continue reading “you made me do it” – part 2
“you made me do it”
“. . . is it safe to say that we can “make” a person feel a certain way? Are we not in control of our own emotions . . ? If I gave you constructive criticism and you cried as a result, that wasn’t me “making” you cry, that was YOUR reaction. 2 people, 1… Continue reading “you made me do it”
yogurt and self-righteousness
plain yogurt – after you’ve opened the container, do you stir it or do you carefully take off what you need and leave the rest alone? that, my friend, is the big question. it’s a question that plagued me, so i complained, err, i mean, talked to a few people about it – with such… Continue reading yogurt and self-righteousness
go ahead, be happy!
the keys to happiness are available to anyone, says this article in lifescience.com today: Money that lifts people out of poverty increases happiness, but after that, the better paychecks stop paying off sense-of-well-being dividends, research shows. One route to more happiness is called