Posts Tagged ‘mindfulness’
Expectations and threats
Some of the most interesting aspects about needs being met or unmet are the elements of perception and expectation. If we had expected that our need would be met in a moment and then we perceived that it was not, there will be a physiological response that we may have experienced previously in the face…
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
When we overlay the stages of learnings with the Dunning-Kruger effect and then plot ourselves on the graph, we quicken our learning, prevent damaging actions, and gain a meta-cognition that preps us for our next phase.
Read MoreMindful vs mind-full
To be mindful, all we need is to notice our breath. Within 10 seconds, we can focus on our breath, notice the moment that we lose that focus, and then bring the focus back once again to the breath. We are mindful. To be mind-full, all we need is to be breathing without noticing it.…
Read MoreChange your brain, change your life
What we think, say, do, and focus on changes our brain. Between the moment that something happens and the moment that we respond, there is a space. In this space we have the chance to choose what we think, say, do, and focus on. It is in the space just beyond the stimulus that we…
Read MoreStrategy and tactic for triggers
Questions from The Trust Workshop: What strategies help you build a lot of energy, when you feel empty but really need to be present very soon? First I’d like to distinguish between strategy and tactic. A strategy describes where we are trying to go and how we’re going to get there, while a tactic is…
Read MorePeeling back layers by listening
Healing is facilitated to deeper layers when level 5 listening occurs. The level of listening that is infused with focus and care. Where we perceive beyond the words we’re hearing and fully commit to care for the human having the experience we’re witnessing. One of the mechanisms of the healing is that this level of…
Read MoreQ&A – Good thoughts vs bad thoughts
The question: How can we tell if a thought creates or removes dissonance in our lives? And is there a third category where a thought doesn’t contribute to either? These first two categories have an important practical application that helps us make quick decisions regarding entertaining thoughts. Do these thoughts help me or hurt me?…
Read MoreThe tension of meaning
Visiting the seemingly-opposing views of living a “meaningful life” and a life of “meaninglessness” is one of my favorite and fruitful thought-experiments. I love to spend time gazing at the stars, realizing that there are billions of them and that I am relatively insignificant as an individual. There is freedom in finding solace with the…
Read MoreQ&A from The Trust Workshop – Dishonesty
The following was inspired by a question I received within The Trust Workshop regarding dishonesty: The question, paraphrased: “When someone is dishonest, how do I know their intention without them telling me? And if their intention doesn’t serve my needs, do I just the let it go even if I feel hurt that someone lied…
Read MoreThe two-year itch
Another two years has past and there it is. The need to change something. To move somewhere new. To change jobs. To shake it up. It’s very common in the United States due to the intervals of our education system. Two years of middle school, two years of lower class, two years of upper class,…
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