Posts Tagged ‘needs’
The Nows: Part 1-The Now-Now
Presence itself is vast. To make the concept of presence more manageable and practical, break “now” into ranges that more readily guide your thinking, planning, and action. Here are the Nows: The Now-Now The Micro-Now The Meso-Now The Macro-Now Today, let’s dive into the Now-Now. It’s easy, and even fun, to get carried away in…
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Feeling good vs Being good at feeling
When a teenager is asked, “How are you feeling?” We hear one of two answers, “Good,” or “Fine.” The truth is that teenagers aren’t a trustworthy source of how they’re feeling. In order to know if you feel good, you must be good at feeling. The only thing the teenager is trying to say with…
Read MoreThe advocacy of influence
At 4AM in a labor and delivery suite of a recently built hospital, a midwife says “Relax your shoulders.” The laboring mother screams “I can’t. ” The midwife’s voice carries decades of wisdom and her hands the caress and confidence of 1,000 births as she affirms, “Yes, you can”. She lays her hands on the…
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