psychology of change

The Secret Of Letting Go

by 02.08.2012 Creativity

What is the secret of letting go? From the time we are born we are introduced to the reality that we cannot survive without others. Our dependency creates our glue with others. We are inevitably committed to our first social group when we are young without the wisdom or awareness of what we are committed to. [...]

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When Conformity And Stewardship Collide

by 10.18.2011 Healthy Living
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photo credit: Svadilfari There is an interesting relationship between conformity and stewardship.  Sometimes they work in harmony and other times they collide. All societies create structures and norms that define daily life and the predominant mission of the society. Generally the predominant mission which is another way of saying values, is driven by some type [...]

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Time And Space

by 10.11.2011 Healthy Living
The Main Stairs

photo credit: Peter Alfred Hess There is a very direct relationship between time and space.  The more attention you pay to time the less attention you pay to space. They are actually two very different values. They are also two antithetical values. Time compresses.  There seems to be an idea in the western cultures that [...]

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Tyranny of the Clock

by 10.04.2011 Healthy Thinking

  People in an economic system based on production learn to live with the tyranny of the clock.  Although people have been tracking time since the early days of humans, this is different.  Time used to be related to something going on in nature.  People measured the hours of sunshine, the seasons, and how long [...]

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What Is Stewardship Thinking?

by 09.30.2011 Constructive Self

What is stewardship thinking? Stewardship thinking is the spirit of friendship  and goodwill applied to life.  Its primary value is quality of life. By placing those values above results, people who operate on a stewardship basis have a better chance of achieving positive outcomes. Stewards know that outcomes are the result of processes that seek [...]

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People Power And The Wisdom of Crowds

by Maria 09.16.2011 Constructive Self

Apparently we have entered the age of people power and the wisdom of crowds. James Surowiecki who wrote a famous book on the subject, The Wisdom of Crowds, talks about the various ways people collect information, coordinate their actions and cooperate with each other and how top down, expert oriented systems often are ineffective and wrong. We [...]

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The Value Of Evolutional Thinking

by 09.06.2011 Constructive Self
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photo credit: ellenm1 The value of evolutional thinking is in how it help HSP’s navigate different cultures and social situations with improved decision making and social skills. What is it? Evolutional thinking is a different and more complete way of thinking about the inevitability of differences in people, communities, organizations and countries in all areas of [...]

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Subtle Energy and Urgency

by Maria 08.29.2011 Healthy Living

Because of their sensitive nervous systems, highly sensitive people pick up on all kinds of nuanced subtle energy going on around them. The most minute ripple of energy penetrates their awareness and takes a place in the consciousness of an HSP. In our fast paced world,  those many small awareness can build up and clog [...]

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New World Of Work for HSP’s

by 08.25.2011 Healthy Thinking

As the center of gravity in our society shifts from an individualistic to a communitarian approach to life and work, a new world of work is opening up for HSP’s.  The Age of Accumulation is giving way to the Age of Sharing. For centuries, we humans have created different societal structural models to support each step [...]

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The Safety Of The Good

by Maria 08.24.2011 Healthy Thinking
Criminalize Violence. Period.

photo credit: catnapping We all tend to seek harmony and harmonize with those around us.  Although that tendency may not always be apparent in our world of conflict, if I examine my experience, I  notice how often I feel an inner pull towards working with others. It seems natural. At an early age we have [...]

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