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Category: Define self

Personal Growth: Six Key Learnings

September 12, 2022Define self
Personal growth: Individual Effort in Social Systems Does an individual's anxiety level vary when embarking on a journey of personal and spiritual growth? How would the existing social system react to the change? Would the level of anxiety vary over

Systems view of problems

August 22, 2022Define self
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Systems view of problems. A system view of a problem differs from how most people think of a problem. The common way of thinking stems from an individualistic cause-and-effect model. In our current culture, there is a quick-fix desire as well. Thus,

Emotional Pain and Suffering are Different

May 15, 2022Define self
Emotional Suffering can be reduced
Emotional pain does “hurt”. There is a difference between pain and suffering, and sometimes individuals create more suffering than the initial pain warrants. Emotion pain literally hurts because it can fire the same brain areas that are activated

Can defining self overcome languishing?

April 15, 2022Anxiety, Define self
Can defining self help with languishing? What is languishing and how could defining self help overcome it? A 2021 New York Times article discussed the concept of languishing and suggested that it could be the dominant emotion of 2021. If Bowen Theory

Can systems thinking impact society?

March 27, 2022Define self
How does systems thinking impact society? In Donella Meadows’ book “Thinking in Systems,” there is a list of things one can do to affect a system. It counts downwards from less impactful, possibly harmful actions, to the most impactful actions.

What is chronic anxiety

March 20, 2022Anxiety, Define self
Chronic Anxiety: something for everyone. Chronic anxiety is the outcome of the emotional programming that occurs for everyone, mostly from their family of origin. Learning how to be and what to pay attention to early in life programs our type and lev

Using the present to resolve the past

February 7, 2022Define self

Our past experiences may have influenced our “orbit” but that doesn’t mean we can’t change things in the present. Working to change in the present is the high road to resolving the past.

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