Reading Time: 3 minutes Last week, I covered some of the basics for connected communication, including listening, validation, and communication. What that post didn’t discuss was the underlying assumption that communication is important in relationships. Yes, communication is important, but how important is it, really? And what might be more important than communication in a healthy partnership? Today, I’d …
Reading Time: 7 minutes I love words. I love writing words, thinking about words, and researching the etymology of words to understand how they developed. For example, did you ever look at the word triangle and notice that tri means three, so three angles form a triangle? Did you know that disgruntled is the opposite of gruntled, which means …
Reading Time: 7 minutes Whenever I hear the very important lesson that “every human being wants to be happy, and no one wants to be in pain,” I agree… mostly. On the one hand, this axiom is an incredible help in coming to a shared understanding of our common humanity. We can use the principle that everyone wants to …
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the best things we can do for ourselves is love ourselves. It is also one of the hardest things for us to do. Fortunately, most of the obstacles to fostering self-love are simply misconceptions that can easily be dispelled. Many people’s misgivings about practicing self-love, kindness, and compassion are simply not true. For …
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Reading Time: 6 minutes When I begin any deep philosophical discussion with my students, I like to start with the idea that all philosophy and, indeed, most religious and spiritual traditions, are rooted in a fundamental unease about the human condition. Human beings are rarely satisfied with the way things are. We continually look for greater meanings and greater …
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the singer Amanda Palmer’s TED talk on The Art of Asking, she talks about working as a living statue and handing out flowers to passersby. She shares how impactful it was to share silent eye contact with a stranger. With her eyes she would try to say, “I see you,” and their eyes would …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Last week I wrote about the importance of realizing that love is a verb. By turning love into an action, we bring love into the present moment and provide a call to action to build a more loving the world. There is another very important feeling related to love that I want to talk about …
Reading Time: 6 minutes The right to an abortion is fundamental to gender equality. The government should make the COVID vaccine mandatory. Socialism is the enemy. Billionaires are immoral. White privilege does not exist. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Immigrants take jobs. Climate change is a hoax. Masks don’t work. When you read any of the above …
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