Resolutions like going to the gym more often or losing 20 pounds are based on trying to control the feeling that “there’s something wrong with me being just as […]
Hope: The Key to Using the Brain Well for Poverty Reduction & Universal Welfare
The things that keep people caught in a cycle of poverty are not solely monetary. And getting out of that cycle is not necessarily about money either. Dr. Joseph LeDoux […]
Change Your Map, Change Your World?
Contributed by Premadasi Amada In the words of Lauryn Hill, “How you gonna win when you ain’t right within?” Social change work can’t succeed when those doing the work are […]
A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy One
If you’re a skeptic about the value of doing one thing at a time, consider this most of the we’re doing one thing we’re actually thinking about another. AND, for […]
Drive | The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
“This lively RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.” Watch The Surprising Truth […]
Changing Ourselves to Change the World
Our brains adapt to routine, making the same old thing seem comfortable and reassuring while they resist change which feels, of course, uncomfortable, weird–just not the way it should be. […]
Political Gridlock
Whodda thunk it? It seems your political beliefs may be related to your psychology. And if that’s the case, compromise is a hard won lot. Perhaps fueled by increasing gridlock […]
The Positive Effects of Fatty Foods
For a long time now I’ve had a digestive disorder, which means the only way for me to eat well is to have a very restrictive diet. And yes, it […]
Five Ways Our Need to Fit in Controls Us
If you’re embarking on becoming a leader in your community or organization, you should know that biologically people are conformers. We like to be liked, whether that’s by a group […]
Jonathan Haidt | Moral Roots of Liberals & Conservatives
From TED Talk site: Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he […]
Distortion Colored Glasses
Original content here is from Thoughts & Feelings by McKay, Davis, & Fanning, New Harbinger Publications, 1981 and is found on Eastern Washington University Access Web site. “The following styles of […]
Resentment of Do-Gooders | A Psychology Study and Its Lesson
Can an recently published psychology study about “resentment of do-gooders” reveal deeper insights into transformative change than even the study’s interpreters realize?….movements succeed on the question, “Are we coming from establishing the difference between you and me, or are we coming from just what is really naturally, soulfully authentic?”