Category: Language Concepts
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Anger #09 The Pointing Finger
Comment: The skill described in this email is subtle, but powerful — it allows you to identify where you have power, and where you do not. MacQuarrie Email Program #09 — The Pointing Finger Hi again. In these next eight emails, we are going to focus more on actual skills, skills that will allow you…
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Anger #08r The First Eight Emails
Comment: Every eight emails, I add an extra as a review process, an opportunity to pause and assess how you are doing. MacQuarrie Email Review #1 — The First Eight Emails You have now had the first eight emails of the thirty that I will send you. How are you doing? Take a moment to…
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Why We Ignore Climate Change, Part 4
These posts explore a précis I did of George Marshall’s book Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change (2014), starting 20170122. Much of this information disheartens me, but it does offer clarity of the issues. Chapter 22. Communicator trust. Why the messenger is more important than the message.…
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Anger #08 The Blowing Out Process, Part 2
Comment: In emotional issues, the primary requirement is safety; ultimately we need to resolve the underlying difficulties to a place of peaceful resolution. MacQuarrie Email Program #08 — The Blowing Out Process, Part 2 In the previous email, I introduced the Blowing Out process, and noted two essential features. We get stuck because we do…
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Why We Ignore Climate Change, Part 3
These posts explore a précis I did of George Marshall’s book Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change (2014), starting 20170122. Much of this information disheartens me. Given we are reaching the capacity of our planet to hold our numbers, our limitations as a species are clearly showing.…
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Anger #07 The Blowing Out Process, Part 1
Comment: I suggest the Blowing Out process to be the essential means by which human beings can be both safe and emotionally authentic, without being trapped by the issues. MacQuarrie Email Program #07 — The Blowing Out Process, Part 1 Two more emails (plus a summary email), and then we start the process of skill…
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Why We Ignore Climate Change, Part 2
These posts explore a précis I did of George Marshall’s book Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change (2014), starting 20170122. In reading the book, I was surprised by some of the research that he encountered. Hence, I believe it important to disseminate his findings. Chapter 6. The…
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Anger #06 The Pot
Comment: The metaphor of this email, that of the mind being a pot of stew, is very useful for recognizing the origin of most of our thoughts and feelings, as well as the options of how many people become pressure cookers. It blends well with the previous metaphor of Sailors On A Ship. MacQuarrie Email…
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More On Problems
Previously, I written a number of blog posts on the nature of change, and the distinction between difficulties and problems (they start here as of 20160630). I need to add to that, especially with a highly useful concept ( concerning logos, ethos, and pathos) that I encountered somewhere in my career, one attributed to Plato…
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Anger #05 The Other-Than-Conscious Mind
Comment: Most of us live with many internal conflicts — for me, the metaphor of this post is highly useful as a frame for this style of conflict. Unfortunately, for most human beings, especially those who have not exposed to the skills of living necessary in our complex culture, the other-than-conscious mind is a place…
Awakening From Your Anger 