Tag: anger
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Transforming Anger into Emotional Resilience
There have been a number of posts show up in my email this past week that remind me of the need for this blog. In a recent post, Jack Kornfield, a noted American Buddhist, writes “When self-righteous anger arises, we can let it go. Retaining our own fierce clarity, we too can seek justice, yet do…
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Transforming Anger: Emotions as Energy for Change
As noted previously, I had my own anger management program for 25 years, likely dealing with about 4000 people with various issues of anger. I had long concluded that anger is the canary in the coalmine of our culture – it is the measure of how dysfunctional our civilization has become. Thus, I focus on…
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Re-branding
So, what is this rebranding of my blog all about? First, the switch-over has been much more complicated and I am uncertain how long the transition will take, but it will certainly delay my engagement. For now, here is the first post that I planned: Human beings are social creatures; that has been our success…
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How Then Shall We Live?
In my reading today I encountered a truly outstanding description of how one man chooses to live with Climate Change, something that will affect all our lives. Dahr Jamail’s commentary As the Climate Collapses, We Ask: “How Then Shall We Live? (20190204, the first of a series) touches me deeply, both for his honesty and…
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I’m Right!
The past three blog posts have been fueled by James Hoggan’s book I’m Right, And You’re An Idiot[1]. In conversation with Hoggan, David Suzuki (Canada’s leading environmentalist) asked: Why aren’t people demanding action on environmental issues? To address this question, Hoggan set out to interview a large number of some of the world’s leading thinkers,…
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What Are We Thinking?
Several articles have recently struck me as indicators of where we currently are with respect to global warming. Some of the articles focus on the impact; two focus on the insanity that drives us. What are we thinking!? I remain convinced that the major issues underlying global warming are those of: acedia — our laziness,…
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Anger #31 Loose Ends And Final Comments
Comment: The final email. Hopefully you have gained from this program. I wish you well! MacQuarrie Email Program — Loose Ends and Final Comments Congratulations. You have completed the thirty emails of this program. I know that this has required a lot of work on your part. I also hope that it has been an effective…
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Anger #30 Dealing With Other Angry People
Comment: Angry people tend to attract angry responses, likely from other angry people. If you are to live otherwise, you will need to know how to respond to other’s who are angry. MacQuarrie Email Program #30 — Dealing With Other Angry People In Email #01, I indicated your anger will tell you there is a…
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Anger #29 Responding To Children
Comment: Child discipline is fraught with ‘shoulds,’ and thus a place of major difficulty. Child discipline is more accurately discipline of the parent so as to provide consistency and nurturing. MacQuarrie Email Program #29 — Responding To Children I chose this topic as part of the program because children are a part of the lives…
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Anger #28 Intimacy And Relationship
Comment: In some fashion, we all want intimacy, but we are unwilling to risk, and thus we shift to psychological games with predictable negative outcomes. “Here we go again!” Sad. MacQuarrie Email Program #28 — Intimacy and Relationship A friend of mine, a cultural anthropologist, asked approximately 40,000 people how they wanted to live their…
Awakening From Your Anger 