Tag: anger management
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Anger #02 What Is Anger?
This is the second of my email anger program so that the program is not lost. It is a duplicate of a previous sampler post of 20160809. This one is fairly long. Apologies. To begin: Are you still reading your outcome title (Email #01), at least once a day? If yes, great. Congratulations. If not, that is the difficulty of…
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Anger #01 Why Change? Personal Power
As indicated in the last post, I will gradually post my email anger program so that it is not lost. Although many people signed up initially, and feedback has been positive, there has been little in the way of continuing interest. Hence — this series of posts, one every few days until completion (30 emails) … I…
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The Struggle To Engage
I have not written in my blog now for over three months. For me, it has been a major struggle to engage, initially due to travel requirements but especially so after the American election. Since that time, I have been pondering my difficulty. My struggle has not been acedia per se (see previous posts beginning…
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Living in A Mature Culture, Part 7
Daily life in a mature culture — now that we have looked at the possibility of a Victory City, what would daily life actually be like in such a city? As noted, I am proposing that the high-rise buildings would consist of a large number of village-like settings, where people would actually live much of…
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What Is Anger?
MacQuarrie Email Program #02 — What Is Anger? Note: This is a sample of my email anger management program. If interested further, please access this link. This email is fairly long. Apologies. To begin: Are you still reading your outcome title (Email #01), at least once a day? If yes, great. Congratulations. If not, that…
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Acedia and Evil
I’ve been reading some of the articles accessible through The Climate Mobilization website, especially those concerning what we are now learning about the risks of global warming, even at our current level. It is so much worse than I thought! And I regard myself as well-informed in this area. For me, the issues are so…
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Emotional Management (especially Anger and Rage)
Emotional Management, especially Anger and Rage As part of my commitment to social change, I offer this free program on Anger Management. There is a huge amount of anger in our culture, some overt but mostly hidden. — it is the ‘canary in the coal mine’ of the pain and dysfunction of our society. It is…
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The Blowing Out Process, Part 1
MacQuarrie Email #07 — The Blowing Out Process, Part 1 Two more emails (plus a summary email), and then we start the process of skill development as to how to explore and manage your anger. I hope by now you are starting to recognize that the concepts thus far allow you to get a handle…
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Acedia and the Climate Lie, Part 1
If you are like me, you probably have never heard of the concept of acedia. I had not until I started my PhD, this despite more than 50 years of extensive reading. In this post, we look at the nature of acedia, and how it is the cultural norm; next post, I will tie it…
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The Threshold of Anxiety in Global Warming
So what are the factors that block engagement in global warming? In a recent podcast The Big Man Can’t Shoot, journalist Malcolm Gladwell identifies the need for social approval as a major factor in effective choice. Gladwell tells the story of a legendary basketball player with only one flaw: his success rate at free throws…
Awakening From Your Anger 