Podcast #8: I’m a Keeper – Living by Design
How to Set Boundaries Your child may manage strong opposition to your boundaries. “This is a free country!” your teenager may exclaim as he endeavors to prove it to you.
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Crooked Thinking – Part Two: Curing a Distorted Worldview
As we continue our search to cure a distorted worldview, let’s address what is happening with our language in today’s culture. Changes in our speech are symptoms of the fabrications
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Here’s an age-old remedy for the disorders of the mind: Change the way you think, and you change who you are. Change who you are, and you change the world
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Anger and Rage Are Not Necessarily Malfunctions of the Mind
If you believe you’ve never become angry, you may have a case of memory loss. Anger is a universal emotion. All races and peoples know the hot internal surge of
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What Causes Malfunctioning of Our Minds?
We ended the last article by asking the question: “Are there other things going on in our minds besides simply emotional and rational thoughts?” And the answer is “Yes, there
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How We Use Our Emotions and Rational Faculties
We must understand how emotions and reason typically work before we understand how to use them. We have both beneficial and damaging use of both our emotions and rational faculties.
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We previously discussed the need for discipline and the very effective “Grace Method” we can (and should) employ to teach our children self-discipline. Discipline, however, requires an understanding of boundaries.
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How Our Two Rational Systems Work
Are we rational or emotional beings? Both — but we are predominantly emotional beings. So, how do these mental “compartments” function? How do we operate with our two rational systems?
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Our Struggle with Emotions
Understanding ourselves is the first step to being able to control ourselves and our emotions. I think we can all agree on that. But how are control and emotions related?
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Consider the Perfect Gift
If you haven’t completed your Christmas shopping, there’s one perfect gift we have discovered that Fits all sizes Never wears out Never becomes obsolete Is appropriate for all ages Is
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In our last episode, we discussed WHY the Grace Method is so successful. Today let’s delve a little deeper into this topic to learn the following about this “best method
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Formalize Your Thinking About Emotions, The Mysterious Side of the Brain
To understand emotion is to understand who we are and to comprehend something of the complexity of ourselves. Emotion heats up in us for pleasure and pain every day we
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