What Is Straight Thinking? — Introductory Thoughts
These articles will now change in nature somewhat. My new book (proposed release date in late April of 2021) is titled Who Am I? We are what we think. So, the book
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Change the World by Changing How We Think
Here’s an age-old remedy for diseases of the mind: Change the way you think and you change who you are. Furthermore, when you change who you are, you change the
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Ours Is a Dysfunctional Culture
Parents are frustrated and hurting with the challenges of the current dysfunctional culture. It’s dysfunctional because it contradicts itself. Furthermore, it encourages our youth to believe in an angry, self-centered,
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Understanding for this Changing World
The world is changing — FAST! We find it hard to understand why people think the way they do. It is especially hard for parents to understand why their youth
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Manage Emotions to Strengthen the Grip on Yourself
Keep three words in mind when you want to use more tools to teach yourself and others to manage emotions. They are: distract, disconnect, reframe. All three are ways to
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Manage Emotions to Strengthen the Grip on Yourself
Keep three words in mind when you want to use more tools to teach yourself and others the management of emotions. They are: distract, disconnect, reframe. All three are ways to
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Using Our Rational Brain to Get a Grip on Ourselves
Using words we all can readily understand, the emotional brain needs to be calmed down at times, especially when we are in the grip of an emotional outburst. So far,
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Healthy Emotions! What Is Their Value?
Emotional Control (continued) Have you ever noticed that happy people tend to control their emotions better than angry people? I wonder why? Happiness produces a state of relaxation and in
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How to Teach Emotional Control
Let’s talk about distraction, and how it almost magically works to achieve emotional control. But first, we have to note: distraction can be the immediate cause of an emotional outburst
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5 Steps to Quickly Calm Our Emotions
Are you in control of your emotions? Controlling our emotions isn’t easy or everyone would be doing it! This is a question that very much needs an answer — and
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Longing for More Peaceful Parenting?
Perhaps you are feeling a bit “battle-weary” as a parent. You feel pulled in many directions by the varying needs of each of your family members. Sibling rivalry is at
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Our Preferences – InnerKinetics – Shape Us
We are aware now that our InnerKinetics are a primary influence in our relationships. Why is that? How do our preferences – InnerKinetics – affect us so that our relationships are
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