Taking Charge of Our Brain: A Daily Meditation to Start Ourselves Off to a Good Start... and Arrive Fully Wherever We Arrive!

Taking Charge of Your Brain from Deepak Chopra MD (official)

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"The Terrorist's Son" Tells the Story of How the Child Was Raised to Hate, Yet Chose A Different Path: For This, We All Give Thanks and Can Learn from This Child's Journey to Manhood and Away from That Place- for Yom Kippur

Flying Elephants and Diving Giraffes: "Beautiful Summer in France!" Adds Just the Dash of Whimsy We Need As We Say "Au Revoir" to Summer, 2014!

"I Am Adorable" and the Power of Story

     The other day, I was talking with a family and the young girl  said "Well, it's actually pretty simple. I am adorable... and my brother just needs to learn how to be more adorable. Can you help us with that?" Talk about trying to keep a straight face... I glanced at the parents and they were having trouble keeping their smiles under some semblance of control, too. It got me thinking about many things (of course). One of them was the nature of bias and the power of story.

      Actually, she had a point. Once a negative event occurs, you have a "data point." Then, if you have another one, a "story" starts to develop around it. Depending on how that story develops... the themes and direction it takes, that story begins to influence the behavior of everyone else involved in that circle. And, pretty soon, you have a series of stories, which will often "match" the first story, because of how our biases will often reinforce the original story... which relied on that little tiny interpretation of that little teensie weensie event... which no one may even remember. 

Maybe we might consider this when we are "sure" that we "know the truth when we see it...?" Perhaps, we can take a breath, step back and ask ourselves "What can I not see yet? What else am I missing?"

The Power of Empathy: It is the Key to All Types of Mediation and Connecting in Shared Interest

Make a Difference- The Power of Anonymous Generosity- Why Wait? Thank you, KarmaTube and Happy New Year!

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Band of Brothers Rally Around 6 Year Old Schoolmate to Protest Him Being Teased

The Importance of Fostering Empathy in Our Children & Ourselves On a Daily Basis: We Will Live Longer!

Lovely Random Act of Kindness Clip: Living in Gratitude Moment

Nurturing Is Part of the Species

Change is the Name of the Game

Hummingbird Nest Cam of a Nest in Orange County- Relaxing...

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Working with One Another Creates Beautiful Results

Just When We Think "This will never work..." ;-)

Looks Like Something Broken? Look More Closely... They Are Fractiles!

Pieces of broken glass? Shattered fragments? Sometimes things are not what they appear. As a close colleague of mine said recently "Don't Believe Everything You Think!" 

How we frame things in our minds and in our language with others is far more important than any of us might realize. Our self-talk has much to do with creating the "space" for collaboration, cooperation, conflict management, thoughtful resolution... So, perhaps we will do well to question our part in the dance, the mind set and "heart set" we bring into the process. Have a lovely fractile embracing week!

CoParenting Gaff Results in Losing 3 Year old for 2 Days: "I Thought He Was With You!"

Little Dion had finished his 3rd Birthday Party at the local Ceasarland Pizza place and was found wandering around the arcade by himself, wandering aimlessly... This was Saturday at around 8 p.m. He did not say his name or who dropped him off or who held the party or anything except "pizza" and "ice cream." On Monday afternoon, the pizza joint's staff called the police and said that the parents and grandmother were wondering if they had seen this 3 year old. Each of the parents (who lived in separate households... or maybe separate planets?) thought that Dion had gone home after the party with the other parent or with the grandmother. No one communicated with the other parent, nor, presumably with the grandmother (who I will bet gets blamed in the end) about how Dion liked his party, his pizza or his ice cream. The little boy is still in protective custody. Does this underscore the importance of communicating as coparents, even if you don't necessarily "like" each other? Great job, pizza joint employees! Final Score: Pizza joint employees, 10 - Parents of Dion, 0.