Myth-Busting... or Blossoming
Every time we ask a question, we’re generating a possible version of a life. – David Epston There is a transformation that happens – not...
Saying No to the Clean Break
Relationships end. In a modern age when being single is becoming more prevalent than coupling (37 percent in the US, 36 in Europe, 47...
Perception and Emotional Tint
Imagine you’re in the supermarket one afternoon and observe a heated conversation between a cashier and their manager. The employee...
Theory to apply to the non-rainbow types
The recent win for marriage equality prompted some thoughts on a term usually reserved by behaviorists: extinction burst. Imagine a...
Expertise
Not long ago, I enjoyed coffee with Cavan O’Raghallaigh, an advocate for Equality Texas: he fights tirelessly for the LGBTQ minority of...
Aron, Catron and Self-Love
Arthur Aron, (in 1997) but perhaps more famously, Mandy Len Catron (in 2015) proposed a scientific experiment that resulted in two people...
Some thoughts on magic~
Remember being a child, and believing in objects that could heal all wounds or cause blanket destruction: the dime-store crowns or Target...
Snapshot Testing
There are several ways we measure ourselves – tools that rank, categorize, define our rank and file. Assessments can measure...
2015 - My Vision Board
As we welcome in 2015, it made sense to stress a tool I use in my own life. Ancient philosophers – predating even Aristotle and Plato –...
Legitimatizing Gender Bias?
40 years ago, LEGO issued a statement that reads, in part “a lot of boys like dolls houses. They’re more human than spaceships. A lot of...
