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create the place

this story from integral naked really inspired in me the passion to “create the life you want.” what’s stopping us from having the ideal job? merging our loves and passions with our careers? let’s join together in creating social change that is inspired by consciously and actively sharing the gifts we each have to offer. […]

arousal

some interesting research that i read about in the jurnal of counseling and development. the theory being tested was that emotions result from the cognitive labeling of pysiological arousal states. For example, in one classic study, male subjects walked across either a shaky or a stable bridge and were then asked to tell a story […]

john kerry

check out these qualities attributed to john kerry in this new york time’s article. He pokes at the perimeter of the campaign bubble that envelops him, constantly trying to break out for a walk around the block, a restaurant dinner, the latest movie. Landing one sunny day in St. Louis, Mr. Kerry wandered off the […]

some blog somewhere out there linked me to these incredible pictures, A Closer Look: Secretory Structures of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, found at herbalgram.org. this particular picture is Clary sage (Salvia sclarea L., Lamiaceae) showing stalked and sessile secretory glands on the calyx trichomes (Cryo-SEM, magnified 752 times actual size). when you go to the […]

communicating under stress

what happens to your style of communication when you are under stress? virginia satir outlined five different stances that individuals adopt when they are under stress. (source: Goldenberg & Goldenberg) placater – acts weak, tentative, self-effacing; always agrees, apologizes, tries to please. body posture is grateful, begging, self-flagellating blamer – dominates, invariably finds fault with […]