IT ALL STARTED WHEN… A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People…
Goals are the intended outcomes for actions that we are taking, e.g., a goal of purchasing our own home; a goal of completing a college program and graduating with a college degree; or a goal of establishing a family with two parents and two…
When I first read the warm fuzzies tale in the early 70s, I was charmed by it; my friends and I tended to refer to it often when we were interacting with each other and viewing others’ interactions. Reflecting on the three kinds of…
The Warm Fuzzy Tale By Claude M. Steiner Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived two happy people called Tim and Maggie with their two children, John and Lucy. To understand how happy they were you have to understand how things…
In this posting, I am going to make a case for living our lives without expectations. Most people initially think that I am saying that it is best to have positive expectations instead of negative ones, but this is not what I am saying. …
Before describing the system of communication developed by Marshall Rosenberg, known as Nonviolent Communication (NVC) or Compassionate Communication, I want to describe the most common form of communication, Violent Communication, a system of communicating we are all taught to use and one that is…
