Do you find when you are stressed that your mood can turn dark quickly? Imagine a stressed and angry Luke Skywalker. What would have happened if he let his anger take control over his emotions? It’s sort of the EQ (Emotional Quotient) question. Do you lash out in anger or do you count to ten in […]
Tag Archives | being human
#RPCL Log Date March 25, 2017: #BeingHuman #RemovingLabels
We have a problem with labels in society and within our culture in general. It becomes helpful when we help children assign words and meaning to their emotions so they can better articulate what and how they are feeling. It becomes a hindrance when we assign too much meaning to a word at the expense of […]
#RPCL Log Date March 24, 2017: #BeingHuman #OneLevel #ManyLevels
For some reason, humans believe that we need to measure one type of intelligence in schools – IQ. Sure there are social emotional components in K-12, but EQ doesn’t rank as high. Test scores are fairly one-dimensional when it comes to rote memorization. In fact, we don’t have enough critical thinking and creativity in positions […]
#RPCL Log Date March 23, 2017: #BeingHuman #HatredBasedLeadership
Love-based leadership was a thing before this past election, when people were seeing that fear-based leadership was not effective at achieving healthy cultures in companies. Now I think about two things: The hatred of leadership and The leadership of hate. First of all, hatred of leadership is when we love to hate our bosses or company […]
#RPCL Log Date March 22, 2017: #BeingHuman #DoWhatYouLove
Do you go into an office everyday for work? How much do you love it? Really love it? If the answer is that you love it like oxygen, then you are in the right place. But if it’s not, then why not? I realize we don’t all have the freedom of choice. Sometimes we just need the work. […]
#RPCL Log Date March 21, 2017: #BeingHuman #FramingSuccess
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I would frame my success and failures to my daughters as I impart the wisdom of the world on them during their development. I feel more stressed than I had ever imagined I would for my daughters, when I identify myself as a fairly successful yet still highly stressed female […]
#RPCL Log Date March 20, 2017: #BeingHuman #JourneyToSelfCare
It can be so easy to just live in the moment and eat girl scout cookies all day long. Not that I’ve done that this week. With so much talk about mindfulness, why not just live in a chocolate thin mint euphoria and deal with the suffering later? We all have emotional baggage to unpack. And it’s hard […]
#RPCL Log Date March 19, 2017: #BeingHuman #DontBeAVictim
What’s your definition of narcissism? According to Wikipedia: Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one’s own attributes. I believe we all have narcissistic leanings. Self-preservation tends to make us so. And then other factors can contribute like doting parents or partners and a lot of entitlement. Alternatively, abandonment can also turn us into victim-narcisissts when we are struggling to find normalcy […]
#RPCL Log Date March 18, 2017: #BeingHuman #GrassIsGreener
We can stop believing that the grass is always green on the other side, by doing something about it starting today. Yes it’s easier said, than done. EVERYTHING is easier said, than done. So why not put your energy towards making it happen, rather than thinking about how life could be so much better if […]
#RPCL Log Date March 17, 2017: #BeingHuman #ManageYourself
Human beings are always striving to change themselves. Sometimes it’s an adjustment to be better. Oft times it’s a giant leap to be something else -something or someone we are not. It’s heart breaking when children grow up in conditions that are so far from what is actually normal, that they are too ashamed to […]
