Monday, November 25, 2013

This Has To Stop

This Has To Stop
I don't take in about you, but I'm worn-out of opportunists trying to regiment negative behaviors. For time now we've been privy to all sorts of foolishness that has propagated the lie that being a rich man's play sphere is the easiest way to financial promise.

...If it did, these ladies wouldn't be whoring themselves to the TV cameras in on loan extravagance cars and leased homes, flaunting their "wealth" to the loads. If being a jump-off simply led to financial promise, we wouldn't need to fastening about it, see it, or stable take in they were "escorts" to some of their city's richest and merely unsatisfying men (ask for to Marlo). And yet, they keep trying to plead with us that being tiny treat than a sexual toy is the way to go.

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Phase the preponderance of the cast is black, the pledge weak woman comes out armaments sizzling like she asks, "Who wants to f-ck a black p-sy?" and explains that black men love her... the same as she's weak. How cute.

Don't get me injustice. I understand that the "a long way woman" has been profiting off her status for a equally. In excellent mistress situations she may go through gotten an abode, a filled enigma, and a few pieces of bling for her on-demand air force, but in maximum cases, the outline is far-flung less appealing, connecting a container of beef and gas rites if she's lucky.

You see, by unremittingly glamorizing this conduct and bringing it to the elucidation, we are signaling to young women that it's without a flaw accustomed to sell yourself for a man's attention so long as he gives you everything of admiration in the carry out. We are telling them it's OK to come second or third and advantage to his every recognize so long as he breaks you off a tiny change in the end.

~ Britni Danielle, "Oppressive TV Producers, Support Unsteady to Fabricate Jump-Offs Come about"Oppressive God...this has got to stop.

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Positive Theology Informing Christian Positive Psychology

Positive Theology Informing Christian Positive Psychology
[C. Eric Jones, Ph.D., is the Director of Undergraduate Psychology and Associate Professor of Psychology at the Regent University School of Undergraduate Studies. Eric is our blogger for the month of June, and this is his fourth post.]

The past three blogs have discussed theology informing a Christian positive psychology. However, this week another dimension is added to the discussion. In the winter volume of the "Journal of Psychology and Christianity" Dr. Ellen Charry presents what she terms positive theology. A main message of the article is not all theology is helpful in creating Christian positive psychology due to an emphasis by some theologians on the more negative aspects of the human condition. The point here is not that a negative emphasis is wrong, but, just as in psychology, a more positive view of a concept brings to light different facets of the human person and experience. More on this in a moment.

One of my oversimplified take home messages from Charry's writing is that it is quite important to carefully think through to which particular theological writing one attends when attempting to base positive psychology on an explicitly theological foundation. In other words, just as in any scholarly writing one must review numerous perspectives on a topic before settling upon the proper beginning for a discussion. You might be asking yourself, why bring this point to my attention? Surely we all know not to run with the first idea that strikes us, right? Recognizing various disciplines are represented by the readers of this site, let me say my answer applies to all, but is particularly important for those of us in the field of psychology. In short, it is important to bring attention to the idea of careful assessment of theological perspectives because so many of us in psychology have no formal training in theology or related fields. The danger then is to use what limited theological understanding we already have and miss potentially rich creations because we did not dig deeply enough at the beginning. However, even theologians are not exempt from ignoring theology that is promising for establishing a Christian positive psychology. Though theologians may be aware of more perspectives concerning a single construct, they may be biased against certain useful perspectives and therefore the result may be the same. Whether out of ignorance or bias we may individually miss helpful ideas, suggesting collaboration as a hedge against these missteps.

I will not summarize Charry's article here, but her treatment of the sacraments' value in extending a Christian positive psychology is a fine example of the thinking in which we all should engage in this pursuit. She models for us how to compare various interpretations and choose ideas complementary to the building out of a Christian positive psychology. Above I mentioned adding another dimension to this week's discussion and in Charry's comparison of theological interpretations we see that new dimension. Not only do we see theology informing psychology, as in the previous weeks, but we also see psychology informing theology, although in a very general sense. She sees the need of positive psychology to bring a balance to the more pathology based side of the field as applying to theology also. Specifically, Charry states

"So too, the hope of positive theology is not to replace defect-based theology but to supply theological conversation about human strengths and abilities on which insights into defects (in theology's case, sin) may be put to constructive use and not be debilitating. It is the suggestion of thinking positively that is of interest here."

Just as in psychology when the focus of a study or theory is a deficiency of some sort, the weight of that deficiency can seem out of balance with what we know of human ability. In a similar way theology can at times emphasize the pathology associated with a concept to an extreme or at least to the exclusion in the same discussion of the more positive aspects of that concept. We would do well to consider Charry's framing of the idea.

"Theological psychology must address the perennial challenge of balancing talk of divine distress at human failing to promote realistic self-reflection...with talk of divine compassion that inspires genuine love for and trust in God not only as judge but also as friendly companion."

In closing allow me to offer three suggestions related to a Christian positive psychology. First, I hope you will think about how to collaborate with those in different fields, with different strengths, or with different perspectives in order to build a robust Christian positive psychology. Second, I hope you will share with us how specific theological perspectives may better inform a Christian positive psychology compared to other perspectives on the same concepts. Last, I hope you will consider attending the Society for Christian Psychology's conference on Christian Positive Psychology this October at Regent University (see Conference link on this site). In addition to Dr. Ellen Charry, an impressive list of speakers will present engaging and thoughtful topics and it will be a wonderful time to share with others interested in establishing healthy, positive living according to Christian precepts. Having followed positive psychology since its inception I can honestly say I am thrilled to see such a strong lineup of speakers address Christianity informing positive psychology. Please join us for a superb conference offering an excellent academic atmosphere and warm and satisfying fellowship.

5 Things To Avoid In The Relationship

5 Things To Avoid In The Relationship
Your relationship is supposed to be the place where everyone should be safe and supported. The difficulties in relationship, however, tell us that we enter relationships without any really good tools for maintaining it well.We may even realized the we have not really learned from what the society has been telling us. So here we are, trying to figure out everything How difficulties affect us may mean a million different things to a million different people.Remember, both men and women have different things and needs and so as different ways of dealing with things. LEARN HOW TO MEND A BROKEN HEART Although you feel so loved and appreciated on the first few months of the relationship, it doesn't follow that your relationship will be smoother all throughout. Difficulties in relationship will come at the most unexpected time, and that's the time you can realize so many things about the relationship. INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND. This occurs normally in the relationship. There will come a point that you will cry because of a misunderstanding. You all think differently, as in you are on this side, and your partner on that side. If you and your partner have different principles in life, how come understanding can occur in the relationship? If both parties do not know the value of understanding, maintaining relationship is harder. DISTRUST. Trust will be lessened when there are suspicious activities by your partner. In as much as you want to find answer to your questions, you would want to trace history of computer use of your partner, and other signs of cheating. Instead of keeping everything as secret, it's better to talk about the problems and issues together and find ways on how to change. Although talking those critical issues seems so difficult, you can both start again. LEARN HOW TO WIN BACK LOST LOVE TODAY JEALOUSY. Jealous is not all about your partner and his other mate.It includes as well your work and time and your insecurities and self esteem. Jealousy happens when you feel that the love, care and attention in the relationship are deprived from you. With this, you will be feeling so insecure in the relationship plus self esteem is lowered. When you get jealous, you feel so disturbed and it affects you as a whole. With jealousy, you be overly possessive to the relationship and to your partner. So in order to prevent that effect of jealousy, it is important to talk about the issue and solve it together. Learn to assure each other that your love never fades so that those unhealthy insecurities are removed and that your self esteem and confidence are back for good. MAKING PAST BEHAVIOR AS A BULLET FOR THE ARGUMENT. Past behavior is just historical and gone. Using of past behavior in an argument will only worsen the case, and will heighten the fight. It's time to face the present and the only thing that you can do in the past is to learn from it, so it's better to be less judgmental in the relationship even during an argument. DIFFICULTY PRIORITIZING. Loss communication can happen when the relationship is long enough to handle.It is true that you have different priorities to attend to but hectic schedules is not a reason enough for a lost of communication Remember, it is clear that you enter into a relationship and so your time must be used not only for work but also for your relationship. Relationship is an exercise of constant learning. Both parties in the relationship may need to undergo changes to build more meaningful relationship together. Even if you wish for constant happiness, difficulties in relationship can happen.This is normal because it can strengthen the relationship, making it more meaningful to each one.So the best thing we can ever do as couples is to be the best for the relationship even to the best and worst times of our lives.

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A Poor Neglected Blog

A Poor Neglected Blog
My poor blog has been so neglected lately that I've broken with convention and am writing at the start of the week rather than the end. The last few weeks have been so busy that by Friday afternoon, it's just been one job too much to post a final missive.We finally managed to coerce the pdf maker back into action, which makes sending qoutes and documents much easier. Since then, the accounting software fell over and grazed its knees and wouldn't get up again. Put in a number of very late nights trying to reload, reinstall and restore, and are finally (fingers crossed) able to start entering data again. We even got into the "computer geek, back office, techy stuff", the bit with all the warnings, and I used RegEdit for the first time. Seems funny to have a computer application called Reg!Over the last month or so we've completed some practitioner training, put a number of delegates through their paces at Master Practitioner level and discussed some exciting proposals for a number of large organisations, for staff training in communication skills and team building.The team building exercises should be fantastic fun, we've got some really interesting ideas, and we're always grateful to hear from anyone who has any more. I've noticed most team building exercises seem to involve the great outdoors, of which I'm a huge fan, but splinters, getting wet and the possibility of broken ankles wouldn't really be suitable for our clients. Clay pigeon shooting and go-carting tend to appeal to the male and macho. A day of raft building, trust falling, plank walking and trapeze jumping are great for teens and twenty year olds, but our demographic is slightly above that - myself included. So we're looking for some more cerebral (and sedate) challenges, with emphasis on communication, co-operation, and listening, rather than strength and brute force. Shame really, I'd love a day rally driving.George is doing some bespoke 1 to 1 Master Practitioner training this week, it's a huge advantage to be able to really target the techniques to the areas the client is going to use. We seem to be doing more and more of this type of work. Maybe the current economic situation drives more organisations and individuals to seek out a more precise tailored solution rather than splash out on a one size fits all product.Bespoke tailoring always fits better and lasts longer.Better go, manuals to print and bind, certificates to send and the accounts to tackle.Thanks for reading (email me julie@nlpliverpool.com and let me know what you think)Julie

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Family Dynamics In Marriage Take A Step Back With Unbiased Eye

Family Dynamics In Marriage Take A Step Back With Unbiased Eye
Get back with your exThere can be many different family dynamics in marriage that occur. Often, the ones you are dealing with can be causing a lot of tension and stress. To get to the heart of all the negative issues that plague your marriage, you may need a little more help. Finding a professional who can walk you through it might be a very good idea. It's a rare individual who can look at themselves and see all of their flaws. It takes and even more unique individual to actually admit to those flaws even if they have noticed them. When you put two flawed people together with these traits into a marriage, well, yeah the sparks will fly!The first step you have to do if you want a clear picture of the family dynamics in marriage is to take a step back and try to see your marriage as clearly and with as unbiased of an eye as possible. It might be hard for you to do but it will be easy for your friends, family or a therapist to do. Click to get your ex backThey aren't emotionally invested and they aren't worried about being the one who is "wrong". They can see things far more clearly than you will be able to see them. Of course, family and friends will be reluctant to tell you the truth because they won't want to hurt you or lose your friendship by making you mad. So, it's probably best to find a good therapist, they have nothing to lose so you know they will be honest. Finding the unhealthy dynamics in your family is just step one, the next step will be to get all parties involved on the same page. Trying to get more than one person who is willing to face their own flaws and actively make changes is challenging, to say the least. Most people simply aren't strong enough to be willing to face their flaws let alone actually make strides to change the. Trying to get two or more to do it is close to impossible. Still, it is worth a shot. The depth of the issues and the depth of the love are two very important factors that will help determine how likely you are to succeed in each making some needed changes. If one partner just doesn't care that much, or is just too selfish and immature, and won't try, it will be pretty close to impossible to make any real changes and make the dynamics of the family any better. Whatever the dynamics of your family are, you should always try to make improvements if you aren't happy with the way things are. No one knows whether it will fail or succeed but if you aren't happy right now, you really don't have anything to lose, do you?Family dynamics in marriage has many sides and can be quite convoluted. For that reason finding a professional who has experience in these issues will go a long way to helping your family find the peace and stability you all really want.6 tips to help your ex to fall back in love with youHow to get Your Wife Back After a Breakup or Divorce

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Conversation Mistakes

Conversation Mistakes
The first thing that comes up when you see a beautiful women is: ' what do I say to her' ? Most of the guys who have approached her said something like :

"What's your name?"

"Can I buy a drink?"

"So what do you do for work?"

"Are you from around here?"

"What do you like to do for fun?"

"What kind of music do you like?"

She politely answers all these interview questions and the guy thinks he is making progress. Until she starts looking around the bar, getting restless and bored looking for a way to get rid of him. She comes up with a lame excuse to get back to her friends... and it' s GAME OVER. Soon the next guy will take a shot, he offers to buy her a drink, asks her about her job, and the cycle repeats...

There is a sequential process you can follow to build effective conversations with women, cause them to feel attraction towards you, and get the results you want-whether it's getting her phone number and seeing her tomorrow, or taking her home for sex tonight. This process is completely different from how most guys attempt to pick up women. Listen in on a typical conversation at a bar between a guy and a girl he"s met, and you're probably going to hear him ask a series of questions like the ones I mentioned before.

So why doesn't that conversational strategy (or lack of strategy) work? Well, there are a few reasons...

1) IT'S COMPLETELY UNORIGINAL

Nothing about the conversation is stimulating her imagination or distinguishing him from the last 57 guys who approached her and hoped to get in her pants. In reality, he could have been a cool guy with a lot to offer. But because he didn"t demonstrate any of this during the conversation, she sees no reason to continue the interaction.

2) NOT SHOWING INTEREST AT ALL

By asking her these questions (and certainly by offering to buy her a drink), he might as well have a flashing neon sign on his chest saying 'I am trying to get in your pants'. She knows he wants her, and by making this obvious he has surrendered his power and control. He's not asking her these questions because he's genuinely interested in knowing the answers. He's going through those motions because he's hoping to "get lucky."

(And for the average guy, it all comes down to getting lucky. Skilled pickup artists don"t need to rely on luck; they execute a plan.)

3) THE CONVERSATION DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HEADING ANYWHERE

Women hate feeling "trapped" in conversations with guys they"re not feeling interested in. She knows that as long as she plays along and answers his questions, he"ll keep monopolizing her time. Obviously he has nowhere else to be, and no one else to talk to-which is a sign of a man with low value. If the first three questions he asks are lame and predictable, imagine how boring this conversation will be if she allows it to continue for another half-hour?

4) HE'S NOT RAISING HER ENERGY LEVEL

This conversation gives her nothing to get excited about. She came out tonight hoping to have fun; he"s not providing any. She could have this same conversation with her dentist, or with one of her mother"s friends. She worked hard all week; why should she waste time on a Friday night playing 20 questions with some low-value dude?

5) HE'S NOT MAKING HER FEEL ATTRACTION

This is the big one. There is an art to making women feel attraction through conversation, and once you master it, you'll never have to go home alone again. Attraction, for women, is not a conscious choice. Sure, they might say they're attracted to tall guys, guys with muscles, rich guys, cute guys, etc. But when a guy comes along who knows how to flip her attraction switches-even if he looks nothing like her mental picture of "Mr. Right"-she will want to have sex with him.

Women are hard-wired to feel sexually attracted to men who exhibit certain qualities. (We're talking about biology here. Women today are hard-wired the same way they were 10,000 years ago.) We'll cover these qualities in a moment-and the good news is, you've got them. All men do. It's just that very few men understand how to showcase these qualities in a way that makes women feel that "sexual spark"-and even fewer know how to present themselves as a challenge that women will actually chase.

So lets have a look at how you should handle it

by Dean Cortez



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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Ashley Judd Quotes

Ashley Judd Quotes
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