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2016 Article Archive

2016 Article Archive

Flourishing Life Society: Written By Humans for Humans
Blind Spots. Insecurities and Justification. A Flourishing Life Society article links
We are engaged in a constant work of becoming, satisfying needs, entertaining wants, and creating meaning. We can do this purposely or haphazardly.
Flourishing Life Society article Link: Accepting Imperfections
Our amazing mind assigns meaning to felt experience, creating emotion. Sometimes this process misdiagnosis the environment and leads us astray.
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Self Deprecating
Anything You Want to Be. Dreams and Reality. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Building Blocks of Choice. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
Betrayals are not only sexual. We can betray intimacy by divulging details, violating trust, and painting our partners as devils in disguise.
Deceptions: A Maladaptive Response to Stress. A Flourishing Life Society article link
A Flourishing Life Society article link. A New Relationship with Reality
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Broken Promises.
FLS Link: Correlations-Life is complicated, without pure guidelines to follow. We get lost with inflexible dogma instead of flexible openness to the complexity.
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Blaming
FLS Link. An Article on Complexity: The simple positive messages spread easy. We enjoy hearing them and pass them along. The more complex messages of reality are not always attractive, requiring thought, and are passed over or even rejected. We need both.
Emotions and Logic. A Flourishing Life Society article link
We get stuck in an existential funk, searching for meaning. Life may not readily appear meaningful; but we can give life meaning.
​Positive attitudes boost performance; but if our performance is ill designed we still fail.
Flourishing Life Society Link: Facing Ineptness
Frightening Encounters with Emotions. A Compassionate Reaction to Other's Emotions. A Flourishing Life Society article link
We need connections; but the world doesn't need vaguely hidden intentions. We need soul felt kindness.
We are pulled into harmful routines by emotion. We feel and then we react. Unfortunately, our reaction isn't always helpful. We need space to think and then act more appropriately.
Pesky Emotional Outbursts. When Emotions Take Over. A Flourishing Life Society article link
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Finding Peace
Happily Ever After. Disappointments, Annoyances, and Other Relationship Imperfections. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Life has its challenges. Often the weight of demands drags us down. We need healthy escapes to rejuvenate and lighten our load.
Internal Link. Self: Here I am. The consciousness of self is complex. We are dynamic beings interacting with ever-changing environments. For stability, we need a concept of self. Too firm a concept and we are limited and deceived, to weak and we have no anchor.
Experiencing Fear. Do We Stay and Fight? or Turn and Run? A Flourishing Life Society article link
Emotional Patterns. When Emotional Reactions Hurt. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Feeling: The Experience of Living. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Some concepts of forgiveness cross into smug self-righteousness, others create personal harm by ignoring lessons that shouldn’t be forgotten. But moving forward from injury by abandoning grudges serves us and society well.
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Help Yourself. Accepting Responsibility. Making a Change.
FLS Link: How to Calm Emotions. Emotional Triggers.
Feelings are not a fool proof method for decisions. Our biased reliance on our own intuition can lead us astray, especially when we rely on our thoughts over proven and compelling research.
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Foolish, Foolish Me. All That We Do Not Know. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Freedom from Stupidity. Stop Destroying Your Dreams. A Flourishing Life Society article link
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Uncovering Hidden Beliefs. Albert Ellis's ABC model. A Flourishing Life Society image link
​We want joy; But Life is more than joy. Sometimes life hurts.
We don't magically transform. The process of change is often slow and methodical. Slow down, watch yourselves, and let small choices create major changes.
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Mental Health Breaks
A Flourishing Life Society link. Overactive Mind
FLS Internal Link. Loving Kindness
We create change by working through the unpleasant givens of life. When life seemingly doesn't play fair, we address the obstacles with creativity and resolve.
Experience burns into the networks of the brain, creating a map to quickly assess new experience
Internal Link: Life is difficult- Working through the emotions of living, seizing opportunities, and keeping expectations grounded.
Meaning Making Machines. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Internal Link: Judge, Judge, Judging- Undetected emotions interject, powerfully influencing action. A flow of energy creates impressions that guide future responses and we judge.
FLS internal Link. Negativity: The natural feeling responses to experience give both wisdom and limiting bias. As cognitive creatures, we need to examine what we are feeling, how we interpret that feeling, and determine the utility of our natural inclinations.
Life is Both Good and Bad. Learning to Accept Both. A Flourishing Life Society article.
Life's Not Fair. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Our emotions can be great teachers or callous task masters. We need emotion as part of the rich experience of humanness to guide us through the complexities of connection and survival but we must monitor feeling to keep us on task.
Internal Link: Pursuit of Happiness | If the sole purpose of our existence is to increase pleasure, we will never be satisfied. Living a full and rich life experiences many emotions. Happiness is a balance of healthy thoughts and growth promoting actions.
Keeping on trck when life obstacles interfere
Staying Sane. Rejuvenating energy. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Internal Link. Purposeful Effort: A life of ease exists only in our dreams. Our success and enjoyments depend on our consistent efforts and skilled action.
Living a Rich Meaningful Life. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Sustainable joy is more than present pleasure. The best lives comes from actions that produce joy over time, not just momentary amusement.
Relationships take hard work. We desire companionship but often are lost on achieving closeness. Intimacy can be gained through persistent and mindful work.
Small emotions, poking through from the past, can avalanche into full blown hatred. We must catch the mislabeling of experience, make corrections and work towards building a relationship with love an intimacy.
Compassionate gazes into our soul, and although we see imperfections, we don't harshly judge. With knowledge of strengths and weaknesses, we kindly begin to change
Softening the Pain of Change. A Flourishing Life Society article link
Link: We all feel pain. Whether physical injury or emotional stress, the pain hurts. It's all in your head advice serves no purpose when we are hurting. Mindfulness helps.
We struggle to objectively evaluate ourselves. We subjectively change the facts to fit our self-supporting reality.
A Flourishing Life Society article link. Self Enlightenment
Stressed Out. A Flourishing Life Society article link
We move through stages of behavior, thought and emotion. Each phase impacting the others. We work to change by modifying any (and sometimes all) of the stages.
The Art of Doing. Constructive Action and Personal Development. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
Moods interfere with interpretation of life. Stepping back with understanding helps to modify these stinkers.
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Unfolding of Complexity. Taking a broader perspective. A Flourishing Life Society article link
They Deserve the Pain; Learning from Others. A Flourishing Life Society article image link
Truth is elusive. What is proven today may be challenged tomorrow. We need a different approach that allows for confidence in action without a closed mind to possible alternatives.
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