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We're all unique even though our basic needs are the same.

How to Restore Health and Vitality Anywhere by Understanding the Reach and Variety of Pollutions

9/7/2020

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“Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best.” - Robert Baden-Powell
I adopted this as a core value when a wee child and never let it go. It had the resonance of Truth.

Years of hands-on research in connectivity in multiple and highly varied environs, taught me that what resonates as True, matters. Yet, I wanted to know why certain values resonate as Truth. The answer is as simple as the value the quote is based on. There was nothing new about what I discovered. 

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When Empathy Goes Wrong

9/6/2020

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John Stuart Mill said in 1867, “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”

Empathy is the effort put in to create understanding. We all need to be more understanding. Understanding beyond the first benefit of the doubt, though, is foolish and detrimental to society.

When we use empathy to excuse uncivil attitudes in our communications, we are enabling incivility. To enable is to encourage the continuation of polluted discourse. Polluted discourse is the equivalent of subtle violence. We must start saying no even to the subtle forms of violence. Assert. Delete. Block. Report. Whatever suits the situation. Be one who helps us all return to helpful civic engagement.
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How to Access Your Inner Wisdom

9/5/2020

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How many times did you ignore or defy your first instinct about a person, situation, or choice, only to find out later that your instincts were right? Our body communicates with us all the time, but most of us ignore it!

Did you know …
The body never lies
​And
​Truth is in the nuances.

​Never-you-mind how the body knows. It just does, most of the time.

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Naysayers and Believers

9/4/2020

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Naysayers
The bane of existence.
The mark of a false and obnoxious sense of superiority.
The protectors of ignorance and blindness.
The creators of emotionally toxic ripples.​

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Believers
The balm of existence.
The mark of a true and humble superior.
The protectors of curiosity and exploration.
The creators of emotionally soothing ripples.
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How to Make Any Relationship Work by Creating The Right Atmosphere

9/3/2020

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This is part two of a two-part series. If you missed part one: What is a relationship? Why does how we relate matter?

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a convenient place to start. We can get those needs satisfied, ourselves. At each level, I give examples of ordinary effort that will help make any relationship work. These efforts help create an atmosphere that nourishes good will. There’s nothing complex here. Easy peasy here we come …

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What Is A Relationship? Why Does How We Relate Matter?

9/2/2020

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Whenever I speak of relationships, I’m as misunderstood as when I say I’m a massage therapist. Assumptions kick in and there’s no budging. Folks, assumptions are killers of quality of life, mind, and heart - and relationships. Remember when we were once taught that to assume makes an “ass” out of “u” and “me”?

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How TV and Film Taught Me Philosophy

9/1/2020

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I used to get sick, often, growing up in my family home. I spent most of my sick days home alone. There were none of the fun shenanigans like in the film, Home Alone! Daytime TV and the couch were it. My options were game shows and soap operas. Except for The Price is Right, I opted for soap operas. I wasn't the typical child any more than I am the typical adult.

I lived my romantic dreams through Luke and Laura - the famous couple from General Hospital. Unlike most soap characters, Luke and Laura were better at the relationship thing. Almost everyone else managed to mess with Luke or Laura.

​You know how sports fans shout at the TV during competitions? Well, I shouted at the TV during my soaps.

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    We can live without our thinking brain, but will die without our emotional brain.  Listen to those first emotions, for the body never lies. Then do thoughtful diligence, because we often lie to ourselves.​
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    No technology is bad, each person who uses it chooses to behave or not within it.
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    If we agree upon and prioritize a single core value, like integrity, everything we say and do would reflect that value, even as time, technology, and circumstances change.
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    If we apply, for example, polarity physics to social communications and transactions, we would recognize the importance of balancing the best of both liberal and conservative aspects, instead of knee-jerking from one unbalanced extreme to another like a free radical.
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    Emotions are vital yet never an adult's excuse for responding immaturely. Instead, see emotional spikes, whether positive or negative, as a sign to slow down, backup, and proceed with informed caution or a change in direction.

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The word 'massage' denotes Ms Mae's innovative connective tissue therapies led by expert palpation for noticeable before and after results, and derived from  professional training in: Swedish medical massage, Neuromuscular (NMT), Trigger Point, Massage Cupping, Reflexology, Acupressure, Shiatsu, and Smooth Gua Sha. She also employs vibrational therapies from dense to subtle like: Tok Sen (hammer massage) and BioSyntonie.​
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