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Integrity, Self-trust, Locus of Control and Being with the Weirdness
Principle: Integrity and Self-trust “Without integrity, nothing works.” ~ Erhard, Jensen & Zaffron, 2009 ~ According to Werner Erhard, an important aspect of integrity is keeping my word. Keeping my word means doing what I say I will. When I … Continue reading
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Self-Verification & Self-Enhancement
Self-Verification: the re-enforcing nature of beliefs With the concepts in our minds, we create beliefs about the world. More specifically, with the concepts in our self-schema, we form beliefs about ourselves. Like I stated earlier, concepts and schemas determine what … Continue reading
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Fear, the Autonomic Nervous System & the narrowing of our Range of Behaviour
Fear versus anxiety Aside from the negative impact of unprocessed hurt from abuse I already mentioned, there is another detrimental factor to uncompleted past pain that I want to write about. That is, the underlying sense of threat a person … Continue reading
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