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My Own Frog-in-Hot-Water Moment

  The myths I tell myself are important because they’re some of the factors that held me captive as a frog in hot water. When we’re stuck in frog-in-hot-water situations or relationships, I believe that one or more myths like mine are always contributing to keeping us in the pan while the water continues heating
  • 12 Feb, 2015
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How my Organizing Prin­ciples Can Dominate and Control my Experience of the Present

Here’s a firsthand example of how one of my Organizing Prin­ciples—part of my prior learning—can dominate and control my experience of the present.   Let’s say I’ve gone out socially with a new friend whom I want to connect with. If I’m being mindful, input from what’s occur­ring in the moment will enter from the
  • 24 Nov, 2014
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The Interplay between Mindful Awareness and the Brain as “Anticipation Machine”

Let’s look at what’s happening in our brains when we operate on automatic pilot that allows our Organizing Principles to run us, no matter how dysfunctional these beliefs may be and how dis­abling a bind they create for us. Because of the brain’s very nature and structure, we are programmed to react. That’s what we
  • 20 Nov, 2014
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Replacing Beliefs That Are Undermining Us at Work with New Beliefs That Support Us

For the last two weeks, I’ve been writing about how the culture of an organization can undermine its mandate or mission statement and that when this happens, it’s always done silently and in a stealth manner in the sense that people in the organization aren’t aware of it. As we discussed, an organization’s culture develops
  • 17 Nov, 2014
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How Organizing Principles and Acts Are Related

The more clearly I understood my Organizing Principles, the more clearly I saw how they relate to my acts. For example, my Organizing Principle “I’m not qualified to handle painful situations. That takes a real adult, and in my inner world I’m still a vulnerable kid” is the basis for my act, “Poor me, the
  • 6 Nov, 2014
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