In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers. [Fred Rogers.] Language ... Read More about Communicating: Listening and Discussing
In springtime (does it seem like a long time ago), we explored the development of self-esteem, self-confidence and self-competence, which usually occur in childhood, especially if well-assisted by ... Read More about Affirming, Adding To, Expanding Upon, and Amplifying
Facility is an element of excellence. The ability to move quickly, and seemingly without effort, is the eyebrow-raising characteristic of the person who excels at an activity. Facility is also an ... Read More about Exhibiting Facility
Though Pavlovian reward and punishment is not a humanistic model for treatment of humans, people do like being rewarded for accomplishments and generally exhibit a favorable response. The concern is ... Read More about Rewarding
There's something unique about having a member of a family that really needs you in order to function well. One of the deepest longings a person can have is to feel needed and essential. [Fred ... Read More about Family
Our environment consists of everything external to the self that affects us in any way: the physical world as well as other living organisms, including people, and all the social, political, economic ... Read More about Environment
Artists have a unique ability to paint the world, and to help people see injustice. They do it not with guns, but with pens and guitars and paintbrushes. [Teresa R. Funke, “Bursts of Brilliance for a ... Read More about Symbolic Thinking; Abstract Reasoning
Responsibility is about shouldering basic responsibilities of life, for the benefit of others. Think of parents, spouses, and service workers. You cannot hope to build a better world without ... Read More about Being Responsible
Johannes Vermeer, The Geographer (1668)The characteristic attitude at this level is attentiveness, as in "Pay attention." A person who characteristically and as a matter of routine pays attention to ... Read More about Being Serious and Attentive