Power For Positive Living

Since we usually like to associate with people who have similar thoughts, feelings, attitudes and behaviors, it can be very easy to make inaccurate assumptions and place difficult expectations on these individuals. Our challenge can be to avoid viewpoints such as these people should be more like me in almost everything of importance.

It's All About Me

When one develops an interest in self-study, the most frequent beginning evolves with our perception of ourselves as the humans we are and how we choose to see the world in which we live.     

In our own individual life, do we tend to meet our own personal needs before we are able and/or willing to be helpful with the others in our world?   Or will our own personal needs be met when we first focus on helping others?  

Your host comments on how we each may find a healthy balance to assist others along with the need to take care of themselves. 

There are many ways ways for us to learn. One of the early ways that most of us discover is through the varied information that books can provide. Even though we now frequently tend to use electronic methods to read, knowledge presented in a book format can still be most helpful with the many opportunities to acquire information.

Telling Unpleasant News

A listener question asking how to tell unpleasant information is addressed.   We each decide on the amount of risk we are able and willing to accept with ourselves and with others whenever we face such a situation.   Few persons appreciate receiving information "for their own good" regardless of our motivation. 

One of the most valuable insights for an individual to discover is to become aware of how they see the various roles of wealth and money in their perceptions of self-worth. Additional knowledge is gained when one learns how perceptions of wealth affects their views on the worth of others in their world.

Creating My Personal Journal   A personal journal can be a unique, trusted, helpful, creative and intimate friend during our Life Journey.    Any journal we create is personal to us!   Questions and Points to Ponder (PTP) are offered for consideration in the diverse possibilities we each have with the creation and use of our journal.  These PTPs are similar to aspects we use in developing a friendship with another human.    A listener question asking how to tell unpleasant information is addressed.   We each decide on the amount of risk we are able and willing to accept with ourselves and with others whenever we face such a situation.   Few persons appreciate receiving information "for their own good" regardless of our motivation.   

While some of us may have difficulty saying 'hello' to people, it is often the external and internal goodbyes that provide most of us the biggest challenges by invoking anxiety and stress. Learning to say goodbye in a healthy manner is a significant part of the grieving process when we lose someone or something important to us.

Mind Games Management-Part 2   We all play various emotional mind games with ourselves and others.  We can strive to understand the invitations, structure, rules, and payoffs of various psychological games. We are then able to use our personal power to choose what games we do or do not play to strengthen the basic life position we favor for daily living.     This Power for Positive Living podcast was recorded from a personal growth class recently offered at a local senior center. 

Mind Games Management-Part 1   We all play various emotional mind games with ourselves and others.  Using the personality theory of Transactional Analysis (TA), we can strive to understand the invitations, structure, rules, and payoffs of various psychological games. We are then able to use our personal power to choose what games we do or do not play to strengthen the basic life position we favor for daily living.     This Power for Positive Living podcast was recorded from a personal growth class recently offered at a local senior center. 

Most of us encounter times and situations where we do benefit from various types of assistance from others. We also are presented with many opportunities to assist others in a wide variety of ways with their diverse life difficulties.