Save the Words for the Happy Times, Part IV: The Art of the Delayed Consequence
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Michael Gorsline
... series, we discussed what can be done in the moment when we encounte the misbehavior, how to circle back afterward, and how to do a collaborative problem solving session. In part IV we'll now look in some detail at how to use a delayed consequence, and why delaying a consequence, contrary to what many still think, is in fact more effective in most ...
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Word Art
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Sondra ..
As if I don't have enough addictions, I've just discovered the new word art that you can create over at Wordle. Below is a small thumbnail of my tag cloud from this blog. You can select your own words and randomize the colors, font and shape of th ...
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Magic Marker Monday ~ Magna Doodle Art
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Shannon ..
Happy Labor Day! I hope you all have a wonderful day planned. We are headed to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom with some "Internet/bloggy friends." Pictures coming probably tomorrow. For Magic Marker Monday, we pulled out an archive. Gabi drew a picture of her momma on her Magna Doodle in January just before she got glasses. Baby Preston decided to joi ...
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Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein quoted in a major national article on Happiness
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Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
... f use to the public,” she says, mentioning spiritual-based writers such as Marianne Williamson (The Age of Miracles), Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now) and the Dalai Lama (The Art of Happiness); other psychologists like Dan Baker (What Happy People Know) and Daniel Gilbert (Stumbling on Happiness); and more traditional self-help-style motivational a ...
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Language Arts
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KathEats
Happy breakfast to you!While I was nestled all up in my bed, my oatmeal was soaking into a dough blob.I combined 1/3 cup oats, a 6-ounce container of Stonyfield French Vanilla yogurt (the old school kind – I liked it and I’m not a big vanilla fan!) and 1/3 cup vanilla soy milk.This morning’s toppings included a tbsp of flax, 1 sliced banana, ~1/4 c ...
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Economic Problems and Compassion
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Pixie S.
This morning I read from the Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D. I was searching for the meaning of compassion because in times of stress real or imagined, I know ...
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Book Recommendations: Hedges, Yes, Dalai Lama, No
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Seth Roberts ..
... ho are far too respectful of authority. (He doesn’t mention molecular biologists, but they’re another example.)Thumbs down: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World. Two words: runaway serfs.
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