Tag: emotions

  • Perception Begins Before Thought

    Perception Begins Before Thought

    Our senses absorb and retain in an instant what the mind often needs much more time to process, organize, and analyze. Before we have words for what happened, before we can explain why we felt comfortable, uneasy, drawn in, or resistant, something within us has already registered the moment. This is the root of perception.…

  • Perception is the Conversation Beneath the Conversation

    Perception is the Conversation Beneath the Conversation

    Perception influences interpersonal and professional interactions, shaping conflicts and negotiations. Each participant enters with distinct perspectives, filtering experiences through biases and emotions. Effective communication requires understanding how others perceive you and the underlying meanings during discussions. Changes in outcomes begin with awareness of these perceptions rather than the conversation itself.

  • Navigating the Challenges of Falling Out of Love

    Navigating the Challenges of Falling Out of Love

    Several of you have asked me to address falling out of love. While I don’t have all the reasons or answers for that eternal question, I do have some thoughts. I think falling in love is relatively easy. There’s joy, bliss, physical attraction, the urge to nuzzle, the discovery and newness of another, the unity…

  • How Emotions Express Interpretations Felt in the Body

    How Emotions Express Interpretations Felt in the Body

    We experience emotions as immediate and involuntary and as something that happens to us, arriving without warning, as if they’re triggered by the world around us. And in one sense, that’s true. Nobody chooses to feel fear, or hurt or conversely, elated. ✨ Feelings just seem to arrive before we’ve had a single conscious thought…

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