john silkey
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john silkey
No one benefits from you scrolling on your phone and feeling sad and then going to Starbucks.... See more
The antidote is figuring out what you care about, what you're good at, and what you like doing that can make the world a little bit better.
Then, really do that thing.
You can’t do everything, but there are a few things you can do really well. You have to
Alex Dobrenko • No one benefits from you scrolling and feeling sad
ii. 1/3 Concrete - tuning in to reality and senses and self
Part of the first steps. Go inward, have the courage to ask the questions and sit with not knowing. You must experience life in order to know. Not watch it like a spectator.
Thomas Cole’s 4 Seasons Voyage of Life
to show us our mistakes before we make them
Ancestors and Wisdom
if the next kin are ready and open to listen. even if not, we will still speak and offer what we can
My culture does not honor the ancestors as a quaint spirituality of the past, but as a living source of strength for the present. They did it and so will we.
Ancestors and Wisdom
When we tell our kids, “You’re a good kid having a hard time … I’m here, I’m right here with you,” they are more likely to have empathy for their own struggles
Dr. Becky Kennedy • Good Inside
Parents think they can hand children permanent confidence—like a gift—by praising their brains and talent. It doesn’t work, and in fact has the opposite effect. It makes children doubt themselves as soon as anything is hard or anything goes wrong. If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children t... See more
Carol Dweck • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Catalyzing confidence
From Positive Intelligence
“Given the ubiquity of the Judge’s conditional love game, I have
embarked on a very different kind of game with my son to prevent a
strong version of his Judge from taking hold. I start tickling him and tell
him that I will only stop if he keeps giving me the right answers, which
he has learned to give over the years. Here’s h
... See moregrief is not a problem to be solved or a malady to be cured. It’s a sacred reality to be entered.
Mirabai Starr • Grieving Together
Grief is transformational - if we allow it
It shows us much greater depths of our being, of our abilities, of our feeling and connecting
Credit: Sculpture - Melancholy by Albert Gyorgi, Switzerland.