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Reality Check: What makes a great day?
Do you believe that you can create the life you want to live? Occasionally throughout the years, I’ve offered a workshop called “Creating the Life You Want to Live.” The title pretty much gives away my opinion on the question, … Continue reading
Posted in Satisfaction
Tagged examining wants, need satisfaction, priorities, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: When Kids Get Scared
Choice Theory and Reality Therapy has touched people all around the world. The pandemic has also touched people all over the world, mentally as well as physically. Understanding Choice Theory could be more helpful now than ever. In Australia some … Continue reading
Posted in Helping Others
Tagged anxiety, offering information, perception, worry
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Reality Check: Tension
In his book, Counseling with Choice Theory, Dr. Wm. Glasser describes his first meeting with a guy he calls Jerry. When Jerry walked into Glasser’s office for their first session, he avoided walking on the lines in the carpet. Then … Continue reading
Posted in Control and Choice
Tagged dissatisfaction, internal & external control, making choices, motivation, total behaviour
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Reality Check: Doing the Hard Thing
“I don’t even know why I am doing this.” My friend, who we’ll call Julie for this little story, had hit a rough spot on her way toward a goal that’s important to her. Because I’m a loyal friend with … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, discouragement, encouragement, examining wants, motivation
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Reality Check: Goals and the Posts That Define Them
The Reality Therapy approach, as structured by Dr. Robert Wubbolding, starts with a fundamental question: “What do you want?” For many, those wants include benefits for others. For example, I want career success for people I’ve worked with. There’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged examining wants, persistence, reality, self-evaluation
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Reality Check: Connecting with others
Have you noticed changes in your relationships over these past few weeks? With the requirements and warnings to stay away from people—to literally isolate ourselves—we’re no longer getting together for in-person gatherings. Perhaps you’re accustomed to dropping in for a … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged happiness, loneliness, need satisfaction, unhappiness
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Reality Check: The Value of Work
Work and workplaces have changed over the past weeks. Some changes are dramatic, with workplaces completely shut down. Other workplaces carry on with relatively minor changes. Whether it’s your work that’s affected, or it’s your experience as a consumer, I’m … Continue reading