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Reality Check: What Does Freedom Mean To You?
“How do you want your life to be?” In these columns, I’ve chosen to use the structure of basic needs as outlined in Choice Theory to help us answer that question. We’ll start by taking a look at our basic … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom...
Tagged basic needs, freedom, happiness, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: Could Organizing Your Wants Change Your Life?
I have an important question for you and it’s only four words long: “What do you want?” Perhaps you can easily produce a detailed list of exactly what things you want, what people you want in your life, what values … Continue reading
Posted in Needs
Tagged basic needs, examining wants, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: Those Difficult Thoughts and Feelings
When choosing a title for this column, I was torn about how to describe the thoughts and feelings I’m writing about. There are so many possibilities; we could call them negative, upsetting, or troublesome. I like “pesky” but it seems … Continue reading
Posted in Doing, Thinking, Feeling, Physiology
Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, happiness
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Reality Check: Positive Physical Activity
If you ever have the feeling that you need to “pull yourself together,” then it would be handy to have a procedure to follow, wouldn’t it? Dr. Bob Wubbolding wrote a set of directions for doing just that. He called … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged choosing actions, persistence, reality, total behaviour
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Reality Check: What is a Positive Action?
If you decide to follow through with Dr. Bob Wubbolding’s steps in, “A Set of Directions for Putting and Keeping Yourself Together,” then you may have already made some progress! First, you’ll have assessed your current reality. That is, you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Behaviour
Tagged basic needs, choosing actions, encouragement
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Reality Check: The Shifting Sands of Wants
What do you want? What do you really, really want? Some people don’t like to think about what they want. They believe that it’s selfish, or so unattainable that it’s depressing to think about it. Maybe we believe there is … Continue reading
Posted in Satisfaction
Tagged comparing with others, discouragement, examining wants, need satisfaction
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Reality Check: A Little Encouragement; Big Results
We can get news from all over the world. Some good; some awful. Along with current events, we also get information about what others are doing. That news often includes their notable accomplishments and tremendous success. Like so much of … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged basic needs, choosing actions, encouragement, improving relationships
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