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Reality Check: Choosing Direction
Both good events and bad events are happening all the time. Babies are born, but loved ones pass away. Financial situations rise or fall. Living arrangements change for the better or for the worse. Friends and family may draw closer … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing Perspective
Tagged choosing thoughts, improving relationships, perception
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Reality Check: A Fresh Start
Autumn mornings are the best in my opinion. The air is fresh, the sun shines; it’s a new day. It could get us thinking that “each day is a fresh start.” Put our past troubles and trials aside; we’re starting … Continue reading
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Tagged basic needs, choosing actions, choosing thoughts, perception
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Reality Check: Choosing Our Alliances
The term ‘alliance’ is often used to refer to relationships among countries. However, it can also be a useful descriptor for relationships among people, and could even open up a new perspective for some. Dr. Glasser and others put a … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged choosing actions, improving relationships, perception
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Reality Check: Perceptions and Reputations
One upside of living in this internet-connected world is that we have so much access to useful information. But there’s always a downside, isn’t there? Here’s one. While it’s easy to access information, it’s also easy to produce information. Websites, … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing influences, choosing thoughts, perception
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Reality Check: Is it Time to Change the Filter?
Filters are useful. If we don’t have the right air filter, oil filter, or coffee filter, some tasks just can’t be done. We have other filters too; ones that we can’t see but that still affect our lives. Their effects … Continue reading
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Tagged filters, offering information, perception
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Reality Check: Other People’s Futures
We know that we can only take action in the present. Even so, do you find that the future is very much in your thoughts? Why? If you want to consider a Choice Theory explanation, we could look at what … Continue reading
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Tagged improving relationships, offering information, perception
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Reality Check: Pieces of the Past
We can only act in the present day. We already know that, but sometimes it helps to get a reminder. Even though we might like to change what we’ve done (because we’re so much wiser now, right?) we can’t undo … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing influences, choosing thoughts, perception, reality
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Reality Check: The Present Day
We have so many opportunities to find reasons to be upset, anxious, angry, or have other difficult feelings. Your upsets might come from your personal life, from the behaviour of people close to you, such as family, community, or workplace. … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing thoughts, confidence, internal & external control, perception
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