In the 1960s, a researcher named Albert Mehrabian performed several studies concerning emotional communication between people, and how verbal, extraverbal, and nonverbal forms of communication can impact someone's interpretation of a message. One of his main conclusions was that in situations where someone is communicating about their feelings and ( Read more... )

Whenever I find that the world around me and all the people in it can't seem to move quite as fast as I want them to, especially in discussions, I can become very annoying. I know that's what it feels like to the unfortunate souls who just can't meet my pace, because eventually they reach a point of snapping under the perceived pressure and ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had the privilege of spending a few hours with one of the most interesting people I have come across in my quest to learn how to live well. I met Tsipora last summer when I attended one of her free seminars on human conflict, a topic I am almost morbidly fascinated by, and one which happens to be Tsipora's specialty in a rather unique ( Read more... )

The organization I currently work for is a community nonprofit which works to "eliminate conditions of poverty," as the mission statement puts it. The programs we offer require a workforce built primarily of client-facing staff such as case managers and advocates. Our clientele are those living in poverty, which are disproportionately represented ( Read more... )

In the days and weeks following my suicide attempt, my level of depression ebbed and flowed, but never completely abated. For a while there weren't really good days, just bad days and worse days. I had been hospitalized four weeks from my college graduation date. I still had classes and tests, but I had nothing left in me to dedicate to any of ( Read more... )

I have to purge something inside me that feels incredibly toxic. There is a woman that I work for indirectly that has a similar effect on me as spiders: I definitely don't like them, I mostly try to avoid them, but can't ever really get around having to deal with them. This woman is all those things to me, and when in her presence, I get nervous ( Read more... )

And burn it did ( Read more... )

I want to dance again.  I want to stretch down to my toes and up towards the ceiling, feel the range of my motion and the strength of control.  I want to sweat, and breathe heavily, and feel all my muscles get sore.  I want to move my hips to the beat of the music, and feel my entire body rock from the sound.

I want to wrap my legs around a cello ( Read more... )

Wrote but forgot to post the following a couple of days ago ( Read more... )

I have been in a very good mood in recent days. A feeling has been slowly permeating into my being, showing itself only slightly at first but more and more as time goes on. I want to put a name on the feeling but am not sure how to specifically describe it - the first thing that leaps to mind is: "This is what it feels like when your life begins ( Read more... )