Mike, Extending gratitude to yourself will lead you to the realization that you are the source of your own joy. Chris ... be grateful to for the food? ... ...
I have been writing up on the practice of values recently. Nathaniel Branden states that the presence and practice of a value is symmetrical towards oneself...
... John Hospers made the very cool point that, in principle, principles must apply not only to oneself but to others, or they're not principles. My redneck...
Here's a wikipedia site dedicated to psychology. At this point, it seems to focus on personality & social psychology, but I can imagine that it will expand to...
Hi there everyone =) Just wondering if any of you have experimented and are willing to share any set of sentence completion (or maybe know of sets nathaniel ...
Hi YK, I practiced sentence completion for a long time using Dr. Branden's x- week format. Usually, I start with a basic thought or feeling: I'm angry because...
Hi Dr Branden I did an IQ test and got 50% in Spatial reasoning,100% in Word Analysis and 57% in Quantitativre analysis. Does that mean that im talented in...
But i only had 50% in Spatial,which is related to Maths. I had the highest in Word analysis Paulo ... From: Mike Lee To: nathaniel_branden@yahoogroups.com ...
Re SparowHawk's comments on sentence completion: I would never construct a stem sucd as "I am angry beause--" I would say "One of things I'm angry about is--" ...
Hi folks:) I'm not sure that this is what Dr. Branden has in mind, but when I tried "I am angry because..." I noted that my anger seemed to become magnified...
That explanation seems a bit confusing to me. I think by narrowing it down to something explicit, the results would be more objective. I do sometimes get...
Hi Chris, Well, your sentence completion ends up with determinism. Let's say you end it with "I am angry because I just am." What's next? How about "One of...
My apologies if I was unclear. My explanation below was a response to your post Mike, and supported Dr. Branden's comment. Chris ... What's next? How about...
I've read several of Branden's books and essays, and he has been incredibly influential in my study of psychology. I do want to branch out and study some other...
Hi Joseph, The author I come to comfortingly over time is George Weinberg. Try "Self-Creation" or "The Action approach" for self-help that is helpful. He has...
Mike I've been recommended the book "Focusing" before, so you've pushed me over the edge and I think I'll purchase it. In your study of Energy Psychology, do...
... Try "Self-Creation" or "The Action approach" for self-help that is helpful. He has written other books about determinism, issues in being a therapist, and...
Chris, I don't do any of that stuff in energy psychology. I repeat a problem, closing my eyes, focusing on any slight twitches or pains or feelings of...
In sentence completion work, I never use the word "because" because it invites intellectualizing. Morever it demands a single response to the "right" ending....
I think that using the sentence stem "I am angry beause--" will tend to rationalize an emotion.. when emotions are not meant to be 'justified' but merely felt...
Howdy all, A little while ago, in order to help keep spam messages from getting through to the list, I made a change in the group settings. Now, when a new...
In a message dated 12/1/2006 9:31:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Well done. You got almost everything. Nathaniel Branden [Non-text portions of this message...
Mike, Thank you for the detailed explanation of your work with Energy. Your practice is very insightful, carrying awareness to focal points in your body. I...
Thanks =D Dr Nathaniel Branden would you have any sets of sentence completion stems designed to deal with the issue of repression? I'm also interested in...
I wish I could recommend authors in the field of self-esteem, as you have requested. Unfortunately, with rare exceptions I can't--since the field is torn with...
In a message dated 12/3/2006 1:49:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... No. Sorry. Nathaniel Branden [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Repression is a psychological process, and the word itself carries no meaning. Try selecting certain stems from the back of Dr Branden's books that relate to...
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