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Psychotherapy research shows that when individuals feel listened to, they tend to listen to themselves more carefully and to openly evaluate and clarify their own thoughts and feelings. In addition, they tend to become less defensive and
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“When taking the perpetrator’s perspective, he found that people who do things we see as evil, from spousal abuse all the way to genocide, rarely think they are doing anything wrong. They almost always see themselves as responding to attacks and provocations in ways that are justified.”
― The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
― The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
“While we do know what religious fundamentalism looks like”
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
“The keys to flow: There’s a clear challenge that fully engages your attention; you have the skills to meet the challenge; and you get immediate feedback about how you are doing at each step (the progress principle).”
― The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
― The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
“In every field of spirituality”
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
“There were real people who died”
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
― No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required
Ali’s 2025 Year in Books
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