by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 20, 2024 | All Articles, All Videos, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships, V-Biz, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
Chapter 1 – Primary Advantages of Practical Empathy from the book A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind by Scott Howard Swain. video created with the help of AI tools “Deep Dive” on Chapter 1 – Primary Advantages of Practical Empathy Practice from the...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 14, 2024 | All Articles, All Videos, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships, V-Biz, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
Chapter 11 – Romantic Relationships from the book A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind by Scott Howard Swain. video created with the help of AI tools “Deep Dive” on Chapter 11 – Romantic Relationships from the A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 3, 2024 | All Articles, All Videos, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships, V-Biz, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
Chapter 7 – Curing social anxiety from the book A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind by Scott Howard Swain. video created with the help of AI tools “Deep Dive” on Chapter 7 – Cure social anxiety from the A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind book by...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 30, 2024 | All Articles, All Videos, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships, V-Biz, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
Chapter 14 – Level up your intuition & truth detection from the book A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind by Scott Howard Swain. video created with the help of AI tools “Deep Dive” on Chapter 14 – Level up your intuition & truth detection...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 20, 2024 | All Articles, All Videos, Business, Culture, Economics, EQ, Money, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships, V-Biz, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
Chapter 19 – Empathy to Enhance Negotiation from the A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind book by Scott Howard Swain. video created with the help of AI tools “Deep Dive” on Chapter 19 – Empathy to enhance negotiation from the A Practical EmPath:...
by Scott Howard Swain | Sep 30, 2024 | All Articles, All Videos, Business, Culture, Economics, EQ, Money, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships, V-Biz, V-EQ, V-PEP, V-Relationships |
Chapter 18 – Empathy in Business from the A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind book by Scott Howard Swain. “Emotional intelligence, more than any other factor, more than IQ or expertise, accounts for 85% to 90% of success at work.” ~ Daniel Goleman...
by Scott Howard Swain | Sep 26, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, Politics, Relationships |
in teg ri ty [in-teg-ri-tee] noun 1. Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. 2. The state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire. 3. A sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition: the...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 5, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, Health, Life, Relationships |
A DNA test helped Chani find and fix the root cause of her depression-related issues via a targeted supplement and diet regime that worked! For Chani, in hindsight, the personal and family patterns are obvious.- Her brother, father, grandfather, and self: alcohol...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 26, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Relationships |
The biggest epiphany I’ve had yet was the confirmation of something I suspected, but was not 100% sure of. Years ago when I began researching my book, A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind, I was mostly, but not 100%, sure that one could “rewire”...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 26, 2024 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, Life, Money, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
First, let’s hear from a person who wants to see the price of service being built into the meal “Why is there a concerted effort to normalise tipping in NZ? It depresses base wages, does nothing to improve service (it’s almost unheard of for cafés in...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jan 25, 2024 | All Articles, EQ, Life, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
A zoom-able version of the above image is near the bottom of this article. Originally written in June 2022. How much time do we actually save by taking short cuts with our communication? I’m a fan of efficiency. This is why I simultaneously sympathize with and...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 2, 2023 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Parenting, Relationships |
One of the most liberating ideas I’ve come to is that being excessively positive can sometimes be as destructive as being negative. “What? Are you kidding? What possible drawbacks could there be from having a positive attitude?” Of course,...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 2, 2023 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Health, Life, Parenting, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
Originally written in March 2022. See link to full size chart below. The increase in unhealthy eating, sedentary lifestyles, use of technology, social media, prescription drugs, failed public education, and a certain kind of parenting have contributed to a ballooning...
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 20, 2023 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Relationships |
Following is an argument for using a form of empathy I’ve developed called the “Practical EmPath” (PEP) system, based on and similar to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD. Empathy is not agreement, so you risk no loss of...
by Scott Howard Swain | Sep 26, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, Relationships, Unschooling |
Excerpt from the "A Practical EmPath" system by Scott Howard Swain. Originally written in September 2022. Permissive <> Practical <> Authoritarian A friend came to visit the other day. Let’s call her Jane. She complained some that she was really glad to...
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 20, 2022 | All Articles, EQ, Liberty, Parenting, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
vir-tue [ vurchoo ] 1. goodness: the quality of being morally good or righteous 2. good quality: a quality that is morally good 3. admirable quality: a quality that is good or admirable, but not necessarily in terms of morality. “If you make a choice under...
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 2, 2022 | All Videos, EQ, Humor, Parenting, Relationships, V-EQ, V-Gaming, V-Humor, V-Parenting, V-PEP, V-Pinned |
Video is below Watch directly on Odysee (LBRY). Mom wants to go to the store. Jimmy wants to keep playing games. Mom chooses empathy. – When children are raised with recognition of and respect for their needs, they grow up respecting themselves and others....
by Scott Howard Swain | Aug 1, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Marxism, Parenting, Relationships, V-PEP |
Originally written by Scott Howard Swain in 2016. Based on his book, the "A Practical EmPath" system, and NVC. Who started it? I think most of us can agree that forcing another person to do something against their will rarely works out as we’d like to see. Yet...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 5, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships |
from my book, A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind. I used to think fear was the emotion underlying anger. Until a woman in one of my Practical Empathy Practice Groups said it was actually frustration. I thought about that. I tried to think of a situation where anger...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 28, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Parenting, Relationships |
This article is an analysis of “The Power Of Wholeness And Healing: Ho’oponopono” https://www.compassionatelistening.org/post/power-of-wholeness… First, I want to point out the potential positive aspects of the above mentioned system. I...
by Scott Howard Swain | Feb 25, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Parenting, Relationships |
Originally written in 2016. Updated. When you think of how much you trust people, do you think in terms of: (A) I either trust them or I don’t. OR (B) My trust for a person has a range from “no trust” or “very little trust” through...
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