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, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, 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 | May 5, 2023 | AGI, AI, All Articles, ASI, Corruption, Culture, Liberty, Life, LLM, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Me:”Hello, please summarize the book ‘Democracy, the God That Failed’ by Hans-Herman Hoppe. Describe up to 10 of the key ideas in the book, and for each key idea, give up to 3 arguments or pieces of evidence from the book that support the...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 31, 2023 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Unschooling |
Punishment and reward Some common punishments “Stop crying. Calm down. Knock it off. You’re fine. There’s nothing wrong with you. Be quiet. Shut your mouth and do what I told you to do. You’ll get over it.” Or distractions like...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 31, 2023 | Culture, Life, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships |
The “A Practical EmPath” system (PEP) by Scott Howard Swain is a concept that is closely related to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg. It involves developing the ability to empathize with others in a practical and actionable way. The...
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 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 | May 10, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, EQ, Liberty, Life, Parenting, PEP, Politics, Practical Empathy Book, Privacy, Relationships, Unschooling, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2014. You probably see the inequities and corruption in our current system. Do you also see the growing distance between you and other humans, in your beliefs, amount of time spent with others, and level of compassion you feel or are...
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 | Dec 2, 2021 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, Relationships |
Originally written in February 2022. Does anyone else notice an increase in cussing? In what experiences, subcultures, or media in your day to day life?What do you believe the effects are? I want to be clear: I’ve zero moral issues with cussing. My issue is that...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 24, 2021 | All Articles, Culture, Liberty |
Summary of the history of Irish slavery: In the 17th century, during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, an estimated 30,000-50,000 Irish people were sent into slavery in the Caribbean and Virginia. Cromwell shipped Irish slaves to the colonies as a way to help fund...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 4, 2021 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Liberty, Life, Politics, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
What if being “highly independent” can make it difficult for us to see the value of strong relationships and our “me-first” attitude, completely logical, in reality, can be supplemented with even just a bit of practical empathy in order to...
by Scott Howard Swain | Sep 1, 2021 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Relationships |
A wise man once said… nothing. He let her vent and then they had sex afterwards. I see wisdom… and a problem with the message of the above meme. If the idea is for the man to deeply listen with empathy instead of defensiveness or advice, then yay, I...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 2, 2021 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Relationships |
by Jim Ateoi Why do men and women seem to have such different goals, interests, and behaviors? Both men and women often get mad or frustrated because they don’t get what they want from the other. They also get mad or frustrated with themselves for making choices that...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 22, 2020 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, Health, Liberty, Life, Privacy, Voluntaryism |
Original publication: November 2020. (1) In progress: Create fear; physical, psychological, and emotional separation; and economic ruin with a bio-plandemic. “But at least we can connect, share information, organize, learn, play, and share & acquire entertainment...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 30, 2020 | Culture, Health, Humor, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Spread truth with a t-shirt! Wanting to culture-jam via an easy and relatively safe method? Pick one of these designs. Free: I will send you layered 300dpi Photoshop file you can modify and upload to a t-shirt printer like VistaPrint. If you don’t have Photoshop...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jul 22, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Relationships, Voluntaryism |
Official “needs inventory” as originally created by Marshall Rosenberg: https://www.cnvc.org/training/resource/needs-inventory Feelings:...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 9, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Marxism, Parenting, Relationships |
Originally written by Scott Howard Swain in 2017. Not authoritarian or permissive What I’m recommending is neither “permissive parenting” or “authoritarian parenting”. It’s part of a growing movement called “peaceful...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 24, 2020 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
This article is a summary of the video of Scott on the right, below the Candace Owens and Thomas Sowell videos. “Where are we if we don’t have diversity of thought? How are we to have intelligent conversations with each other? How are we to learn from each...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 19, 2020 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, Health, Liberty, Life, Privacy, Voluntaryism |
Original publication: November 2020. Click on the following image to see larger version. Spread it around! In the video below, two evolutionary biologists – Bret Weinstein, PhD and Heather Heying, PhD discuss Ivermectin and vaccines in relation to covid,...
