by Scott Swain | Nov 12, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Parenting, Relationships |
Original article from 6/5/2017. 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 always having a positive...
by Scott Swain | Sep 26, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, Relationships, Unschooling |
Excerpt from Practical Empathy by Scott 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 have somehow found the...
by Scott Swain | Aug 27, 2022 | All Videos, Liberty, Life, Vids-EQ, Vids-NVC, Vids-Parenting, Vids-Voluntaryism |
Video is below From my upcoming book, Practical Empathy: In order to keep it simple and reduce confusion, I'm not going to talk here about the many ways other people define empathy and sympathy. There are many! I'm going to focus on integrity. On Odysee (LBRY): On...
by Scott Swain | Aug 23, 2022 | All Articles, Business, EQ |
Originally published in 2019 Have you experienced times when you felt you did your best and you receive only criticism? How about feeling completely misunderstood or unappreciated when your accomplishments seem to be in plain sight? Many of us spend a significant...
by Scott Swain | Aug 22, 2022 | All Videos, Vids-EQ, Vids-Humor, Vids-NVC |
Video is below From my upcoming book, Practical Empathy: In order to keep it simple and reduce confusion, I'm not going to talk here about the many ways other people define empathy and sympathy. There are many! I'm going to focus on integrity. A couple arguing about...
by Scott Swain | Aug 20, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Life, Relationships |
Following is an argument for using a form of empathy I’ve developed called Practical Empathy (PEQ), based on and similar to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD. Empathy is not agreement, so you risk no loss of integrity by practicing...
by Scott 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 Swain | Aug 2, 2022 | All Videos, Parenting, Relationships, Vids-EQ, Vids-Gaming, Vids-Humor, Vids-NVC, Vids-Parenting, Vids-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 Swain | Aug 1, 2022 | All Articles, Culture, EQ, Marxism, Parenting, Relationships, Vids-NVC |
Originally written by Scott Swain in 2016. Based on his book, Practical Empathy, 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 we do this with...
by Scott Swain | Jul 31, 2022 | All Videos, Vids-EQ, Vids-Humor, Vids-NVC, Vids-Pinned |
Video is below Originally posted August 8, 2022. Light-hearted example of Practical Empathy (PE) based on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) being used in a disagreement between lovers. Sassy Strummer wants to spend time with Drummer Boy out on the town. He wants alone...
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