“Brief moments of awe are as good for your mind and body as anything you might do”. Dacher Keltner on maybe our most important emotion NEW ENERGY SOURCES, INDIVIDUAL, PRACTICE, PLANETARIANpat kane7 January 2023awe, emotions, political emotionsComment
So the other side lost. Are they even more lost, if you refuse to acknowledge the depth and complexity of their emotions at this moment? PARTY POLITICS, POLITICAL CULTURE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, EQUIP FOR THE FUTURE, BEHAVIOURpat kane7 November 2020psychology, political emotionsComment
Alternative Editorial: We Need A New Metaphor A/UK EDITORIAL, BEHAVIOUR, COMMUNITY, BREXIT, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTpat kane27 October 2019brexit, control, behaviour, political emotionsComment
More tips and research on emotional mastery - how it can help us to resist political manipulation, and be better activists PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, POLITICAL CULTURE, INDIVIDUALpat kane1 October 2019mindfulness, emotional literacy, political emotions, emotional needsComment
We need social and civic mindfulness. Because merely destressing and being "in the moment" evades power and politics PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICE, INDIVIDUALpat kane25 May 2019mindfulness, political mind, political emotionsComment
Does "positive thinking" just maintain the status quo? Not so, says Sonja Avlijaš - it stops despair crippling us PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, INDIVIDUALpat kane17 July 2018mindfulness, political mind, political emotions, meditation
Don't *react* to Trump (or Farage) and their excesses... but do practice "mindful resistance" PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, BIG PICTUREpat kane31 October 2017TRUMP, mindfulness, political mind, political emotions
