Building connection through conversation
What do your hobbies do for you? Do you knit, run, read, eat, garden? Hobbies are acticities that we do for the sheer pleasure of doing them. They help us take time for ourselves. Whether they are sports related or a more relaxing activity, a hobby is something to enjoy.…
Experience is a funny thing. When we don’t have it, we don’t always know it. We are in a state of “blissful ignorance.” What is blissful about ignorance you ask? Well mainly that we can go around judging things with a feeling of superiority and mastery. Let’s consider a concrete…
Even though I know how to stand up for myself, it is not my favorite thing to do. It will inevitably cause awkwardness perhaps even anger. I might be perceived and agressive or unreasonable. Yet, we all have to deal with conflicting view points at some time or another. Perhaps…
What is emotional intelligence? Daniel Goleman introduces the four dimensions of emotional intelligence in this YouTube presentation. What are the four dimensions of emotional intelligence? What are the characteristics of a person who is emotionally intelligent? What are the advantages of being emotionally intelligent? Do you think we should teach…
I don’t know if any of you buy lottery tickets, but I don’t. I suppose my logical brain tells me that the chances are so low that I shouldn’t waste my money. Still, when the jackpot goes up high, I can’t help my thoughts wander to odd fantasies of what…
Parenting is probably one of the toughest jobs on the planet. We all do it slightly differently and usually have fairly strong beliefs about how it should be done. In this post I have two references for you. First a psych-quiz on parenting styles: And then a series of open…
Cats or dogs? Chocolate or ice cream? Making comparisons can ignite some interesting debates with the simplest of prompts. Most of my posts include some sort of first language ressource to use as a launch pad or a vocabulary building tool. However, sometimes I like to see what words live…
I grew up in multicultural Canada. Just in my small group of friends there was me (franco-british), an Indian girl, a Lebanese girl, an Israeli girl, and a German girl. We loved to compare ourselves. We could spend all evening just playing “how do you say…in your language,” we would…
Clinical testing of new medicines and therapies is quite a layered and rigorous process. And still, when a drug reaches the general public, there can be unexpected outcomes. This TED talk features Nina Tandon introducing a new biotechnology process that may prevent some of these outcomes. For your science students…and…
This post is devoted to all the students who are in the business and sales field. But if you are like me and enjoy a little behavioural psychology, this presentation will fascinate you. Pre discussion What is it that makes us say yes to one person and no to the…
