tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70554609899642567562011-07-08T06:41:48.848-07:00Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-21139545971906164042009-06-22T00:50:00.000-07:002009-06-22T01:13:20.496-07:00

Here's a sample from the chapter on Feelings and Emotions:We often use these two words interchangeably, but they're not the same thing. Emotions are all about our automatic responses to triggers, like hunger, and anger, even happiness. We're not aware of them, and we don't have to be. They'll just happen upon us and will force us to act as our brains do their job of keeping us alive.Did you

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-71651624688005943322009-06-15T23:38:00.000-07:002009-06-15T23:48:12.385-07:00

I'm thinking of calling the new book Human: A Practical PhilosophyAs I mentioned, this book stands at the intersection of being a human and what neuroscience has discovered about humans. I call it the philosophy of why a human is an extraordinary thing to be. It looks at feelings, emotions, thinking and memory - the hard science of these as well as my own life experiences of them

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-16960054836405170032009-06-14T00:41:00.000-07:002009-06-14T01:04:50.697-07:00

Do you ever feel that you want to start over again with a project in your life? One of the best things about being a human is that we can do that, over and over again, until we feel we're doing things just the way we want them to be. That's what I'm doing, right now. I've been pretty busy since my last entry, and I want to bring you up to date. Then, I want to start over, by

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-1997026410455308582008-09-14T09:32:00.000-07:002008-09-14T09:50:35.788-07:00

Like I said, you can choose to be happy, because you and your brain are so smart.The cerebrum, the newer part of your brain (relatively speaking; it wasn't born yesterday) is more technologically advanced than the reptilian, where the emotion of fear is born.If you begin to plow the field of fear as it becomes feelings (that is, as your cerebrum begins to process the original emotion), you can

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-68105658900502609842008-09-01T05:48:00.000-07:002008-09-01T06:04:09.133-07:00

It works something like this. After fear's job of protecting us is passed, the emotion - fear - becomes a feeling in our newer, more technologically advanced brains. Said another way, your brain now has the time to wonder about what just happened. This is when it gets interesting. You might be a person who denies your feelings, or one who "flies off the handle" at the prospect of a new

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-46490970189062177862008-08-16T07:47:00.000-07:002009-06-22T01:24:47.334-07:00

...I've just got to say another bit about FEAR.We are very advanced technologically, so we tend to think we are fearless - and that's great!But, we all have some places inside ourselves that are open to the lure of fear. Even those of us who are on to fear's tricks are often surprised to find (when we're really honest with ourselves) that we are fearful of this, that and the other thing. We don't

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-40329554251723377952008-06-23T14:27:00.000-07:002008-06-23T14:34:26.371-07:00

...and I'm glad to be back! I have a question for you: What do you do when you feel angry...with yourself? Do you know you can choose what you're going to do about how you feel? You can! Every time. Even when you don't know you can, you can. And, you can teach yourself how to choose to feel good, rather than bad. Every time.That's because you're a human. And a human

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-23835914233726030062008-03-04T18:38:00.000-08:002008-03-04T19:03:41.565-08:00

Have you ever been around a person who "pushes your buttons"? One who "triggers" such strong emotions in you that you can barely control your reaction to them? They make you angry, they make you say sarcastic things, or they make you yell at them. Afterward, when they're gone and you've calmed down, do you wonder what made you react so strongly, the way you did?We all meet people like that.

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-76549997215199337812008-02-01T12:49:00.000-08:002008-02-01T13:03:38.808-08:00

I'm sure this has happened to you: people and businesses shudding all over you, uninvited, and unwelcome. It's enough to drive a person crazy! How are you supposed to hear the sound of your own voice when you're being bombarded constantly with "You should do this" and "You should do that"?It's hard to hear our own voices when our heads are crammed full with all the things others think we "should"

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-3366293643402898802008-01-21T17:13:00.000-08:002008-01-21T17:34:12.110-08:00

The longer I live, the more certain I am that the answer to the question: "What's it all about?"can be stated very simply: "It's all about getting to love myself."Now, stop rolling your eyes and reaching for the mouse. I said the answer can be stated very simply. I didn't say the answer is simple....although I have started wondering why we think the

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-30704767337450129572008-01-13T07:45:00.000-08:002008-01-13T08:30:13.704-08:00

Think about it. We are with ourselves wherever we are and whenever we are there - whether we want to be or not. We're the ones who wear that gorgeous glow all over when we're happier than we could have imagined ourselves. And no one - no one - can break our hearts the same way we can. Before any of the guests show up, and long after everyone has gone home: it's always just each of us, and

Dina Wilcoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7055460989964256756.post-26798852713756092392008-01-01T14:23:00.000-08:002008-03-07T05:33:07.297-08:00

I had a "fear weekend" a few months ago. Have you ever had one? When I was a young person in my 20's, I used to joke that I was afraid of everything, but everything equally. So, since I had to do something, I folded up all my fear and slipped it into the back pocket of my jeans. Then I could just take it with me anywhere I went.Have you ever noticed that we call fear, "my" fear? As if it's just

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