http://coachmerich.com Leadership Coach - Educational Consultant Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:33:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why would anyone want to belittle, push-around or hurt another person? Answer; to prove they have power over that person. The need to display power on the outside; reveals a weakness on the inside, which is this. The chatter in our head has the ability to make us feel incomplete. ... http://coachmerich.com/why-bullying-occurs-and-how-to-stop-it/ Personal attacks are conducted to make others wrong. Making another person wrong implies that the attacker is right! For example, in their January 24, 2012 editorial, the San Jose Mercury News attacked Romney, “Romney needs to reveal more of his finances.” In spite of Mitt Romney submitting his 2010 1040’s and ... http://coachmerich.com/why-personal-attacks-will-always-be-a-part-of-politics-and-life/ We protect what we value and during my formative years, I did not value education; which is why I barely graduated high school. I found school boring. However, after a stint in the Army, my attitude about education changed. I went back to school and earned a Bachelor of Science ... http://coachmerich.com/teaching-our-children-to-value-education/ Responsibility suggests that we have the ability to influence an outcome. But how does taking responsibility fit-in when we’re anxious, bipolar, compulsive, schizophrenic or depressed. I believe it’s possible to take responsibility for “what is going on within our head,” if we: 1)      Have cognition i.e. are able to understand, accept and are willing ... http://coachmerich.com/taking-responsibility-for-how-we-think-and-feel/ Question? Would you feel comfortable flying to tiny island, in the middle of thousands of miles of ocean, without any navigational equipment? Probably not, and yet, we find ourselves trying to navigate the expanse of our psyche, hoping to locate a section of “peace” we can call our own. The ... http://coachmerich.com/imagine-having-a-mental-gps/ Every sport, hypothesis and smart phone, operate according to a set of principles, which raise a question. What underlying principle governs our psyche? The answer; the principle of duality. Our universe is filled with a myriad of opposites and paradoxes, and yet there are those who fail to accept that ... http://coachmerich.com/everything-including-our-psychology-operates-according-to-fundamentals/ Time is a multifaceted subject. Sir Isaac Newton, the famous English physicist, mathematician and astronomer believed that time was absolute. Albert Einstein believed that time was relative. I believe that time affects our state of mind, which is why our emotions can shift when our thoughts move between the future, past and ... http://coachmerich.com/how-time-affects-our-psyche/ In most situations, we know what we should be doing, but we don’t always do it. For example, the population is getting heavier. We know we should be eating less and exercising more. Those having financial difficulties know there are certain steps they must take to get back on track. ... http://coachmerich.com/knowledge-does-not-change-behavior/ S = t (-) f  is a formula for better living. “S” stands for state-of-mind. “t” represents the true-self, which moves us forward and “f” represents the false-self, which holds us back. The true-self is a product of our universe that is constantly expanding. When we examine our surroundings we notice a world ... http://coachmerich.com/4-the-mental-theory-of-everything-st-f/ Theory is crucial to science. Theorists use evidence to support their hypothesis (their conclusion) as to how the “seen and unseen” work. Psychologists, for example, rely heavily on theory in order to explain the hidden forces that drive our behavior.  However, in spite of these theories we appear to be stuck in psychological ... http://coachmerich.com/looking-through-a-new-lens/