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Surviving & Thriving during the Holidays
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What would it take for the Holidays to bring out the best in YOU?
Hard
as it might be to believe, another holiday season is upon us. And while
many people enjoy this time of year, it can also be pretty stressful.
Small talk at holiday parties and at the family table. Expectations met
and dashed.
Our holiday gift this year is therefore a curated
list of this year’s eJournals to help make your holidays less frantic
and more joyful.
We hope these exercises and practices fill your
next few weeks with comfort and joy, bringing out the best in you and
everyone you encounter.
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Gratitude in place of ARGH!
Some
studies show that even a moment of gratitude can help us flip the
switch from ARGH to calm. This particular eJournal focused on creating
a chain reaction of gratitude. Blending brain science with causality, we’re confident this exercise will bring calm when you most need it. Read more…
Listening vs. Talking
So many of our eJournals this year focused on listening. Here are two of our favorites.
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WAIT: Why Am I Talking? provided an exercise for reminding ourselves to slow down, quiet down, and just listen. Read more here…
Learning to Listen for Values
helped uncover the values that are at play when people are arguing or
there is conflict – something that will come in handy at any holiday
table! Read more here…
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Getting Past Small Talk (or even angry talk)
If
you are someone who dislikes small talk (or if you find yourself
meeting people at a holiday party and have no clue what to say), this
edition of our eJournal is for you. Skip past the intro about “building
teams,” and get to the meat. We look forward to hearing how those new
conversations go! (And brownie points if you use this to diffuse
someone’s ugly rant at the family table!) Read more here…
For your browsing pleasure…
If you just want to browse through the past year of eJournals, you will find those archives here. Many thanks to Dimitri Petropolis for the graphics that make that page such a joy to scroll through.
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We
wish you the very best this season has to offer – connection with our
fellow humans in a way that brings out the best in all of us.
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Want to learn alongside other people who are also trying out Catalytic Thinking practices? Join us at the Catalytic Thinking in Action community on Facebook -
a welcoming place where you can ask questions and learn from people
like you who are experimenting with these practices. We look forward to
seeing you there!
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eJournal Archives:
If you’re new to our eJournal, or just want to remind yourself of past practice exercises we’ve shared, check out our eJournal archives here.
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Keeping Our Programs Freely Available Most of the programs at Creating the Future are free or low cost, with liberal tuition assistance when they aren’t.
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Creating
the
Future
is a
collection of
people around
the world,
supporting
each other in
a grand
experiment.
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The
experiment:
To
determine how
much better
the world
could be if
the questions
we ask in our
day to day
lives are
bringing out
the best in
each other.
If
everyone,
everywhere, is
bringing out
the best in
every person
they encounter
– and if the
systems that
guide our
behaviors are
built to bring
out the best
in all of us -
how much
closer will we
all be to a
healthy,
humane world
that works for
all of us?
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