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Happy Couples — Day 8 — Maya Tulum

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

We are at the end—the physical end—of this lab. But I don’t think of this as an end, instead it is a beginning for the people who came [...]

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Personal Growth — Day 7 — Maya Tulum

Monday, February 13th, 2012

One of the things that is unique about Green Psychology is that we focus on personal growth more than we focus on change, because change can occur without [...]

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Personal Narrative — Day 6 — Maya Tulum

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

Since early on in this retreat the participants have been thinking and working on what we call a “personal narrative.” The idea behind your personal narrative is that [...]

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Individuate (two me’s create a we) — Day 5 — Maya Tulum

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Today we explored the stages of human development from approximately age twenty until the time when we become elders. One of the most significant things that happens during [...]

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Conflict Resolution or Revelation? — Day 4 — Maya Tulum

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Today was the practical application of conflict resolution. Since we took most of today off, not meeting in our circle until 4:30pm, we had to resolve our conflicts [...]

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Emotional Development — Day 3 — Maya Tulum 2012

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

During the third day of this lab we dove deeply into the arena of our emotional development. I reviewed the first five stages of development that we grow [...]

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Reduce Anxiety by Changing Your Brain — Day 2 — Maya Tulum

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

How can we reduce anxiety in a lasting way? Early in our labs I like to introduce participants to our key concept, which is this—language is the most [...]

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Sensory Awareness — Day 2 — Maya Tulum 2012

Monday, February 6th, 2012

We woke up on our third day of the retreat to a thick fog that quickly burned off and revealed a gorgeous sunny day – accompanied by a [...]

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Communication Skills —Day 1 — Maya Tulum 2012

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

We started our 2012 Maya Tulum lab yesterday. Many people arrived late, so after a scrumptious dinner, we had a relatively short evening session. The primary focus the [...]

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Goethe quote

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Goethe Quotes —— I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my [...]

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