Reading vs Watching

 

Life is an ever-changing experience, one in which we think we control – or would like to control – our fate; to the extent we do or can, it’s called agency or free will. 

Reading (in this context) is the mental process of seeing words so arranged and presented as to communicate something.  Watching is the mental process of seeing images (which may of course include words) and (most often) hearing sounds that communicate something.  Both communicate but in the how

 
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*Elephant/Rider Model: Based on the metaphor from The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan Haidt, 2006.

Mindfulness defined...

Mindfulness is your Rider in a mental state of self-directed  focused awareness on what is happening in the present moment [i.e., the emotions your feeling, in such a way as to constructively respond to the reactions being experienced.

SQ

meditation, mindfulness, reconditioning
Sitting Quietly (SQ) is first a self-care practice, one of calming renewal and connection…it’s also “the vehicle” of introspection, enabling discovery, insight…and healing.

LP

duck, ducklings, mallard
Life Practices are particular activities we engage on a more or less regular basis, using skillsets we learn and develop, and that serve to make our lives meaningful, productive, and rewarding…

SQ is an evidenced-based way to actually retrain the Elephant and effect lasting change