Anger can be a wonderful wake up call to help you understand what you need and what you value.

Anger can be a wonderful wake up call to help you understand what you need and what you value.

Punishment also includes judgmental labeling and the withholding of privileges.

In a Giraffe institution, the head nurse job would be to serve the nurses, not to control them. Teachers are there to serve the students, not control them.

We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think, and feel.

Never hear what somebody thinks about you, you'll live longer. Hear that they're in pain. Don't hear their analysis.

If we become skilled in giving ourselves empathy, we often experience in just a few seconds a natural release of energy which then enables us to be present with the other person. If this fails to happen, however, we have a couple of other choices.