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Enemy Images

Enemy Images

Enemy Images

with Mary Mackenzie
Trainer Tip • 1 - 2 minutes • 10/2005
Trainer Tip
1 - 2 minutes
10/2005
Trainer tip: Judging others can affect our ability to communicate effectively with that person, or enjoy the relationship. Translating the static judgments (enemy images) we have of others into our own and others' feelings and needs can help us move into greater understanding, healing, and relief -- which can foster compassion and connection. Read on for more.
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Martin Luther King Jr: Seeing the Redeeming Qualities in Others

Martin Luther King Jr: Seeing the Redeeming Qualities in Others

Martin Luther King Jr: Seeing the Redeeming Qualities in Others

with Eddie Zacapa
Article • 3 - 5 minutes • 01/2011
Article
3 - 5 minutes
01/2011
For us to open the door to seemlingly impossible societal changes, we need to find and transform enemy images in order to influence and collaborate with those who seem to be standing in our way. Here's an anecdote to show that this is what lead to Martin Luther King Jr's success in creating social change.
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Healing and Reconciliation (7 Session Course)

Healing and Reconciliation (7 Session Course)

Healing and Reconciliation (7 Session Course)

with Ike Lasater and John Kinyon
Audio • 7 - 9 hours • 01/20/2015
Audio
7 - 9 hours
01/20/2015
Old emotional hurts and pains can easily erupt when you’re in the throes of conflict – even if you’re the mediator. Wouldn’t it be lovely if you could avoid all of that, and instead create more peace and happiness for yourself, your family, your co-workers and your community?
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Applying Mindful Compassionate Dialogue To Violence In Ukraine

Applying Mindful Compassionate Dialogue To Violence In Ukraine

Applying Mindful Compassionate Dialogue To Violence In Ukraine

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Practice Exercise • 12 -17 mins • 03/08/2022
Practice Exercise
12 -17 mins
03/08/2022
How to maintain conscious connection and compassion as you grapple with the tragic violence in Ukraine? Here we'll look at dissolving enemy images we have, inviting mourning, maintaining self connection that benefits our global community, creating ideas for action, acknowledging the power of what we envision, and engaging in an exercise for applying consciousness and skills to an imaginary...
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Free Your Heart From the "Difficult" Person

Free Your Heart From the "Difficult" Person

Free Your Heart From the "Difficult" Person

with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé
Article • 6-9 minutes • 02/2020
Article
6-9 minutes
02/2020
Reacting is deciding what to do based on what someone else does. Responding is deciding what to do based on your own needs and values. When someone isn't responding the way you want, and you want to respond in a way that embodies your values, with warmth and patience, examine your reactions. Ask yourself how you can access compassion and action that contributes to the well-being of all.
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Let it RAIN!

Let it RAIN!

Let it RAIN!

with Jim Manske
Article • 5 - 8 minutes • 02/2017
Article
5 - 8 minutes
02/2017
This article outlines a four-part transformation process to help us recognize what's giving rise to our suffering and resentment -- and transform it into more freedom, creativity, and choice.
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Anatomy of a Trigger: Change Your Focus and Improve the Outcome

Anatomy of a Trigger: Change Your Focus and Improve the Outcome

Anatomy of a Trigger: Change Your Focus and Improve the Outcome

with Mary Mackenzie
Article • 7-10 minutes • 10/2017
Article
7-10 minutes
10/2017
When you or anyone is upset, what could underneath the trigger? There may be more than is immediately visible. This article invites us to explore what it looks like to inquire deeper, take self-responsibility, examine our assumptions, attachments, interpretations, and "certainties" that could be hidden behind the needs that are aching to be attended to...
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Practical Ideas to Keep Workplace Relationships Satisfying

Practical Ideas to Keep Workplace Relationships Satisfying

Practical Ideas to Keep Workplace Relationships Satisfying

with Sylvia Haskvitz
Article • 4 - 6 minutes • 1/2010
Article
4 - 6 minutes
1/2010
Workplace relationships are complex. Each employee brings their unique self to work. Their background, perspective, emotional triggers, and working style. Add to this the dynamics of power relations, and the fact that often workplace communication now takes place at our computer keyboards rather than face-to-face. Sylvia Haskvitz offers practical tips to make today's complex workplace...
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Transforming Anger: The Enemy Image Process and Learning/Growth Spiral

Transforming Anger: The Enemy Image Process and Learning/Growth Spiral

Transforming Anger: The Enemy Image Process and Learning/Growth Spiral

with John Kinyon
Audio • 1 hour, 11 minutes • 11/23/2009
Audio
1 hour, 11 minutes
11/23/2009
Transforming anger is a key practice for returning to conscious presence and connection with self and others when triggered into a reaction. Join John Kinyon to learn this essential life skill through the Enemy Image Process and Learning/Growth Spiral.
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