Jenny Z., This Puzzle Piece · @jennyzilliac
111 followers · 1505 posts · Server sfba.social

Oh man! This is so good! And spot on, me thinks. Trumpism *will* pass.

I wanted to quote every paragraph, but went with this because the humor got me:

""""
As cults became more prominent in the 1970s, self-styled “deprogrammers,” paid by desperate family members, would sometimes abduct cult members and keep them isolated and disoriented until they gave up their beliefs. That tended to backfire: What better proof that everyone outside the cult is a dangerous enemy, to a cult member indoctrinated in that belief, than being snatched up and locked in a hotel room? Whether or not the strategy ever worked, it was clearly unethical and even criminal; some deprogrammers served time for kidnapping.

Today it’s clearly not an option: It would take half the country kidnapping the other half of the country, and then who would feed the pets?
""""

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

@PeterSagal

#petersagal #Optimism

Last updated 1 year ago

VoxelHub · @voxelhub
8 followers · 30 posts · Server mastodon.world

📣 Attention Training for wellbeing – welcome post from Jo
There’s a key technique in the CBT treatment of social anxiety that can help people start to feel more content and optimistic. It is called attention training.
bit.ly/3HgbRol
.

#CBT #Optimism #anxiety

Last updated 2 years ago

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill

#Optimism #thursdaymotivation #quoteoftheday #continuousimprovement #coaching #lyonstrategic #winstonchurchill

Last updated 2 years ago

James C. Kei 姬俊 · @jamesckei
47 followers · 396 posts · Server sfba.social

……Learn some history, or you would be doomed to repeat it. Just remember this saying, “the grass is always greener on the other side”, which is why most of us tend to think that we are always worst off, but actually things were much better than it was before!

#pessimism #Optimism #positive

Last updated 2 years ago

VoxelHub · @voxelhub
8 followers · 36 posts · Server mastodon.world

📣 Attention Training for wellbeing – welcome post from Jo
There’s a key technique in the CBT treatment of social anxiety that can help people start to feel more content and optimistic. It is called attention training.
bit.ly/3HgbRol
.

#CBT #Optimism #anxiety

Last updated 2 years ago

SpartyGirl · @LisaSpartan
397 followers · 3442 posts · Server mastodon.world

Ah yes, the sunny Adirondack out in the snow.

#Optimism #michigan #fensterfreitag

Last updated 2 years ago

Marcia Nemoris · @MarciaNemoris
22 followers · 62 posts · Server mastodon.world

Obviously social media doesn't lend itself to judging that, so all I can do is give as much benefit of the doubt as possible, *as though* they're sincere.

Until I get exhausted.

So ask, boost... Any of those questions you always wanted to ask but were afraid of offending someone. You won't. I'll only refuse if the answer would infringe on someone else's privacy.

Iuno give me strength, and let's see how long I last. 😁


#painfullynaive #Optimism

Last updated 2 years ago

They Call Me Dr. Breaux · @doctorjaymarie
784 followers · 2159 posts · Server mastodon.world

"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble."

- John Lewis

#blackmastodon #BlackFedi #Optimism

Last updated 2 years ago

Lou · @annaweezer
252 followers · 1167 posts · Server mastodon.world
They Call Me Dr. Breaux · @doctorjaymarie
656 followers · 1774 posts · Server mastodon.world

Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope.

- John Lewis

#blackmastodon #BlackFedi #Optimism #hope

Last updated 2 years ago

VoxelHub · @voxelhub
9 followers · 24 posts · Server mastodon.world

📣 New post: Attention Training for wellbeing – welcome post from Jo
There’s a key technique in the CBT treatment of social anxiety that can help people start to feel more content and optimistic. It is called attention training.
bit.ly/3HgbRol
.

#CBT #Optimism #anxiety

Last updated 2 years ago

Deborah Paul · @debpaul
59 followers · 21 posts · Server mastodon.world

It's time. Ready? Given a premise of (please), share some ideas for what you think could be like in 20 years (for any aspect, e.g. in terms of people, research, architecture, access, purpose/s, experience ...). GO!

#imagination #Optimism #naturalscience #Museums #dreambig

Last updated 2 years ago

Derek Law · @GIS_Bandit
188 followers · 153 posts · Server mastodon.world
MEAT · @Meat
19 followers · 81 posts · Server mastodon.world

I'm not an eternal optimist, but I believe that you're much better served by figuring out how to be, or how to make something optimistic. Even though I can't seem to spell optomistic without the assistance of a spell checker I accept that and I'm glad its there. :ablobattention:

#Optimism

Last updated 2 years ago

MEAT · @Meat
19 followers · 94 posts · Server mastodon.world

I'm not an eternal optimist, but I believe that you're much better served by figuring out how to be, or how to make something optimistic. Even though I can't seem to spell optomistic without the assistance of a spell checker I accept that and I'm glad its there. :ablobattention:

#Optimism

Last updated 2 years ago

Dogyote · @Dogyote
2 followers · 8 posts · Server mastodon.world
Penguinflight · @Penguinflight
57 followers · 1044 posts · Server mastodon.online

: Birdshite auctioning it's physical accoutrements.

Fanxbutnofanx.

#Optimism

Last updated 2 years ago

Geffredus Sam · @geffredus
3 followers · 20 posts · Server mastodon.world

In my experience, most of us don't actually start our days thinking of how to become intolerable assholes.

#Thoughts #Optimism

Last updated 2 years ago

Comfy · @jplus
2 followers · 3 posts · Server mastodon.world

“You can’t always change the way things are,
But you can change the way you wish to see them.
Never stop looking
For the brighter side and beyond”
- Eric T. Moore

#positivethinking #Optimism #perspective #selfhelp #positivethoughts #erictmoore #selftalk #positiveselftalk

Last updated 2 years ago

Comfy · @jplus
3 followers · 16 posts · Server mastodon.world

“You can’t always change the way things are,
But you can change the way you wish to see them.
Never stop looking
For the brighter side and beyond”
- Eric T. Moore

#positivethinking #Optimism #perspective #selfhelp #positivethoughts #erictmoore #selftalk #positiveselftalk

Last updated 2 years ago