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Grace and Gratitude

May 20, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, emotional maturity, feelings, positive psychology, self-awareness, social esteem, Spiritual

Deb and I have a special procedure the very first moment of our entering out cabin “up north” as we say in Wisconsin: whoever is first in the cabin walks over to the light above a sign that simply reads “gratitude.” Gratitude We are grateful to have the cabin, grateful to come and to…
The Essential Ingredients of a Good Relationship

May 18, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, emotional maturity, feelings, marital, positive psychology, relationships, self-awareness

I suspect you have some ideas of what a good relationship looks like. Certainly, you would identify love as a central ingredient, and perhaps things like honesty, commitment, trustworthiness, or family connections. You might think a good relationship should be composed of good communication, lots of play, or lots of work. I agree that a…
Feelings XI: Paradoxical Feelings

May 5, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in Discovery, emotional maturity, feelings, mindfulness, self-awareness

We have been studying “feelings” for some time now, and this is our latest edition. Readers may peruse the previous 10 contributions to the topic. Deb and I are furiously working on a book incorporating all what we have written about and more, but the publication of that work will be sometimes in the future,…
Temperament VII: Lovers: Challenges and Opportunities

Apr 29, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in appreciation, Connection, emotional maturity, feelings, marital, mindfulness, Opportunity, Personality, relationships, self-awareness, social esteem

This is the seventh of a series of nine blogs on “temperament.” Previously, I have discussed the four temperaments that we have used to understand people for the past nearly 50 years. As we have defined these four temperaments, we identify players, lovers, analysts, and caretakers. Briefly stated, players seek experience, lovers seek connection, analysts…
Left, Right, and Center

Apr 7, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in feelings, mindfulness, morality, political, self-awareness, Spiritual

I’ve had a bit of a difficult morning. I didn’t feel quite “right.” Know what I mean? This “not quite right” brought me right into what I’ve been writing about lately, namely the murky realm of “feelings”. In fact, Deb and I are furiously writing and re-writing our latest endeavor, namely a book tentatively entitled,…
Feelings X: Let Me Tell You About My Feelings

Mar 4, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in feelings, mindfulness, positive psychology, relationships, self-awareness, social esteem

Remember Far Side cartoons created by Gary Larsen? They were often with animals having some sense of human feelings, often a deeper sense than many humans actually have. Or, Larsen would have a group of people allegedly thinking or doing something that was an exaggeration of some human tendency. I miss Far Side. The cartoons…
Temperament VI, Players: Challenges and Opportunities

Feb 4, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in emotional maturity, Personality, positive psychology, self-awareness

This is the sixth in a series of blogs on “temperament,” which is the primary way we understand personality differences in people. Previous blogs have summarized the four temperaments as we seen them: player, analyst, lover, and caretakers. The primary ingredient of a player is his or her desire for experience. You might want to…
Temperament V: Caretakers

Feb 2, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in Personality, positive psychology, self-awareness

Players and caretakers both like things. And they both like to do things, but their liking and doing is quite different. Players see the world as a place to play; caretakers see the world as a place to take care of. Players want to play in their doing; caretakers want to produce in their doing;…
The Go-To’s of Life

Jan 25, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in feelings, mindfulness, Personality, positive psychology, self-awareness, Spiritual

We all have them. I call them “go-to” places. These are the places we go to when…well, when we want to for some reason. But let’s start with the idea that this “go-to” place is a good place, a safe place, a good thing for people, a place where people find solace, and maybe even…
Temperament IV: Lovers

Jan 24, 2019

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Ron Johnson

in Connection, feelings, Personality, positive psychology, relationships, self-awareness

This is the fourth in a series about “temperament” in which we are discussing the idea of temperament as a way of understanding personality and the behavior that results from one’s personality. Acknowledging that there are many ways of understanding personality, we propose that there are four primary temperaments that give us a general orientation…

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self-awareness

The Essential Ingredients of a Good Relationship

Feelings XI: Paradoxical Feelings

Left, Right, and Center

Temperament VI, Players: Challenges and Opportunities

Temperament V: Caretakers

The Go-To’s of Life

Temperament IV: Lovers

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