“The secret to talking is listening.” -From We Bought a Zoo
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No, you see, you just don’t observe. -Sherlock Holmes
What follows below is my advisor’s take on our meeting with (the one, the only) Paul Ekman in San Francisco; he wrote it up for our departmental newsletter, and I thought I would share it with you all, seeing as how I’ve yet to recap on my “trip of the year” as I’m calling it. [...]
Have you heard about TED? If not, meet TED – it’s this pretty awesome group that present cool stuff to the masses. In their own words, as found on TED’s website, “TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, [...]
The following review is a reflection for my human sexuality class based on a memoir about a woman’s recovery from a rape incident. As some would say, “Reader’s discretion is advised.” When a friend of mine suggested I read “Lucky,” by Alice Sebold, I considered it a unique opportunity to embrace the challenge of understanding [...]
I’m sprinting through the semester and leading an increasingly busy life, so it cannot be a surprise that the majority of my counseling-related blog posts revolve around class assignments; bearing that in mind, today is no exception. For my substance abuse counseling class we were asked to read a book on alcohol or substance abuse [...]
The assignment was given in my substance abuse class to attend five twelve-step meetings and write a reflection based on my experiences. I went to three Narcotics Anonymous meetings and two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and I was thankful to be exposed to a variety of meeting topics. A couple had guest speakers, a few others [...]
In reading one of my Ekman books I stumbled across something that really struck me. While learning about the emotion of disgust, I was surprised to see that contempt is considered a variant of disgust (the feeling of escaping or turning away from something). Consider this quote from Ekman & Friesen’s Unmasking the Face: Contempt [...]
I love to read. If you know me, even casually, you know this. Libraries and book stores make my heart beat faster, and books on sale can whip me into a reading frenzy. I feel like I’m pretty lucky in that respect because there is so much to be gained from enjoying reading. Unfortunately, it [...]
I’m a big fan of music a cappella – this doesn’t make me a music snob, I promise. I just have a sincere appreciation for music that is made up of just voices; there’s a power and a purity to it that never ceases to impress me! I also (obviously) enjoy Christian music. So when [...]
