Whether you are dealing with a difficult situation at work, or you want to reconcile with an estranged family member. I can help you think more clearly and therefore more effectively about your problems so that you can solve them in a way you are going to feel really good about.
How do I do it? Applied humanist philosophy. Actively invoking your ethics as you decide what to do about any given situations, tends to yield good results. Seriously it does.
First, taking the time to think, interrupts your instinctual response so that you can choose your response.
Second, thinking about what a good response would be - first requires you to do some thinking about what a good or ideal outcome is. Notice, this involves the word - good - which involves moral judgement.
Third, once you know what it is you ideally would like to have happen, you can be strategic about how you go about accomplishing that. I spend a lot of time talking to people who have an outcome in mind and are doing the exact opposite thing to what they should be doing to get what they want. It's crazy to me. Take some time to think about the consequences of your actions so that you can have some idea of whether want you want to do will work or not.
Finally, I help give permission to people to strive to be a good person. It's really ok. Your struggles are normal. Life is hard. Choosing to embody your values doesn't guarantee success, but spending some time engaging in critical thinking and challenging your assumptions helps.
One way to think of Humanism is that it is the applied study of what it means to be a good human being. Think of what a good person would do - and then do that.
The compliment to Humanist morality is critical thinking. We humanists do both. Compassion tell us what a good outcome is. Critical thinking helps us create a strategy to actually accomplish it.
Finally - the last component is responsibility. We know what the right thing to do it. We have a plan on how to accomplish it. But none of that matters if we don't take action.
Reason and compassion in action. That is what Humanism is. And it really does make life easier.
If you want to learn more about how to actually apply the humanist philosophy in your daily life- I have an online course to help: https://humanistlearning.com/livingmadesimpler1/
How do I do it? Applied humanist philosophy. Actively invoking your ethics as you decide what to do about any given situations, tends to yield good results. Seriously it does.
First, taking the time to think, interrupts your instinctual response so that you can choose your response.
Second, thinking about what a good response would be - first requires you to do some thinking about what a good or ideal outcome is. Notice, this involves the word - good - which involves moral judgement.
Third, once you know what it is you ideally would like to have happen, you can be strategic about how you go about accomplishing that. I spend a lot of time talking to people who have an outcome in mind and are doing the exact opposite thing to what they should be doing to get what they want. It's crazy to me. Take some time to think about the consequences of your actions so that you can have some idea of whether want you want to do will work or not.
Finally, I help give permission to people to strive to be a good person. It's really ok. Your struggles are normal. Life is hard. Choosing to embody your values doesn't guarantee success, but spending some time engaging in critical thinking and challenging your assumptions helps.
One way to think of Humanism is that it is the applied study of what it means to be a good human being. Think of what a good person would do - and then do that.
The compliment to Humanist morality is critical thinking. We humanists do both. Compassion tell us what a good outcome is. Critical thinking helps us create a strategy to actually accomplish it.
Finally - the last component is responsibility. We know what the right thing to do it. We have a plan on how to accomplish it. But none of that matters if we don't take action.
Reason and compassion in action. That is what Humanism is. And it really does make life easier.
If you want to learn more about how to actually apply the humanist philosophy in your daily life- I have an online course to help: https://humanistlearning.com/livingmadesimpler1/
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