http://optimismisaskill.com Building World Peace Through Personal Growth. Hosted by Jim McLelland Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:25:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Were it not for the very real and serious consequences wrought by a political system that values victory over compassion, politics in the Untied States as it is currently constituted would amount to not much more than bad theater. What I find much more interesting is how the corporate ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/10/24/33/ Note from Jim:After 2 months of trying we (mostly Dave) are still unable to say with any certainty why the ability to download the audio portion of these podcasts have been so hit and miss. Rather than cease production I have decided, for the time being, to turn these podcasts ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/09/29/the-solar-solution/ Due to what can generously be discribed as an inconstant server there will be no podcast this month. Rest assured that Dave and I (mostly Dave) are working to remedy the issue and plan to return next month with a new podcast. In the meantime, be Peace filled and take care of ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/08/23/pardon-the-interuption/ Human beings are social animals; so much so, that one of the worst things that society can do to a person is to separate them from their friends and family. For example: break the law, go to jail. The mere threat of this type of punishment is enough to keep ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/07/28/demystifying-healthy-relationships/ This is the final part of a three-part series on communication, the focus of which is using effective communication skills to reduce the stress in our lives. Previously I described the communication model, and how it’s a wonder we communicate at all. I detailed a communication process that I refer ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/06/26/how-to-have-difficult-conversations/ As a method of reducing stress, with a larger goal of liberating ourselves from the either/or stressed based scarcity model of the universe, last month we began a series of podcasts dedicated to building healthier relationships through effective communication skills. If you have ever been in an unhealthy relationship (and quite ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/05/28/the-platinum-rule/ Lauryn Hill, on her 1998 CD The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, sang that "miscommunication leads to complications". Relating to personal and world Peace, truer words were never spoken, sung or rapped. There’s a process that verbal communication goes through, and when you consider what happens in that process, it’s a ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/04/23/miscommunication-leads-to-complications/ Since August of 2007, we have produced nine pod casts. The unifying theme in these pod casts is that world peace can become a reality when enough people find peace within their own heart. To that end, these pod casts have addressed subjects as raising our low self esteem, adopting ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/03/24/when-your-feet-hurt-everything-hurts/ In this podcast, I would like to share with you the most enlightening and liberating thing that I have learned in my 20 year journey of self-discovery. It’s a meditation technique called Dialog with Feelings. If you are already enjoying the benefits of a meditation practice, then I beg your ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/02/23/dialogue-wiht-feelings/ For 7 ½ years I taught drug- and behaviorally-addicted parolees in California life skills. It was a 120-hour course that consisted of four components: one was the disease concept of addiction; there was recovery, or behavior modification; there was building healthy relationships with healthy people; and stress and anger management. ... http://optimismisaskill.com/2008/01/29/a-recipe-for-personal-peace/