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Sustainable Community Development: From What's Wrong to What's Strong | Cormac Russell | TEDxExeter

2016

FindCenter Summary

How can we help people to live a good life? Instead of trying to right what's wrong within a community Cormac argues we need to start with what's strong. We need to help people discover what gifts they have and to use those gifts to enrich those around them.

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Say You're Sorry and Mean It

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Aging with Attitude

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78 - A Science-Backed Strategy for Making an Apology Effective

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin

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Dare to Forgive: The Power of Letting Go and Moving On

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Edward M. Hallowell

FindCenter Quotes Image When forgiveness experts talk in binary language (’You either forgive the wrongdoer or you are a prisoner of your own anger and hate’), they are collapsing the messy complexity of human emotions into a simplistic dichotomous equation.

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FindCenter Quotes Image People’s sense of self-worth is pivotal to their ability to look clearly at the hurt they’ve caused. The more solid one’s sense of self regard, the more likely that that person can feel empathy and compassion for the hurt party, and apologize from an authentic center.

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Whole Again: Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abuse

Jackson MacKenzie has helped millions of people in their struggle to understand the experience of toxic relationships. His first book, Psychopath Free, explained how to identify and survive the immediate situation.

Jackson MacKenzie

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