Reflections for Veterans about Surviving War and Killing by James R. Holbrook 1. Understanding: “What you did will mark you, darken you.” Donald Pfarrer, The Fearless Man 301 (New York: Read More »
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Reflections on PTSD-like Symptoms in Greek Literature
Reflections on PTSD-like Symptoms in Greek Literature(1). By James R. Holbrook The Greek historian Herodotus wrote about PTSD-like symptoms experienced by an Athenian warrior in the Battle of Marathon in Read More »
Reflections on the Johari Windows
Joe Luft and Harry Ingham were researching human personality at the University of California in the 1950s when they devised their “Johari Window” named after a combination of their two Read More »
Reflections on the Reality of Evil
by Jim Holbrook There is a street in the city of Maastricht in the Netherlands where 50 Jews lived in August 1942. Gentiles on the street stood by as they Read More »
Reflections on Lewis Carroll’s Rule No. 5 about Letter Writing
Using Positive Reactive Reciprocity to Reduce Conflict in Communication by Jim Holbrook Reciprocity is the turn-taking engine in communication. It is rocket fuel for negotiation. Reciprocity is “the almost universal Read More »
Reflections on the Importance of Mistakes, Recovery, and Resilience
Author Craig Lambert in his book, Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of Rowing (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998), at pages 85, 87-88 instructs us on the importance Read More »
The Power of Hugs!
Recently some of my students used a You Tube video, made by students from our University, to explain the concept of Affection Exchange Theory. The video is a great example Read More »
Reflections on Conflict between Warriors and Healers
An “archetype” is a comprehensive pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that characterizes a person as being of a certain type or even stereotype. Archetypes are the subjects of Greek Read More »
Thanksgiving Picture Books
Thanksgiving Picture Books! IN NOVEMBER, by Cynthia Rylant In November, the weather gets cooler, and the earth and all its creatures prepare for winter. Animals gather food and seek shelter; Read More »
Books about Owls!
It’s evening in the forest and Little Owl wakes up from his day-long sleep to watch his friends enjoying the night. Hedgehog sniffs for mushrooms, Skunk nibbles at berries, Frog Read More »