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Arthur P. Ciaramicoli

Arthur P. Ciaramicoli

Arthur P. Ciaramicoli, Ed.D., Ph.D., Author, speaker and Clinical Psychologist.Author of The Power of Empathy, The Curse of the Capable & Performance Addiction.
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Only when we overcome our own destructive tendencies are we able to help others reach their full potential.
Those who condenm the dark side of others with vengeance have not taken ownership of their own proclivity for the same negative potential.
All human beings are incredibly dependent on love to the extent that we suffer deeply when it is lacking. Our... http://www.facebook.com/permali...
Our brains are hardwired for goodness as well as cruelty, depending on who we have been exposed to we become... http://www.facebook.com/permali...
Once we have lessened our self importance and stop seeing the world from our selfish perspective empathy for... http://www.facebook.com/permali...
If our view of others is chronically distorted by our own prejudices, needs and desires we will neither... http://www.facebook.com/permali...
Developing compassion and understanding for oneself and others allows us to live with goodness, intelligence, and an open inquiring mind.
Once we think we have the right way, the only way, we close off opportunity and are doomed to a life of profound discontent.
When we are offended and in conflict our thinking becomes narrow, in those moments we have a choice to fall back... http://www.facebook.com/permali...
A person's intent can be positive even though their message may be irrational.
Wisdom is acquired when go against our natural tendency to avoid unpleasant emotions, the courage to deal with reality brings great rewards.
Asking yourself about the validity of the repetitive stories you tell yourself about yourself is key to discovering the truth.
Our character is clearly revealed under stress, while more easily hidden at a day at the beach.
Obsessive thinking is a feeble attempt to gain control, the inability to accept the universal uncertainties of life.
An overly moralistic mind can easily make for an overly angry person.
Forgiveness is the process by which bitterness turns into emotional freedom.
Excessive pride builds a fortress of rigidity within us.
Our need for self worth is extremely powerful so we easily idealize false attachments not realizing that... http://www.facebook.com/permali...
When we turn good things into "must have" things we become slaves of our own making.
The root of dogmaticism is fear of losing yourself, the consequence is the inability to listen and understand... http://www.facebook.com/permali...
We are all exposed to cynicism, knowing how not to take the bait is a practiced skill.
Goodness of heart is developed through discipline, practicing the wisdom of not being overly influenced by outside events.
We may have to unlearn a great deal about ourselves in order to realize truths we had never dreamed of.
Both being at the recieving end of goodness and bestowing it have now been proven to produce brain changes that... http://www.facebook.com/permali...
Self absorption and chronic bitterness are best friends.
When we lose humility we lose reality and the ability to sustain intimacy.
If you don't practice cultivating kind thoughts you are likley to produce the opposite.
When are hearts are filled with pure goodness we see the world as full of riches we can share at any moment.
If we are too arrogant we are blind to wisdom, if we are too shy we are unable to acto on the wisdom we acquire.
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