Saturday, January 18, 2025

book: Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha Linehan

Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir - Kindle edition by Linehan PhD, Marsha M. . Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.


Marsha M. Linehan - Wikipedia

is the creator of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a type of psychotherapy that combines cognitive restructuring with acceptancemindfulness, and shaping

Marsha Linehan Featured Podcasts | Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinics


Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan · Audiobook preview - YouTube


reviews / summaries

Building a Life Worth Living by Marsha M. Linehan Book Summary |… | Heroic.us

At the core of DBT is the dynamic balance between opposing therapeutic goals: acceptance of oneself and one’s situation in life, on the one hand, and embracing change toward a better life, on the other. That is what ‘dialectics’ means: the balance of opposites and the coming to a synthesis of two opposites. This focus on pursuing change strategies balanced by acceptance strategies is unique to DBT.



Saturday, January 11, 2025

book: We Who Wrestle with God by Jordan Peterson

We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine: Peterson, Jordan B.: 9780593542538: Amazon.com: Books

In We Who Wrestle with God, Dr. Peterson guides us through the ancient, foundational stories of the Western world. In riveting detail, he analyzes the Biblical accounts of rebellion, sacrifice, suffering, and triumph that stabilize, inspire, and unite us culturally and psychologically.

Jordan Peterson - Wikipedia


Dr. Jordan Peterson: How to Best Guide Your Life Decisions & Path - Huberman Lab


Dr. Jordan Peterson: We Who Wrestle With God | EP286 | The Dr. Phil Podcast - YouTube



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Saturday, January 4, 2025

book: Coddling of the American Mind

 The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure: Lukianoff, Greg, Haidt, Jonathan: 9780735224919: Amazon.com: Books

"First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, show how the new problems on campus have their origins in 

three terrible ideas that have become increasingly
woven into American childhood and education: 
  • What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker
  • always trust your feelings; and
  • life is a battle between good people and evil people. 
These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures. Embracing these untruths—and the resulting culture of safetyism—interferes with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development. It makes it harder for them to become autonomous adults who are able to navigate the bumpy road of life."

The Coddling of the American Mind - Wikipedia
book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
argue that overprotection is harming university students and
that the use of trigger warnings and safe spaces does more harm than good.


Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, guarded.
But once mastered, no one can help you as much, not even your father or your mother.
- Buddha

+ Jonathan Haidt first book, The Happiness Hypothesis


Andrew Huberman


Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Christmas-Carol, AI translated & illustrated

12 Christmas-Carol Lyrics That Make No Sense: What They Mean

Lyric: “God rest ye merry, gentlemen.”

...The meaning of the phrase, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is
“may God grant you peace and happiness.”

The comma is placed after merry and before gentlemen, which means
God is wishing the gentlemen merriment,
not that they are “merry gentlemen” being addressed.


Original & AI translation to simplified modern English

God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Saviour
Was born upon this day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

From God our heavenly Father
This blessed angel came
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

O, star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Born a king on Bethlehem's plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign
O, star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Glorious now behold Him arise
King and God and sacrifice
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Worshipping God most high
O, star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light

God rest ye merry, gentlemen, 
let nothing you dismay
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, 
let nothing you dismay
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, 
let nothing you dismay
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, 
let nothing you dismay  
	
May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.
Remember, Christ our Savior
Was born on this very day,
To save us all from evil's grip
When we had lost our way.
Oh, news of hope and happiness,
Hope and happiness,
Oh, news of hope and happiness.

From God, our loving Father,
An angel came to share
The news with humble shepherds,
To tell them not to fear.
In Bethlehem, God's Son was born,
A gift beyond compare.
Oh, news of hope and happiness,
Hope and happiness,
Oh, news of hope and happiness.

Oh, star of wonder in the night,
With beauty shining bright,
Leading westward, still you guide us
To your perfect light.
A king was born in Bethlehem's town;
With gold, I crown Him now.
King forever, ruling always,
Over us to bow.
Oh, star of wonder in the night,
With beauty shining bright,
Leading westward, still you guide us
To your perfect light.

Now see Him rise in glorious light,
King, our God, and sacrifice.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
We worship Him most high.
Oh, star of wonder in the night,
With beauty shining bright,
Leading westward, still you guide us
To your perfect light.

May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.
May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.
May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.
May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.  
	

AI illustration



Saturday, December 14, 2024

book: The Gene

very well written and informative;
combining history and science of modern biology

Amazon.com: The Gene: An Intimate History eBook : Mukherjee, Siddhartha: Books

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle).

“Sid Mukherjee has the uncanny ability to bring together science, history, and the future in a way that is understandable and riveting, guiding us through both time and the mystery of life itself.” —Ken Burns

Siddhartha Mukherjee - Wikipedia