The PeerRx Blog
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Making Room for Disagreement
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” — Epictetus
Just Because It’s True …
“Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?” — commonly attributed to the poet Rumi
Curious Enough to Connect
“Stay curious a little bit longer. Rush to action and advice-giving a little bit more slowly.” — Michael Bungay Stanier, author of “The Coaching Habit”
Learning to See Again: The Starry Night and the Practice of Wonder
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."— W. B. Yeats
Still Reaching: Andrew Wyeth's Christina's World and the Courage of Hope
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."— Desmond Tutu
Still Keeping Watch: What Sir Luke Fildes' "The Doctor" Can Teach Us Today
"Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door..." —Pablo Picasso
Alone Together: The Connections Waiting To Be Made
"Being socially connected is our brain's lifelong passion …. It's been baked into our operating system for tens of millions of years.” Matthew Lieberman, PhD
Expanding Our Emotional Palette
“Language shows us that naming an experience doesn't give the experience more power, it gives us the power of understanding and meaning.”— Brené Brown
Optimizing Our Emotional Metabolism
“The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.” — Nicholas Sparks
The Beginner’s Knot
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few." — Shunryu Suzuki, Zen monk and teacher
Your True North – Making a Regular Time for Recalibration
"Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you." – Parker Palmer
Living With Our “ManyMe’s”
"I contain multitudes." - Walt Whitman, from the poem “Song of Myself, 51”
The Gift of Paradox
"... only the paradox comes anywhere near to comprehending the fullness of life." — Carl Jung, MD
The Quiet Practice of Reverence
“Reverence is not a feeling but a way of seeing.” – Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Deciding What Matters
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for….”— Sir John Lubbock
To Be Known
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves ....” — Rainer Maria Rilke
I Didn’t Know That!
“When we are curious, we are alive.” — Brian Grazer, award-winning producer
Sustaining Intentional Professional Connections
“Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.” — John C. Maxwell
Consuming More “Healthy Facts” (and Fewer Toxic Ones)
“Where your attention goes, your energy flows.”— James Redfield
Getting Past “Fine” By Asking Connecting Questions
“We are, in the most profound sense, social beings, and our relationships with others are central to our health and well-being.” — Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD