When I’m working with a fellow practitioner I get performance anxiety! I hear myself think, “Am I doing this well? Is my theoretical framework helping them? I wonder what they think of my style?” In my most recent example, the fellow practitioner hadn’t mentioned they were in a similar industry until after I had said something fairly controversial. The…
Back in 1993, I used to carry textbooks to and from uni. One of those was the 3rd edition of what psychology undergrads affectionately called “Gleitman”. God I loved that book! Sweet sweet memories…. Hennyways….sorry, I forgot you were there! I remember one chapter of Gleitman covered off social psychology constructs, one of those being “altruism”. Fascinating read. Basically altruism…
I’m not one to jump on bandwagons. I find they lead me places that I am not really wanting to go and all too often, halfway through the journey, the wagon’s wheels fall off. I am however firmly on the R U OK? Foundation bandwagon as they are working both tirelessly and effectively, at breaking down the stigma associated with…
While I am too much of a germ phobe to love and appreciate local train travel in Brisbane, I find it conducive to my people watching philia. There is pleasure to be gained from imagining what may be happening behind the sunglasses of the other commuters. In some cases, you get an even more detailed peep into their world as…
I was sitting at my kitchen table this morning and sipping a freshly made coffee. It was a good attempt, as the milk was frothed to silky. (Silky coffee is a “thing” in the Hancock household.) The heater had been preset so the room was warm the minute I walked in, and so having coffee in a cosy and comfortable…
