Resisting Peer Pressure and Group Think

We humans are instinctively programmed to want to fit in.  When someone marks us as others, our immediate instinct is to basically beg to get back into the “group.” This …

Breaking a Wild Horse, Extinction Bursts and Bullying

My son and I had a conversation about how you tame and about how the behavioral extinction process is the same for taming animals to ride them as it is to get bullies to stop. They will fight you and eventually stop – if you do not give them their reward.

Testimonial – Practicing Kindness

A person who has taken one of the free online courses I offer – emailed me the other day to tell me about the impact my course had on their child.  They gave me permission to share the story here (details about who and where and what are omitted to protect the identity of the children involved.