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Positive Psychology
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Strength through Adversity
The Little Girl Who Thrived
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12-17-03 |
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George Noory |
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"Healing is not getting better, it's making yourself whole," said Dr. Paul Pearsall (paulpearsall.com(1)), an educational psychologist and author, who was the main guest on Wednesday's program. As an advocate for the new field of "positive psychology," Pearsall believes that people can thrive through the strength they gain experiencing suffering and adversity.
He feels the platitude-filledself help movement is detrimental to people's growth, and that there is a kind of "health terrorism," that tells people who are ill, that they must have a positive attitude if they want to get better. Through his research, Pearsall has concluded that such self-oriented techniques don't work for many people. Prayer can have a positive effect, he said, if it is directed to a higher power to work its will, rather than self-specific. Interestingly, he found in some situations actually "learning to give up" can be helpful, instead of wasting energy in a useless battle.
Pearsall, who lives and works in Hawaii, incorporates concepts from the Hawaiian language and culture into his work. He spoke of their notion of "flow," as their way of interacting with the world, as opposed to the mainland style which is based around the idea of self-determinism.
1. http://www.paulpearsall.com/
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Bumper Music
Bumper music from Wednesday December 17, 2003
| 1. | Beautiful Girl INXS |
2. | Bittersweet Big Head Todd & the Monsters |
3. | Don't Bring Me Down E.L.O. |
| 4. | Dust in the Wind Kansas |
5. | Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears |
6. | From the Beginning Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
| 7. | I Can't Go for That Hall & Oates |
8. | Inca Dance Cusco |
9. | It's Now or Never Elvis Presley |
| 10. | Magaritaville Jimmy Buffett |
11. | Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder |
12. | Midnight Express (The Chase) Giorgio Moroder |
| 13. | Somewhere Over the Rainbow Brother Iz |
14. | Whiter Shade of Pale Annie Lennox |
15. | Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum |
| 16. | Don't Let Go Ric Ocasek |
17. | One World Dire Straits |
18. | Montezuma Cusco |
