Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein

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Asking the Most of Ourselves
Living a meaningful life
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Seneca, Session 3: Cutting Each Other Slack
“Anger exempts no stage of life, and no class of people either.”
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Robin Williams Taught Us about Kindness
We all know the inner voice that speaks for kindness, compassion, and Love.
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Is Opportunity Now Here or Nowhere?
How many of us are able to look beyond our old mental models and consider new possibilities?
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Coming to Know Reality
Seeing the fundamental invalidity of our fragmented worldview
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December 2024

Guided by a Living Philosophy: Mindset Shifts U in 2025
“What then can guide us through this life? Philosophy, only philosophy."
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The Story of the Other Wise Man
We all long to be “true to the light” that has been given to us.
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Why We Are Not Entitled to Our Bitterness
We have been given the ability to leave behind the shame and pain of the past and the worry and fear of the future.
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Seneca, Session 2, Part 3: An Exercise to Help Forgive the Past
The ego tries to keep anger and blame going by controlling our interpretation of the past, making change difficult in the present and future.
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Seneca, Session 2, Part 2: Breaking Free of the Past
The person who holds grievances as treasures keeps them stewing in their mind.
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Seneca, Session 2, Part 1: The First Jolt Need Not Set Our Way
In their victim mindset, they could not gain clarity about other choices they could make to put their energy to better use.
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Hatred Will Destroy You: What Nazism Teaches Us Today
We might contemplate whether hatred, like a suppressed coal fire, lies dormant in many of us, poised to erupt if given a chance.
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