Admiral Avoidant A character we tend to inhabit when we are feeling scared, overwhelmed, or destabilized if our stress response is “flee”.
Being Alive The thing a parent will always have more experience in than their child, and the thing a parent must coach their child to do successfully. It is harder than it looks.
Boundaries A type of limit that we set on and for ourselves to keep us individual, distinct, autonomous, authentic, and self-sovereign. See this post for more details.
Bumpsale A pricing structure where each time someone makes a purchase, there is a small increase (bump) in price thus incentivizing early action for the cheapest prices.
Captain Controlling A character we tend to inhabit when we are feeling scared, overwhelmed, or destabilized if our stress response is “fight”.
Compassion Sympathy or empathy PLUS the felt desire to solve the suck for that other person. (source)
Diaper Bag Any bag one puts at least a single diaper in. No special qualities are needed beyond the appearance of a pouch and the eponymous content.
Emotion A reflexive reaction to some other stimuli. (source)
Empathy Recognizing someone else is going through something sucky. (source)
Fatigue The mind and motivation killer, regardless of where the fatigue is occurring. Eyes, muscles, lack of sleep, etc and so on.
Feeling The physical manifestation of an emotion. (source)
The Mind’s Heart Emotional regulation. (source)
The Mind’s Playground Playfully manipulating information in the mind. (source)
Motivation The pursuit of pleasure or the urge to escape pain. (source)
Mystery Bruise Club As your child experiences growth spurts, they will have to re-establish their proprioception. Until then, they’ll be a member of this exclusive club in that they will be clumsy and acquire bruises they cannot remember the origins of. Similar to ADHD Knee.
Nearby Human A person who places themselves nearby to another so as to be close and invite connection without imposing on another’s physical body.
Overreaction An old reaction which is no longer timely nor appropriate to the present circumstances, yet is based on a past circumstance to which present circumstances have a similar feeling. (source)
Private Passive A character we tend to inhabit when we are feeling scared, overwhelmed, or destabilized if our stress response is “freeze”.
Respect Acknowledging a fellow human’s person-hood and treating them accordingly. See this post for more details.
Rules A type of limit about ourselves that we set on others to ensure that we are handled in accordance with our needs. See this post for more details.
Self-Awareness The ability to be aware of yourself. The perception that the self exists as a discrete entity. (source)
Self-Regulation Self-awareness and the ability to manage one’s own emotions. (source)
Self-Restraint The ability to impair or impede yourself from doing something. (source)
#SEP Somebody else’s problem. (source)
Sympathy Having personally experienced similar sucktitude such that you can have an emotional memory when someone else’s circumstances suck. (source)
Verbal Working Memory The mind’s voice. Talking to yourself in your mind, towards a goal. (source)
Visual Imagery The ability to create pictures in your mind; to foresee (heavy on the “see”) or forecast the future. (source)
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