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So there we were, right? Just minding our own business, scrollin’ through the ol’ UC Berkeley Events Calendar when we stumbled across this gem of a seminar. Apparently some dudes with P.h.D.s (one of whom got his from Stanford) are coming to International House next Friday, Sept. 25 to give a seminar called “The Science of a Meaningful Life: Forgiveness and Gratitude.”
Attendees will purportedly come out of the eight-hour thing being able to …
-Identify Dr. Luskin’s “Nine Steps to Forgiveness”
-Indicate the positive mental and physical benefits of practicing forgivenes
-Practice simple techniques for facilitating self-change and emerge with an enhanced repertoire of therapeutic skills to help others
-Formulate an expanded view of the mind-body connection and how it relates to emotional and physical well-being
-Identify research-tested methods for boosting gratitude in oneself and others
In other words, you’ll be charged over $100 to learn why you’d be a better person if you were a better person. Or something. On the whole, sounds a little suspect to us. But maybe we’re just cynical after this whole thing. Anyone going? Anyone know someone who is?
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Psychology: Forgiveness and gratitude [Events Calendar]
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Sep 18, 2009 at 6:21 pm
academic affirmation of this kind of thing isn’t bad though, being a good person isn’t always recognized in american culture as being all that valuable, but what people often don’t realize is there’s more to valuation (where time is the primary contrast) within your life than financial.