Comments for lindaberens.com http://lindaberens.com/blog Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Mindfulness Part 2: The CORE™ Method and the Brain by Linda http://lindaberens.com/blog/2012/02/25/mindfulness-part-2-the-core%e2%84%a2-method-and-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Linda Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:17:11 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=388#comment-163 Thanks for your kind comments. I would love to find a way to do some research rather than just making the connections based on the links I see to other research. Thanks for your kind comments. I would love to find a way to do some research rather than just making the connections based on the links I see to other research.

]]> Comment on Mindfulness Part 1: What’s Type Got to Do With It? by Linda http://lindaberens.com/blog/2012/02/07/mindfulness-part-1-what%e2%80%99s-type-got-to-do-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Linda Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:15:30 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=358#comment-162 Deborah, That will take some work! especially since I don't know enough practices. Would love to have a conversation about it though. Deborah, That will take some work! especially since I don’t know enough practices. Would love to have a conversation about it though.

]]> Comment on Mindfulness Part 2: The CORE™ Method and the Brain by Deborah Boyar http://lindaberens.com/blog/2012/02/25/mindfulness-part-2-the-core%e2%84%a2-method-and-the-brain/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Deborah Boyar Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:11:28 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=388#comment-161 I love how you've so brilliantly articulated this mindful and integral approach to type.  Very freeing and original.  Great work Linda! I love how you've so brilliantly articulated this mindful and integral approach to type.  Very freeing and original.  Great work Linda!

]]> Comment on Mindfulness Part 1: What’s Type Got to Do With It? by Deborah Boyar http://lindaberens.com/blog/2012/02/07/mindfulness-part-1-what%e2%80%99s-type-got-to-do-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Deborah Boyar Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:08:18 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=358#comment-160 This is a brilliant contribution, Linda.  I'd love to see further speculation about what specific meditation practices might be most beneficial for which types.  Thank you! This is a brilliant contribution, Linda.  I'd love to see further speculation about what specific meditation practices might be most beneficial for which types.  Thank you!

]]> Comment on Mindfulness Part 1: What’s Type Got to Do With It? by Linda http://lindaberens.com/blog/2012/02/07/mindfulness-part-1-what%e2%80%99s-type-got-to-do-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Linda Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:31 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=358#comment-144 Thanks Tony, yes, I think this is the case and I think I may not have been clear in my post. I know that my training as a therapist made me more mindful in many ways. What is interesting is that I use that mindfulness when coaching people, but don't always engage it in my everyday interactions! The same is true for the physical mindfulness I got through the childbirth prep and yoga. I can access it more readily that I could before, but it isn't automatic as I sit in front of the computer. Thanks Tony, yes, I think this is the case and I think I may not have been clear in my post. I know that my training as a therapist made me more mindful in many ways. What is interesting is that I use that mindfulness when coaching people, but don’t always engage it in my everyday interactions! The same is true for the physical mindfulness I got through the childbirth prep and yoga. I can access it more readily that I could before, but it isn’t automatic as I sit in front of the computer.

]]> Comment on Mindfulness Part 1: What’s Type Got to Do With It? by Linda http://lindaberens.com/blog/2012/02/07/mindfulness-part-1-what%e2%80%99s-type-got-to-do-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Linda Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:47:54 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=358#comment-143 Doris, Thanks for adding in this information, I don't remember which ones either. This is just an example of different people needing different practices for meditation and I also think they need to become mindful of different things. Doris, Thanks for adding in this information, I don’t remember which ones either. This is just an example of different people needing different practices for meditation and I also think they need to become mindful of different things.

]]> Comment on Mindfulness Part 1: What’s Type Got to Do With It? by Tony Mainardi http://lindaberens.com/blog/2012/02/07/mindfulness-part-1-what%e2%80%99s-type-got-to-do-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Tony Mainardi Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:34:07 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=358#comment-142 <span>I think often we mistake meditation as mindful, but really meditation is a tool to help us become mindful. And there are other tools as well. Different professions and the skill sets required can also induce mindfulness (Holacracy or protection for example). <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--></span> I think often we mistake meditation as mindful, but really meditation is a tool to help us become mindful. And there are other tools as well. Different professions and the skill sets required can also induce mindfulness (Holacracy or protection for example).

]]> Comment on Mindfulness Part 1: What’s Type Got to Do With It? by Doris http://lindaberens.com/blog/2012/02/07/mindfulness-part-1-what%e2%80%99s-type-got-to-do-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Doris Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:07:43 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=358#comment-140 Hi Linda, great post! I remember hearing Dario mention a few weeks ago that some types seem to be better able to meditate with their eyes open instead of closed. Focusing on an object, e.g. a candle, apparently helped to clear their mind. (Now I only wish I could remember which of the 8 functions he was talking about!) ;-)  Hi Linda, great post! I remember hearing Dario mention a few weeks ago that some types seem to be better able to meditate with their eyes open instead of closed. Focusing on an object, e.g. a candle, apparently helped to clear their mind. (Now I only wish I could remember which of the 8 functions he was talking about!) ;-)  

]]> Comment on Not about you? by robert http://lindaberens.com/blog/2011/06/06/not-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-137 robert Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:50:58 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=325#comment-137 "We see ourselves not so well as by reflection"  My paraphrase from one of Shakespeares works. In the context to which I comment, the reflection needs to be both upon ourselves - about ourselves and about our selves as reflected by others - including inventories. Graduates/Students are indeed told to go out and pursue their passion, but they graduate - for the most part - unaware of how passion is pursued in a world structured to make use of people.  Passion quickly fades as the reality of working to live takes precedence. How one changes this, I do not know; but reflection no doubt has a role. "We see ourselves not so well as by reflection"  My paraphrase from one of Shakespeares works.
In the context to which I comment, the reflection needs to be both upon ourselves – about ourselves and about our selves as reflected by others – including inventories.
Graduates/Students are indeed told to go out and pursue their passion, but they graduate – for the most part – unaware of how passion is pursued in a world structured to make use of people.  Passion quickly fades as the reality of working to live takes precedence.
How one changes this, I do not know; but reflection no doubt has a role.

]]> Comment on Digital Nation Thoughts by Linda http://lindaberens.com/blog/2011/02/11/digital-nation-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Linda Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:53:54 +0000 http://lindaberens.com/blog/?p=247#comment-136 Hi Jenny, Welcome to the blog. I've been neglecting it while I get Integral Typeworks (www.integraltype.com) launched. I'll get back to blogging soon. Thanks for sharing this story. My husband, son, and I used to play word games like this. All of us have INTP preferences. I'm sure our daughter felt left out—ENFJ preferences. In thinking back about the family dynamic of 3 people with Ti in the Leading role with her having Ti in an Aspirational role of Ti some things are very clear now! Hindsight is wonderful. Hi Jenny,
Welcome to the blog. I’ve been neglecting it while I get Integral Typeworks (www.integraltype.com) launched. I’ll get back to blogging soon.

Thanks for sharing this story. My husband, son, and I used to play word games like this. All of us have INTP preferences. I’m sure our daughter felt left out—ENFJ preferences. In thinking back about the family dynamic of 3 people with Ti in the Leading role with her having Ti in an Aspirational role of Ti some things are very clear now! Hindsight is wonderful.

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