Belonging is a fundamental need. This finding has been replicated by many researchers across many different disciplines aimed at understanding the motivations behind human behaviors. What does it mean that belonging is a fundamental need? It means that we can survive without belonging but that we cannot thrive without it. People who feel as if they belong experience greater physical, Read more…
I love working from a strengths-based perspective and approaching solutions through what already seems to be working. However, I find it much easier to identify strengths of a person and much harder to come up with some of my own. In this post I am presenting a short activity that can be done with a partner, friend, or family member. Read more…
“Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.” –Brené Brown We here at CI are big fans of Brené Brown. Right now a few of us are reading her new book, Daring Greatly and are meeting regularly to talk about the chapters. The above quote is from this book and Read more…
What is it that is so unique/special about a therapy room? What is it that makes people come for the first appointment and then keep on coming back? I am often asked those questions. The follow-up questions to my response is then something along the lines of: “Why not just talk to a friend or a loved one about what Read more…
On the drive home over the weekend, my husband and I stumbled onto an episode of On Being on NPR. The show was part of a series titled “The Civil Conversations Project,” which is an effort to begin a discussion around topics that are often polarized: economic crisis, abortion, same –sex marriage, and so on. Of course, Collective Inquiry does Read more…
