“Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people are using to help themselves cope with the problems. Those problems always have both physical and psychological components- anything from anemia, hypoglycemia, or a sluggish thyroid to attention deficient disorder, brain-wave pattern imbalances, or deep emotional pain.” PeopleHelpingProblemPainAttentionBrainEmotionalDrugWavePatternsAlcoholPsychologicalDisorderComponentsEmotional PainImbalanceSluggishThyroidAnemiaDeep Emotional Book:The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery Source: The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
“An extended stay in the wilderness inevitably directs one's attention outward as much as inward, and it is impossible to live off the land without developing both a subtle understanding of, and a strong emotional bond with, that land and all it holds.” StrongUnderstandingAttentionImpossibleLandEmotionalDevelopingSubtleWildernessInwardStrong Emotional Book:Into the Wild Source: Into the Wild
“I suggest that what artists do in all media can be summarized as deliberately performing the operations that occur instinctively during a ritualized behaviour: they simplify or formalize, repeat (sometimes with variation), exaggerate, and elaborate in both space and time for the purpose of attracting attention and provoking and manipulating emotional response.” ArtSometimesPoetryPurposeArtistSpaceAttentionMediaEmotionalResponseOperationsPerformingRepeatsBehaviourProvokingTime And SpaceVariationSimplifyEmotional Response Author:Ellen Dissanayake
“Take two kids in competition for their parents' love and attention. Add to that the envy that one child feels for the accomplishments of the other; the resentment that each child feels for the privileges of the other; the personal frustrations that they don't dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister, and it's not hard to understand why in families across the land, the sibling relationship contains enough emotional dynamite to set off rounds of daily explosions.” FeelsChildrenTwoHardEnoughKidsParentAttentionLandEmotionalBrotherAddCompetitionRoundsPrivilegeDareEnvyAccomplishmentFrustrationResentmentExplosionsSiblingRivalryDynamiteParents LoveSibling Rivalry Author:Adele Faber
“Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.” ChanceAttentionEmotionalCommunicationEmpathyConnectionsPay AttentionLackingEmotional Connection Author:Daniel Goleman
“Movies are designed to tell us stories, engage us on an emotional level and keep our attention. This can be done with a wide range of emotional triggers - Love, adrenaline, comedy. But fear is a highly potent sensation.” DoneStoriesLevelsAttentionComedyEmotionalWideRangeSensationsTriggersAdrenaline Author:David Hayter
“At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end, powerful protagonists that audiences can identify with, and a dramatic arc that is able to capture and hold viewers' intellectual and emotional attention.” ShouldHeartEndsStoriesAbleFilmPowerfulAttentionAudienceSuccessfulMiddleEmotionalIntellectualNarrativeDramaticCaptureViewersArcsProtagonistsBeginning Middle And End Author:Julia Bacha
“It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.” LittlesHelpingBitsAttentionEmotionalMindfulnessLittle BitEngagementListenersNurturingGood Listener Author:Deepak Chopra