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How many times has someone asked you “How you are feeling?” and you said “Fine”, when in reality, you are not?
“Oftentimes, we鈥檙e angry because of the injustice we see. Or, we鈥檙e fearful because of the injustice we see,” said Linda James Myers, a clinical psychologist and professor emerita at The Ohio State University, who will be speaking at a workshop in Alexandria, Virginia, this Wednesday.
鈥�” is sponsored by community leaders and health providers. Hosts include the Alexandria People鈥檚 Assembly, The Center for Optimal Thought, The Virginia State Chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists and Kindred Spirit Behavioral Health.
Myers said in these troubled times, people are asking the questions: 鈥淲here鈥檚 the peace? Where鈥檚 the love? Where鈥檚 the joy? Where鈥檚 the sense of sustainable well-being that can ground us?鈥�
She said her optimal psychology approach uses a “Heart/Feather” strategy. 鈥淲hat we want to do is help people learn to make decisions and live so that their hearts are as light as a feather.鈥�
She said people must begin by bringing awareness to their hearts and becoming aware of what we assume to be true now.
鈥淲e have to get to the core of what those feelings that are the drivers for what we鈥檝e created. Then we must look at the relationship between those assumptions and what we鈥檙e experiencing now,” Myers said.
The next step, she said, is for people to be introduced to another set of assumptions that are more scientifically, historically and biogenetical correct 鈥� and seeing if those assumptions fit your life.
Myers said her approach can help build a high quality of life and lead to better health outcomes.
The workshop, 鈥淲hen Good Enough is Not Good Enough,” will takes place Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Del Pepper Community Resource Center at 4850 Mark Center Dr., Alexandria, Virginia, 22311.
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