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Lindsay Christensen

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Dec 11, 2018, 2:52 PM UTC

Relational Principles For a New World

As part of a recent prompt to elicit visionary descriptions of an ideal future world, @kennyskitchen observed, “most folks can give you a list of things that they want to see an end to, problems they…

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Oct 28, 2018, 9:37 PM UTC

Equity as a Personal Guiding Principle in Relationship

I've been giving a good deal of thought to equity, how it differs from equality, and what it might look like as a guiding principle in my life. I'd like to share an example of a way in which equity h…

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Oct 27, 2018, 1:37 AM UTC

Ten Violent Things I Used to Believe (And Bringing my Values and Beliefs Into Alignment)

Understanding that, as one of my professors recently mentioned in a presentation about the neuroscience of othering, “negative emotions trump positive ones and weigh more heavily in our evaluations o…

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Oct 9, 2018, 7:55 PM UTC

The Shadow Sides of Our Personal Power

A skillful mediator or dialogue facilitator can recognize the power dynamics present in a room and call attention to them, inviting participants to bring their power to bear on the conflict at hand i…

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Oct 7, 2018, 8:58 PM UTC

How to Support a Grieving Friend

As the natural world turns inward with the coming of autumn, the leaves falling from the trees and the annuals turning to spindly brown ghosts of their wild summery selves, it seems timely to think a…

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Oct 6, 2018, 9:34 PM UTC

What Would You Do for Society If You Had All the Resources You Needed? (@TribeSteemUp Bi-Weekly Question)

There are a lot of things in this world that are not as we wish for them to be. In thinking about how to answer the bi-weekly question from the @TribeSteemUp community, organized by @Trucklife-Family…

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Oct 4, 2018, 6:41 PM UTC

Why I Secretly Like Bad Service at Restaurants

Portland is a great city to live in if you like food, and being fully stocked with food service jobs and adorable hipsters, it's also got its fair share of inattentive, negligent, or dismissive servi…

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Sep 26, 2018, 7:51 PM UTC

Vulnerability: The Vehicle that Moves Us Between Shame and Empathy

I know we're all up to our ears in Brene Brown, but if you haven't seen this video clip, in which Brown differentiates guilt from shame and speaks to shame's role in destructive behavior, here's your…

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Sep 23, 2018, 8:42 PM UTC

Engaged Listening as a Paradigm Shift

Engaged listening is one of the most important and foundational skills that I return to again and again in learning about and teaching interpersonal relationship and conflict resolution skills. In co…

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Lindsay Christensen
@thelynx Sep 22, 2018, 7:00 PM UTC

The Path Through Harm Toward Healing

I think a lot about harm, the reparation of harm, and our roles and responsibilities as those who have been harmed, who harm others, and who witness harm. One of the most difficult ideas I wrestle wi…

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