Sentences with phrase «find constructive»

«Clearly, more decisive actions are needed to increase refinancing opportunities, to reduce the inventory of foreclosed homes and to prevent additional homes from going into foreclosure,» stated Nielsen, who says that the NAHB looks forward to working with the Administration and Congress to find constructive solutions in these areas as soon as possible.

As couples» therapists, one of the biggest challenges we face is how to help couples break gridlock and find constructive ways to talk about their differences.

To find constructive, practical solutions for both partners, a non-judgmental, professional third party is in an ideal position to hear what is said without bias and to provide strategies and guidance.

Commonly psychotherapy involves a therapist and client (s)-- and in family therapy several family members or even other members from their social network — who discuss their issues in an effort to discover the underlying problems and to find constructive solutions.

Using proven - effective mindfulness - based stress reduction (MBSR) techniques, this book will help you be fully present in the moment, cultivate kindness and curiosity toward yourself and others, and find constructive ways of dealing with the pressures of being a teen.

You know, we want children to acknowledge their feelings and find constructive ways to express them.

FAMILY THERAPY: Family therapy helps family members find constructive ways to communicate, understand each other and problem solve.

A dissertation by Sandra Mccloy (2005) on mindfulness as a coping tool for bullying suggested that mindfulness can help children consider perspectives other than their own and find constructive reactions in the face of bullying.

In reaching its decision the Court of Appeal set out the policy reasons that a court may rely upon to find a constructive dismissal despite explicit language in the employment contract allowing the employer to unilaterally change the employee's terms of employment.

We need to push «legislators and regulators to find constructive solutions to keep rates low for consumers — including deferring or modifying rules and regulations that have significant capital requirements.»

I wanted to find a constructive activity for students that was truly student driven, but age appropriate.

Tech Age Kids is an online company that helps parents and educators find constructive and creative uses of technology for children and teens.

He was a powerful contributor to Massachusetts» preeminent education achievements and a highly respected leader among chief state school officers nationally,» said Professor Paul Reville, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, noting Chester's impressive ability to find constructive middle ground on tough issues in the Commonwealth, such as the controversy over assessment tests PARRC and MCAS.

If you want to improve your relationship, resolve to dump these behaviors and find constructive ways to communicate.

It's your responsibility to find constructive ways to manage your fears and nobody else can do it for you.

Commonly psychotherapy involves a therapist and client (s)- and in family therapy several family members or even other members from their social network - who discuss their issues in an effort to discover underlying problems and to find constructive solutions.

Refrain from micromanaging your child - rather, find constructive ways to help your tween improve skills and expand them.

It is important to find a constructive sleep solution that works with your baby's temperament and respects his developmental picture so that he can find his way as easily as possible.

When I feel angry or stressed out, I will take a break and find constructive ways to deal with the stress, such as exercising, reading, writing in a journal or discussing my problem with a parent or friend.

The nurses act as mentors and counselors, encouraging the mothers to quit smoking, go back to school, and find constructive ways to deal with the stresses of new parenthood.

This type of parents are always looking to have opened discussion with the children in order to get to know them and find constructive ways of encouraging them and making them happy.

But other times poverty produces a bitterness and oppression, and the victim of poverty, unable to find a constructive outlet for his hostilities, seizes for himself the right to judge, and violates all the community standards of decency.

The church must play a role in helping youth find constructive solutions to the ambiguities and confusions of sex.

If a minister is to stay psychologically alive, he must find constructive ways of channeling his human feelings and drives.

«Finally as we're working to solve this, I'd like to invite them to join me in finding a constructive way to solve this issue.»

The psychological interpretation of the hero refers to the need for mastering and accepting our anxiety and finding a constructive role in society.

Working together with manufacturers, JMPA found a constructive solution to the problem - fitting locking devices to prevent undesired or sudden movement of the crib's components.

Roscoe finds a constructive outlet to help work through his relationship issues.

Phoebe in Wonderland (PG - 13 for mature themes and brief profanity) Elle Fanning stars in this modern fairy tale about a young girl with Tourette's Syndrome who finds a constructive way to channel her destructive, obsessive - compulsive urges with the help of a drama teacher (Patricia Clarkson) who casts her in a school production as Alice in Wonderland.

Regardless of whether you stay or go, good luck with finding a constructive outlet for your frustrations.

Max Hermann Mahlmann returned from the war and found his constructive pictorial language in Hamburg in the 1950s.

... Most impressive about Feral is its focus on finding constructive solutions to ecological problems.

So I have put a lot of effort into finding constructive alternatives.

Even if you left your last job under less - than - ideal circumstances, try to project that you found a constructive way to use your time during your employment gap and have learned something from not working.

The current laws around divorce and separation are often barriers to finding constructive outcomes in separation.

A counselor can help you identify your problems and assist you in finding the best ways to cope with the situation by changing behaviors that contribute to the problem or by finding constructive ways to deal with a situation that is beyond your personal control.

Strategic family therapy combines a strategic approach to finding a constructive form of change for individuals within the individual's immediate social context — namely the family.

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When tech entrepreneur Kieran Snyder analyzed performance reviews done by a diverse group of managers at a variety of companies a few years ago, she found that constructive feedback given to women included strong elements of «negative personality criticism» that were all but absent from the suggestions for men.

«Why» is an incredibly powerful word to having constructive conflicts and finding out why people really think what they do.»

That got him thinking: Why not find a normal, constructive, professional way to sell pot?

Most managers already find it difficult to give constructive feedback, even when their employees ask for it.

Take a look at the chart below and you'll see that it was hard to find anything constructive to say.

Particularly in light of the Court's 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which struck down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban and found Americans had an individual right to a firearm — a 5 - 4 decision in which Stevens wrote the primary dissenting opinion — Stevens called the Second Amendment a barrier to «constructive gun control legislation.»

Jem4016 But are the questions being asked actually constructive towards helping find the answers?

To those who have a problem with that... find something constructive to do that helps you to keep your personal issues to yourself.

By simply rewarding behavior that was constructive and reality - oriented, in mental hospital wards (using a so - called «token economy») they found that they could

Rather, what we find here is a supreme illustration of the faith of the one who said: «When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die».44 Nevertheless, some of the Marxist interpreters are correct in their perceptive observation of finding in Bonhoeffer's theology some possibilities for a constructive encounter between Marxism and Christianity.

There's a place for finding what would be a constructive accommodation with some aspects of Muslim law, as we already do with some other aspects of religious law.

Joel Carpenter begins his long - awaited and richly informative book with that quotation, gently noting that while one may question fundamentalism's constructive achievements, «no one can deny that fundamentalism has survived» and «has found ways to influence American public life.»

This absolute of physics has thus far not only resisted all attempts at «relativization», but, if I am not mistaken, it tends to find its counterpart in a current moving in the opposite sense, positive and constructive, which is revealed by the study of the earth's biological past: the ascent of the Universe towards zones of increasing improbability and personality.