Sentences with phrase «habitual response as»

The cause, at a neurological level, is hyperconnectivity between two brain regions, the orbitofrontal cortex and the caudate nucleus, creating a tidal wave of unfounded mortal fear and triggering habitual response as the only way to attain calm.

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As we grow into the world as infants, the exigencies of our physical nature lead us further and further away from the purity of soul suggested by baptism, while habitual responses gain the upper hand over our wish to follow the prompting of our higher naturAs we grow into the world as infants, the exigencies of our physical nature lead us further and further away from the purity of soul suggested by baptism, while habitual responses gain the upper hand over our wish to follow the prompting of our higher naturas infants, the exigencies of our physical nature lead us further and further away from the purity of soul suggested by baptism, while habitual responses gain the upper hand over our wish to follow the prompting of our higher nature.

But his habitual response to any concept whose meaning he has not taken the time to learn is to dismiss it as meaningless, with the sort of truculent affectation of contempt that suggests he really knows, at some level, that he is out of his depth.

Habitual patterns of response, such as getting dressed, riding a bicycle, using a typewriter, so painfully and self - consciously learned at the time, become quite unconscious.37 A centralized nervous system or its close analogue may be the necessary basis for consciousness, but consciousness itself is the inner concomitant of the presence of some novelty which has not yet faded into the background through incessant repetition.

The decisive difference between living and lifeless matter, as Whitehead saw, is the difference between novel and habitual response.

* recognize your current, habitual patterns of communication * challenge and change your stories about the other parent * deepen your understanding and management of your emotional responses * manage your ego instead of blaming the other parent * understand how you use and abuse power and authority in a relationship * listen as an act of being present * become curious when you believe you already know the answer * ask questions to confirm your understanding of what is being communicated before you respond.