Sentences with phrase «personal changes in belief»

This requires change to happen at a large scale through social and technical innovation; political shifts that minimize risk and vulnerability; or personal changes in belief systems that lead to climate change responses.

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Gorsuch has said that if judges factor in personal beliefs, societal changes or calculations about maximizing social welfare, they risk becoming «little more than politicians with robes.»

Its appeal is complex, drawing on belief in anthropogenic global warming and trust in the «scientific consensus» behind it; the Great Recession and a protective reaction to rapid social change; a basic need for the concrete, local, and personal; the waning of religious observance; peer pressure, star power, money, and more.

Your personal beliefs don't change history, but it is deeply troubling how hard you may try to censor things from being recorded in it.

The Pentagon's long - awaited study on its policy against gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military found that repeal of the controversial policy would face resistance from some service members on religious grounds, but that repeal would not require anyone to change their personal views or religious beliefs.

The certainty of God's «grace,» of «justification,» «salvation,» is an objective belief that usually accompanies the change in Christians; but this may be entirely lacking and yet the affective peace remain the same — you will recollect the case of the Oxford graduate: and many might be given where the assurance of personal salvation was only a later result.

There was a reason why the founding fathers put kept religion out of our government and now it seems we are being asked to» pick the Christian» in this next years election — we are not picking the leader of a church here people, we picking someone to be the most influential, most powerful person on the earth... do we want someone who has our best interests at heart or someone who will time and again try to change the US laws to reflect his own personal beliefs?

A belief is something you have come to based on an active search where you you gather evidence and then make a hypothesis changing your view from one of neutral to positive «I believe in gravity after having studied the research that has been done and my personal experience with things falling on my head» which is different than «I disbelieve Leprechauns because there is no evidence one way or the other as to their existence.»

As the therapist makes these identity and safety patterns known, clients can be helped by making more thoughtful and informed choices about personal beliefs about self and relationships resulting in long lasting behavior change.

What horrible side effects of being part of the fringe group are you alluding to - being different, making positive change in the world, being creative, living a life of making decisions based on personal beliefs and experiences?

The drive to start this organization was anchored in my belief that yoga is one of the most democratic tools available for personal healing and social change because we all have a body and we all breathe.

In fact, the most important step to begin changing your body, your brain, even your career and personal relationships is the belief that you

In fact, the most important step to begin changing your body, your brain, even your career and personal relationships is the belief that you can change.

Tom Gjelten covers issues of religion, faith, and belief for NPR News, a beat that encompasses such areas as the changing religious landscape in America, the formation of personal identity, the role of religion in politics, and social and cultural conflict arising from religious differences.

He's a dinosaur, a relic of a bygone era who wanders through a personal Lost World secure in the belief that it will never change.

In «Learning to Love Assessment,» Carol Ann Tomlinson describes her personal journey as an educator and how her beliefs about the role of assessment have changed during her career.

Yerrick et al. (2005) recognized that «engaging preservice teachers in a process of recognizing children's ideas and examining preservice teachers» personal belief systems during their reflection on practice is a promising area of research for understanding how to make change among tomorrow's teachers» (p. 352).

In the unit on LBGT issues, the gay musician describes the life - threatening harassment he's experienced, and the whole class — including the nun — comes to understand that teachers must support every student regardless of one's personal beliefs (which the course is not out to change).

While the basic plot is fairly simplistic - «Rival schools, important artifact is stolen, chaos» - Burst excels in its character - development: Throughout the course of both campaigns, each set of five students will face their own individual trials that test their emotional and mental beliefs and conditions; every character has personal motivations that not only define their personalities, but change their actions through the course of the game.

And I was curious: Knowing what you know about the pace of change — and how what we've already dumped in our atmosphere is going to have an irreversible impact for decades to come — what is your personal belief on the issue of what sort of lives we in the first world should live in the here and now?

This result suggests that public divisions over climate change stem not from the public's incomprehension of science but from a distinctive conflict of interest: between the personal interest individuals have in forming beliefs in line with those held by others with whom they share close ties and the collective one they all share in making use of the best available science to promote common welfare.

In his book «Self Efficacy: The Exercise of Control,» Albert Bandura of Stanford University's Department of Psychology documents «efficacy beliefs» in people's lives and how they affect personal and social changIn his book «Self Efficacy: The Exercise of Control,» Albert Bandura of Stanford University's Department of Psychology documents «efficacy beliefs» in people's lives and how they affect personal and social changin people's lives and how they affect personal and social change.

This report includes measures of public global warming beliefs, risk perceptions, personal importance, information needs, trust in different information sources, attitudes towards individual action, and how these have changed since January, 2010 and November, 2008.

If a political body (like the U.N.), however, assembles a group of scientists to manufacture the impression of a strong consensus in order to further their personal beliefs and preferred policy changes... then, I think, we might end up in dangerous waters.

But it is her personal integrity in the face of endemic bribery and her belief that ordinary people have the power to make change that has made her a hero among Georgian citizens.

More important still than their personal beliefs about climate change, the Yale study echoed previous surveys in finding that, contrary to McConnell's claims, most Republicans are down with the idea of doing something about it.

Occasionally, though, I encounter something that makes me question my passionate belief in the power of personal change.

The TM technique has its origin in the ancient Vedic approach to health [35], and does not require changes in personal belief, lifestyle, or philosophy [36].

Whether this is overcoming issues of addiction, attitudes and behaviors that have caused significant distress to themselves or others, or issues of personal insecurity or self esteem, I believe change needs to start with one's own belief in its necessity.»

Personal change happens through a journey of discovery and it is my belief that you already have what is needed to make the changes you want to occur in your life.

Individual therapy (sometimes called «psychotherapy» or «counseling») is a process through which clients work one - on - one with a trained therapist — in a safe, caring, and confidential environment — to explore their feelings, beliefs, or behaviors, work through challenging or influential memories, identify aspects of their lives that they would like to change, better understand themselves and others, set personal goals, and work toward desired change.

The goal of ISSA's work in Embracing Diversity is to empower adults working with diverse groups to recognize their own attitudes, beliefs and behaviors in relation to marginalized groups; to raise their awareness and knowledge about issues of discrimination and exclusion; and to help them take responsibility and build the capacity for change on personal, professional and institutional levels.

«Witnessing positive change in my clients has provided not only professional joy, but unflagging belief in the benefit of psychotherapy as a catalyst for personal growth.

As the therapist makes these identity and safety patterns known, clients can be helped by making more thoughtful and informed choices about personal beliefs about self and relationships resulting in long lasting behavior change.

The life - changing volunteer work of the 2010 Good Neighbor Award winners began with a personal belief they could make a real and noticeable difference in this world.