Sentences with phrase «toward changing these patterns»

Awareness of their patterns of interaction is the first step toward changing these patterns.

Not exact matches

The shift toward synthetics and opioids has been motivated by both marijuana legalization and by changing drug - use patterns in the US

Couples should be encouraged to «shape» new desired behavior patterns in each other by affirming even very small steps toward those goals — e.g., «I really appreciate your hanging up your clothes, dear» (ignoring other messy behavior that hasn't changed).

By analogy, the first step in getting started toward constructive change may be the painful negation of a dysfunctional pattern.

His first argument for the existence of God is oriented toward «motion,» but Timothy McDermott's translation of the Summa Theologica brings the pattern more sharply into focus by shifting the discussion in English from motion to «change.»

According to the article, mindfulness not only helps prevent bullying but also improves children's ability to regulate emotions and calm down, pay attention, feel compassion toward others, change behavior patterns and build emotional resilience to life's ups and downs.

The pattern — a change in wave orientation that reflects a journey through differently aligned materials — hints that rock flows horizontally toward the base of the plume, then rises vertically toward the hot spot.

«There is a huge gulf separating our understanding of what kind of brain injuries develop because of mild blast and how they relate to the neuroimaging changes many research groups have detected,» said Dr. David Cook, VA scientist and UW research associate professor of medicine and pharmacology «The similarities we see in the pattern of neuron injury in the cerebellum of mice, the neuron loss previously seen in boxers, and our neuroimaging findings in veterans is a step toward reducing this knowledge gap.»

In fact, taking steps toward change by myself had been a pattern in my life.

While there is a considerable way to go in expanding and refining these changes, the pattern of state policies toward effective teachers has changed dramatically in recent years.

Basically, California's rules and leaders are perpetuating the same pattern, even as human - driven climate change tips the balance toward more fire - prone conditions.

Only through a proper empirical understanding of the pattern of climate equity now, and how it will change in the near future, can signatories of the UNFCCC make meaningful progress toward resolving the inequity in the burden of climate change impacts.

changing landscapes Rising temperatures and changing patterns of rain and snow are forcing trees and plants around the world to move toward polar regions and up mountain slopes.

«There is evidence of an emerging pattern of climate response to forcing by greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols... from the geographical, seasonal and vertical patterns of temperature change... These results point toward a human influence on global climate.»

Also, public adaptation could also change, such as reversing migration patterns which currently trend toward areas of risk.

Especially because the new report is consistent with a multitude of information showing changes in living patterns and lifestyle preferences, we should shift more public resources into transit, to keep up with and strengthen the trends toward more sustainable modes of transportation....

The likelihood is that any major breakthrough on flexible working will for most people take the form of reduced hours, flexi - time or changes in shift patterns - all good for work life balance but largely developments in fairly mundane existing approaches to managing working time rather than a step toward an entirely new world of work.

Self - reflection directed toward the patterns allows change.

My therapeutic approach is to help clients identify unhealthy patterns, develop greater clarity about how those patterns may interfere with personal values and goals, and work toward needed behavior change.

Likewise, a changed distribution of inflammation related cells, such as an increase in the proportion of innate immune system cells such as monocytes (aka CD14 cells) relative to T or B cells (aka CD4, CD8, and CD19) could indicate a shift toward a pro-inflammatory response pattern.

Rather than becoming mired in blame and analysis, they help couples find problems that can be solved, move toward collaboration, and change destructive patterns.

It's an important (and sometimes difficult) step to understanding and working toward changing some destructive patterns in your relationship.

Changing thought patterns can help people who feel resentment toward their partner or who feel annoyed and frustrated.