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CRAFT SOCIAL CONTRACTS

I learned two of my most important phrases in any therapeutic encounter: I hear you say… and Tell me more. I also learned how to read my patients’ body language and how to use my own body to communicate my unconditional love and acceptance. I don’t cross my arms or my legs—I open myself. I make eye contact, I lean forward, I create a bridge between

people maximize their well-being, and that they do so through exchanges with others. The influential formulations of Gary Becker and the Chicago school hold that this economic approach to human behavior can be applied to anything. People can decide that what matters most to them is preserving nature, raising children,

Start By Sitting Together

The cliché is true: People don’t care what we know until they know we care.

The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud.

Now that we acknowledge endless fluffing will never save a relationship, the only recourse is to sit down at the negotiation table and hammer out a trade.