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kwcompeting Live, unedited training sessions. Follow the routine to get stronger and healthier, but please consult for form if you're going to do heavy movements so that you don't hurt yourself. Beginners with bad mechanics always hurt themselves if they don't learn form first.

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Enabling, Enmeshment, and Fear

Contact Boundary

Distracting Versus Relaxin

Taking a Systemic Approach (to yourself)

"Before you heal someone, ask him if he's willing to give up the things that make him sick." ~ Hippocrates

"As long as you live, keep learning how to live." ~ Seneca

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." ~ Viktor Frankl

"There are only three questions you need to ask yourself for mental health, (1) what am I aware of (2) what do I want and (3) what am I willing to do about it." ~ Fritz Perls

"Every human being should be able to perform basic maintenance on themselves."

~ Kelly Starrett

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." ~ Zen

"Stronger people are harder to kill, and more useful in general." ~ Mark Rippetoe

"In order to love yourself, you must behave in ways that you admire." ~ Irvin Yalom

The Other Side of Power – The Larger System at Play

Indirect vs Direct Coping – How Do They Fit With Avoidance?

I, You, and Need

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What is the function of emotion? (An excerpt from PHG)

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We no longer call it 'The Structured Program' and we call the exercise 'Bob'

Do The Next Right Thing

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Psychological Debt, Saturation, and Autonomy

Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

18 Behavioral and Perceptual Experiments.

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Freedom

Here are some of Kip's favorite writings. If you enjoy these, consider joining the class. He's no longer writing but he's still thinking, learning, and teaching.

Exploration, Choice, and Payoff

What the heck is a “Self-Concept?.'

Eye Contact

Contact Boundary and Serenity Prayer

Self

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5 Love Languages

How Boundaries Can Be Harmful (if you’re doing it wrong)

Do I do DBT? And how to pick a therapist

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