Category: Essay
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The Practice of Regulation
A series on disciplined regulation by K. Lyn Vox Regulation is often misunderstood as control. Most people attempt to manage what they feel by suppressing it, avoiding it, or acting quickly to resolve it. What is experienced is treated as something to fix, rather than something to hold. Response becomes immediate, and immediacy is mistaken…
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On Learning Without Cynicism
Series: The Discipline of ObservationA series on disciplined observation by K. Lynn VoxEssay 10 of 10 | View Series Index Experience changes perception. The world often appears simpler before enough time has passed to observe its patterns. People tend to assume that intentions and outcomes align. Promises are expected to become actions. Effort is expected…
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On Withholding Reaction
Series: The Discipline of ObservationA series on disciplined observation by K. Lynn VoxEssay 9 of 10 | View Series Index Reaction feels immediate. A comment is made. A decision is announced. A behavior appears that seems frustrating, unfair, or confusing. Something inside us moves quickly toward response. We explain. We defend. We correct. We argue.…
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On Silence
Series: The Discipline of ObservationA series on disciplined observation by K. Lynn VoxEssay 7 of 10 | View Series Index Not all signals are expressed. Some are withheld. Silence is often misinterpreted as absence. It is not. Something remains. It is simply not stated. Without discipline, silence is filled too quickly. Assumptions are inserted.Meaning is…