Charlotte wrote on Can Happiness Be Learned?

“There are a lot of happy people on this blog, it’s just the general theme and mood of the comments and entries, which just confirms that like attracts like…”

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I agree with Charlotte but I think there is another angle, or separate phenomena that goes on here. One that can’t be stopped because it’s a law of nature.

Continue reading Happiness, Sociology And The Community On The Elsa Blog: All Boats Rise

I was pretty sure I was going to come in to vogue when Pluto went into Capricorn and I have. It’s going to be a nice long run for, Elsa P who was born to disaster and crisis. To say I am in my element is an understatement. I know how to navigate… whatever.
Continue reading Pluto in Capricorn: Trends In The Collective – Everyone Wants To Know How To Survive Catastrophe!

I have an interest in some aspects of social psychology and have noticed to two themes emerge in the field that smack of Pluto’s transit through Capricorn. One is the current interest is the study of who achieves.
Continue reading Pluto In Capricorn: Parenting And A Legacy Of Success

From the Financial Times: Men bear the brunt of US jobs lost

Sarah O’Connor writes:

“The US recession has opened up the biggest gap between male and female unemployment rates since records began in 1948, as men bear the brunt of the economy’s contraction.

Men have lost almost 80 per cent of the 5.1m jobs that have gone in the US since the recession started, pushing the male unemployment rate to 8.8 per cent. The female jobless rate has hit 7 per cent.”

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Continue reading Men Bear The Brunt Of US Jobs Lost: What Does It Mean?

This is from an email I wrote…

“I explained why their idea would never work and my logic was sound. I mean what I was saying was inarguable but they could not go with my idea because it was completely counter what everyone at the table had been educated to believe.

See, I was older. Most of the people were late 20′s early 30′s and they all had the same education. As it turns out they were taught to do things that are wholly ineffectual but no one wants to call the game (yet) – come to terms with the fact their methods don’t work even if they learned them in college (even prestigious college) and so further into the ditch we go.

Continue reading 8th House Brains: Social Psychology – Horror and Amazement

llama on Helping People Deal With Loss and Trauma

“Wow… I have Pluto Moon opposite…. and it is so validating to read this. I really dislike social functions like this, because it is exactly as you describe – all this stuff going on that you are not allowed to talk about. And all these undercurrents in myself too, that are hard to ignore. I have to remind myself that the icky parts are only a part of people (and me), there are other parts, too. Thanks for giving voice to something that is hard to give voice to.”

llama, I think this is one of the reasons Scorpio stands on the periphery of a room, generally with their back to the wall. It is said they want to scan the room and this is true but also don’t want someone sneaking up, expecting to converse for Godsakes!

Who can relate?