Growing Paradigms
by Sumay We’ve all had experiences when someone won’t change their view even though all the evidence is stacked against them. This can be...
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WEquil
- May 19, 2021
Better Conversation by Celeste Headlee
by Lihong McPhail Celeste Headlee's Ted Talk, "10 Ways to Have Better Conversation," has garnered widespread acclaim for its insightful...
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WEquil
- May 3, 2021
Find Common Ground with Anyone
The key to building bridges with anyone? Nonviolent Communication (NVC) as proposed by Marshall Rosenburg. But first, let's understand...
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WEquil
- Apr 3, 2021
Parenting Principles of Persuasion
By Joseph McPhail While building WEquil School with my daughters I discovered five principles for persuasion that other parents may find...
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WEquil
- Jan 10, 2021
Popow ... A life worth living
When you see a tree I want you to remember a hero by the name of John Wittrig, your Popow. You may think you never met him, but the truth...
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WEquil
- Oct 25, 2020
Regrets of the Dying
By Aila and Sumay Nobody likes to think about death. But it’s going to happen to everyone and we might as well know it’s going to happen...
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Aila McPhail
- Aug 28, 2020
The Hamburger Model
by Aila Hello! Today I will be talking about Positive Psychology and we will talk about three things: what is the Hamburger Model and who...
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Aila McPhail
- May 8, 2020
Positive Psychology
Hello! Thank you for coming to read Positive Psychology 101! Positive psychology is the study of human happiness. In this post we share...
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Joseph McPhail
- Mar 22, 2020
On god and Kids ...
My wife and I met at church in Ames Iowa. We had seen each other before, but she didn't take interest in me until she saw me taking notes...
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WEquil
- Sep 2, 2019
Why we are building the #GirlsHealthApp
By a father of two girls that loves and hates social media... We created our own entrepreneurship summer camp for our daughters this...
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Joseph McPhail
- Jul 4, 2019
Marriage hack - changing utility functions
Hello Friends and Family! I want to share an interesting insight Lihong Lu McPhail and I had last night about marriage. In short, when we...
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Joseph McPhail
- Jun 24, 2019
John Gottman's Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - A Summary
Dr John Gottman is a leading expert in what makes marriages succeed and fail. After just five minutes in his "Love Lab" he has been able...
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WEquil
- Jun 23, 2019
We Grow Me
Here is the somewhat embarrassing backstory of WeGrowMe. Embarrassing, but probably not all that uncommon. Our story illustrates a key...
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WEquil
- Jun 21, 2019
Learn from Successful Entrepreneurs
Lihong and I love learning from entrepreneurs and angel investors. They are as close as one can get to seeing the future before it...
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Joseph McPhail
- Jun 21, 2019
Universal Principles
This post is about the common values we seem to share with the vast majority of Americans. We don't belong to a political party. We don't...
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Sumay McPhail
- Jun 21, 2019
Meditation ... a younger perspective
Sumay published this article in February 2019. Four years ago I started meditating. When I had trouble sleeping I would sit up and focus...
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WEquil
- Jun 21, 2019
How to Win Friends and Influence People
By Sumay and Aila Dale Carnegie wrote a masterpiece with, "How to Win Friends and Influence People", but many skip over it because of the...
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WEquil
- Jun 21, 2019
The Philosophy of WEquil
Harmonizing Perspectives for Holistic Decision-Making In an ever-globalizing world, the merging of East and West, both in personal...
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Joseph McPhail
- Jun 21, 2019
Crucial Conversations
Joseph's college roommate, Aaron Weiner, recommended this book. He is Dr Aaron Weiner now, having received his PhD in Psychology. He was...
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WEquil
- Jun 21, 2019
Symphony...the source of happiness
What was the happiest moment of your life? That’s how we kicked off tonight’s Sangha and it took us to some magical places. Sumay jumped...
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