A Wider Lens

Relationships

A Book Review of Nora Bateson’s “Combining”

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on November 22, 2023

How our relationships organize and shape each other to form an ecology to enhance our interdependency.

How our relationships organize and shape each other to form an ecology to enhance our interdependency.

Relationships

How to Create New Relationship Possibilities

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on November 1, 2023

In our Western culture, the systems that encompass each one of us, such as family, educational, political, and others become defined by their fragmentation.

In our Western culture, the systems that encompass each one of us, such as family, educational, political, and others become defined by their fragmentation.

Relationships

The "Win-Win Volley" in Relationships

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on September 11, 2023

A win-win volley frees us from a dependence on content to make adjustments and achieve significant relational differences

A win-win volley frees us from a dependence on content to make adjustments and achieve significant relational differences

Relationships

The Process of Change

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on July 7, 2023

The way to recognize that personal change is needed is to be mindfully present and assess your interactions. 

The way to recognize that personal change is needed is to be mindfully present and assess your interactions. 

Relationships

The Power of Storytelling

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on June 6, 2023

The stories we all have to share are connected to our wellness and offer clues on how we can adjust our vulnerability and growth.

The stories we all have to share are connected to our wellness and offer clues on how we can adjust our vulnerability and growth.

Happiness

How to Sustain Happiness

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on May 7, 2023

Celebrating our interdependency as a source for happiness

Celebrating our interdependency as a source for happiness

Unconscious

The Value Of Poetic Expression

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on April 10, 2023

Poetic expression allows for improvisation and a means to transcend cultural constraints to attain clarity, wellbeing and respect of our interdependency.

Poetic expression allows for improvisation and a means to transcend cultural constraints to attain clarity, wellbeing and respect of our interdependency.

Relationships

Steps to an Ecology of Self and Relational Fulfillment

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on December 27, 2022

When you create an ecological perspective, you can better take an inventory of how your temperament can make use of your skills.

When you create an ecological perspective, you can better take an inventory of how your temperament can make use of your skills.

Attention

In Pursuit of a "Harmonizing" Relationship

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on November 1, 2022

Contradictions create a multitude of interpersonal problems; they can be exhilarating when successfully navigated or extremely stifling when missing the opportunity for solutions

Contradictions create a multitude of interpersonal problems; they can be exhilarating when successfully navigated or extremely stifling when missing the opportunity for solutions

Creativity

The Purpose of Conflict

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on September 12, 2022

Is it time to listen and care for each other through non-adversarial forums that go beyond imposed fragmentation and separateness?

Is it time to listen and care for each other through non-adversarial forums that go beyond imposed fragmentation and separateness?

Fear

The Value of "Warm Data"

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on July 22, 2022

How to create safe non-adversarial sharing forums to systemically mend and rise above today's everyday challenges.

How to create safe non-adversarial sharing forums to systemically mend and rise above today's everyday challenges.

Creativity

The Importance of the Aesthetic in Creativity

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on May 28, 2022

Creativity emerges in the gap between inductive and deductive reasoning, something between the known and the unknown waiting to be heard.

Creativity emerges in the gap between inductive and deductive reasoning, something between the known and the unknown waiting to be heard.

Relationships

Our Relationships as the Source of Improvisational Possibilities

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on March 31, 2022

How do we take advantage of what our human species innately knows must be altered? Have profound relationships that celebrate being interdependent with each other.

How do we take advantage of what our human species innately knows must be altered? Have profound relationships that celebrate being interdependent with each other.

Unconscious

What Your Legacy Can Tell You

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on February 6, 2022

Finding your interdependency using the strengths of your legacy is your personal contribution to our species evolution.

Finding your interdependency using the strengths of your legacy is your personal contribution to our species evolution.

Education

The Use of Mutual Learning for Relational Self-Fulfillment

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on December 21, 2021

In this time of year, the rewards of relational explorations lead to profound possibilities of warmth with family, friends, and our socioeconomic environments.

In this time of year, the rewards of relational explorations lead to profound possibilities of warmth with family, friends, and our socioeconomic environments.

Relationships

Holograms, Acorns, and Self-Fulfillment

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on October 13, 2021

Self-fulfillment occurs through a relational process that is found within the context of mutual learning.

Self-fulfillment occurs through a relational process that is found within the context of mutual learning.

Relationships

The Holistic Benefits of Family Therapy

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on August 21, 2021

It is essential for both a Family Therapist and those seeking help to mutually explore presenting relationship issues that are simultaneously connected to broader societal contexts

It is essential for both a Family Therapist and those seeking help to mutually explore presenting relationship issues that are simultaneously connected to broader societal contexts

Relationships

A Post-Pandemic Perspective Using "Warm Data”

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on July 5, 2021

When we understand the contexts and interdependency of our relationships we can create a healthier world.

When we understand the contexts and interdependency of our relationships we can create a healthier world.

Environment

Experience Walking Therapy

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on May 7, 2021

When you find yourself in need of some personal problem solving or to recharge your emotional being, seek out a place in nature and create a warm loving collaboration.

When you find yourself in need of some personal problem solving or to recharge your emotional being, seek out a place in nature and create a warm loving collaboration.

Education

How to Harvest Possibilities: Learning From the Greatest

Kenneth Silvestri Ed.D. on March 1, 2021

As you seek different caring possibilities, use all your senses to create a wider lens. It is here that we dissolve pain, find relationships, and replenish our souls.

As you seek different caring possibilities, use all your senses to create a wider lens. It is here that we dissolve pain, find relationships, and replenish our souls.