From the comfort of my own home, I am attending a two-day experiential group on nervous system regulation through the American Group Psychotherapy Association. Considering the world we’re living in, many of us need to practice nervous system regulation.
Do you see nervous system regulation in my images for today?
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Here’s the first song I ever wrote, which was a way of practicing nervous system regulation.
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Here’s what I find when I search for “nervous system regulation” on YouTube:
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Thanks to all who help me with nervous system regulation, including YOU!
Rhys — the welcoming, perceptive, kind, aware, attentive, versatile, soulful, generous, and lovable server at Junior’s restaurant in New York City — really didn’t know how he affected me until I published yesterday’s blog post (and today’s!).
I really didn’t know how I affected Rhys until he showed me his instagram account yesterday and asked to get some pictures with me yesterday.
I really don’t know how I affect other people by sharing thoughts and images here, including these:
Perhaps McCoy Tyner, the incredible jazz pianist who died yesterday, didn’t really know how he affected other people. Here‘s one of the most affecting pieces of music I’ve ever heard (performed live in Berlin in 1990):
Here‘s the recording of “Fly with the Wind” which has affected me for decades:
Here‘s another incredible piece from the same album:
We really don’t know how we affect other people unless we tell each other. I want to tell you how I grateful I am for all of you, every day.
Because I affiliate myself with a blog that often defines terms, here are some definitions of “affiliate”:
af·fil·i·ate
verb
əˈfilēˌāt
1. officially attach or connect (a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization.
“the college is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin”
synonyms: associate with, unite with, combine with, join (up) with, link up with, team up with, ally with, align with, band together with, federate with, amalgamate with, merge with; More
noun
əˈfilēət
1. a person or organization officially attached to a larger body.
“the company established links with British affiliates”
synonyms: partner, branch, offshoot, subsidiary
affiliated; affiliating
transitive verb
1 a : to bring or receive into close connection as a member or branch. “The medical school is affiliated with a hospital.”
b : to associate as a member. ” She affiliates herself with the local club.”
2 : to trace the origin of. “They affiliated Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” to earlier plays.”
intransitive verb
: to connect or associate oneself : combine. “She refused to affiliate with any political party.”
I am officially attached and connected to a national organization of group psychotherapists which has multiple local affiliates. Therefore, today I am associating, uniting, combining, joining, up, linking up, teaming up, allying, aligning, banding together, federating, amalgamating, and merging with representatives of other local affiliates for many hours in Houston, Texas, a state affiliated with the United States of America.
Are any of today’s blog-affiliated photos good representations of “affiliate”?
There are many children’s book characters affiliated with Massachusetts.
That skating rink is affiliated with the Galleria Mall in Houston — an unexpected affiliation to me.
Since you are affiliating yourself with this blog today, how might you use “affiliate” in a sentence?
Thanks to all who helped me create this post now affiliated with The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally and — of course! — thanks to YOU, no matter how you affiliate yourself.
