You are Responsible for You: autonomy, automaticity, and change

Originally published on DuffMcDuffee.com By Duff McDuffee No one else “causes” your thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. This is an impoverished model of reality. In this cause-effect model, people do things and you have a response. That’s the whole model. There are no choice points in this model. You are a…

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Child Advocacy Program Offering Training to End Abuse

Originally published on Time Warner Cable News on May 14, 2015 By Mark Goshgarian. It’s a problem that affects one in 10, or 3,000 children in Chautauqua County. “Imagine 41 school buses of children. That’s about how many children are being sexually abused and by in large, we’ve haven’t addressed…

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Detroiter’s daily trek inspires hundreds to donate

Originally published in the Detroit Free Press on February 2, 2015 By Bill Laitner. Photos by Ryan Garza A story about a Detroit man who commutes about 21 miles a day on foot to and from work has spurred reaction from across the nation, including social media fundraisers that have…

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Make Them Visible

The New York Rescue Mission, America’s first rescue mission conducted a social experiment with families of New York and called it, the Make Them Visible campaign. The project places family members in conspicuous placements throughout the streets of New York where they know their family members will pass them and…

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