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Simulated Assault: My Life as a Self-Defense Instructor

November 1, 2012 By Meron Langsner, Ph D Leave a Comment

Meron Langsner plays the perpetrator in reversals of attempted assault.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: adrenaline, assault, body armor, communication, defensive training, fear, Fighting, gross motor skills, IMPACT Boston, learning to fight back, LGBT issues, LGBT self-defense, martial arts, Model Mugging, operant conditioning, people with disabilities, perpetrator, physical, physical skills, power, reversals, role playing, safety, scenarios, self defense, self-defense instructor, sexual assault, Situational Awareness, survivors of sexual assault, terror, trauma survivors, verbal de-escalation, What's Your Fight

Simulated Assault: My Life as a Self-Defense Instructor

November 1, 2012 By Meron Langsner, Ph D 7 Comments

Meron Langsner plays the perpetrator in reversals of attempted assault.

Filed Under: Fear & Courage, Featured Content, On Rape and Sexual Violence, The Good Life, What's Your Fight? Tagged With: adrenaline, assault, body armor, communication, defensive training, fear, Fighting, gross motor skills, IMPACT Boston, learning to fight back, LGBT issues, LGBT self-defense, martial arts, Model Mugging, operant conditioning, people with disabilities, perpetrator, physical, physical skills, power, reversals, role playing, safety, scenarios, self defense, self-defense instructor, sexual assault, Situational Awareness, survivors of sexual assault, terror, trauma survivors, verbal de-escalation, What's Your Fight

The Art and Science of Coaching

October 1, 2012 By Ken Goldstein 1 Comment

Ken Goldstein talks about the dynamics of business coaching, and offers three specific tips.

Filed Under: Business Ethics Tagged With: business, business ethics, business utopia, coaching, CTI, executive coaching, Human Resources, intellectual curiousity, John Vercelli, Ken Goldstein, mentoring, Psychology Today, role playing

Ten Things I’ve Learned From Crashing at Somebody’s House

July 7, 2012 By Josh Bowman 1 Comment

If you stay with somebody, be respectful. Say thank you and mean it. They’re doing you a favour.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog, Ten Things I've Learned Tagged With: bad houseguests, boxers, couch, crashing, friends, role playing, sleep, sleeping, where'd I put my toothpaste

Gaming: First Skyrim Expansion Pack Announced [@akilshohen]

May 16, 2012 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

New vistas to explore in the popular console game are sure to delight its legions of fans.

Filed Under: Culture, komplicated Tagged With: Bethesda, E3, Kinect, PC, PC gaming, Playstation, Playstation 3, ps3, role playing, RPG, Skyrim, Video Game, Xbox 360, Xbox Live

“How do they do that with the lights, crew, cameras, assorted hanger-on’s around”

April 28, 2012 By the Editors Leave a Comment

This comment is from Merke on the post “Stars Get Intimate About Shooting Sex Scenes.”

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: actors, actresses, Comment of the Day, movies, role playing, sex scenes

Gender Bender: My Day as a Woman

January 30, 2012 By Jackie Summers 18 Comments

“If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?” — Tyler Durden, Fight Club

Filed Under: A Day in the Life of a Woman, Advice & Confessions, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: a day in the life of a woman, gender, gender roles, gender-bender, Jackie Summers, role playing, The Good Life

What if You Woke Up and You Were a Teenage Girl?

January 30, 2012 By Oliver Lee Bateman 32 Comments

You’ve received gratis what everyone wants: a second chance at a first start. But why hasn’t Clay returned your text?

Filed Under: A Day in the Life of a Woman, Boys, Families, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: a day in the life of a woman, gender roles, Oliver Lee Bateman, role playing, role reversal, teenage girl, teenager, texting, The Good Life, thought experiment

Games: The High Art of Thievery in Skyrim … For Amateurs

November 17, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

Tired of getting bounties put on your head? We’re here to help you master larceny in no time at all.

Filed Under: Culture, komplicated Tagged With: Bethesda, elder scrolls, game, games, role playing, RPG, Skyrim, Video Game, Video Games

Letting Grandma Cut Loose-Roll Playing Games for the Kindergarten Set

October 28, 2011 By Mark Greene Leave a Comment

Play as a powerful collaborative learning tool ……….. Play is a way to help children and parents be receptive to growth and learning across a range of parenting challenges/opportunities. In many cases, play can give you the outcome you are seeking with the full cooperation of your child. It’s just a question of trusting your [...]

Filed Under: Learning, MegaSAHD, MegaTools Tagged With: children, emotions, kindergarten, role playing

Ten things I’ve learned from role-playing games

January 10, 2011 By Josh Bowman 1 Comment

Note: my knowledge only extends to AD&D, and while I dabbled in university, I really only played consistently up until I was about 14 or 15. Interestingly, I also wore sweatpants to school up until I was about 14 or 15. Coincidence? Once you roll for your statistics, your character classes are limited by how [...]

Filed Under: Ten Things I've Learned Tagged With: ADD, fantasy, games, role playing