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Monday, April 30, 2012

The Quest for Emotional Wellness No. 13: Cultural Wellness


Our social and organizational life can be better understood by looking at the surrounding culture, the culture that socialized us, and reflecting on cultural assumptions. Everyday frustrations and puzzling experiences can be explained by the cultural forces that operate outside of our awareness. For example, do you ever wonder why communication and misunderstandings occur over and over? It is not entirely the behavioral regularity of the event that is the problem. In reality, it may only be an artifact of the climate or culture that already exists, 

 What is the first step to improving the cultural forces around you? Start by testing your own assumptions about how things should be done, and see how they compare to your values and shared beliefs with others. Are some assumptions only myths and stories or are some relics of past dysfunctional social patterns?

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