Playing with your mind

By Ernest Kinnie, PhD

I started as a dishwasher in a diner.  The pay was lousy but the waitresses were friendly.

Then went on to become Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York.

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Retired now and sharing the most useful and powerful psychological concepts and strategies gathered over a lifetime. 

I have had such wild creative fun exploring and learning from them.

And so have my students and friends.

AND SO WILL YOU.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blue Valley
• Release date: Jun 28, 2024
• ISBN: 9781965072028

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Playing with your mind

Ernest Kinnie, PhD

Published by Blue Valley, 2024.

Table of Contents

Title Page

PLAYING | WITH YOUR MIND

A | WILD AND FREE

B | HARD-HEADED SCIENTIST | WILD EYED MYSTIC

C | TRICKS OF PSYCHOLOGY

D | SHAKE YOUR RATTLE

E | MORE GREAT TRICKS

F | WISDOM AND COW PIES

G | THE WIZARDS ARE CALLING

H | YOUR MAPS OF REALITY

I | GIVE REALITY A GREAT BIG HUG

PLAYING

WITH YOUR MIND

LIFE CHANGING

PSYCHOLOGICAL FUN

Ernest Kinnie, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Copyright © 2024 by Ernest Kinnie

Blue Valley Edition

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Quick!  Grab the other bike.

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WELCOME

I started as a dishwasher in a diner.  The pay was lousy but the waitresses were friendly.  Then went on to become Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York.

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Retired now and sharing the most useful and powerful psychological concepts and strategies gathered over a lifetime.  I have had such wild creative fun exploring and learning from them.  And so have my students and friends.  AND SO WILL YOU.

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NOT JUST TALK, TALK!

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Reading but not using psychology

is just like reading the ingredients

but never tasting the ice cream.

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Come along

on a ride you will never forget

Many ways to choose your adventures.  Here are two that work well.

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1.  Glance at the possibilities and Go Zen.

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Grab the one

that waves and sings to you.

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2.  Or go to the very last page.  Close your eyes and press your finger against the screen.  Open your eyes and go on the adventure your finger found.

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Which adventure you choose will change as your curiosity and needs of the moment change.  The creative fun and learning experiences you gain from each will also change as your awareness, knowledge and wisdom grow.

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They become old friends.

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WILD AND FREE

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The flower children of long ago

1.  Wild and free

2.  Wild and free

3.  Free the flow—-out into the world

4.  A friend kindly shares—-how he frees the flow

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HARD-HEADED SCIENTIST

WILD-EYED MYSTIC

Go back and forth with playful curiosity

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5.  People walking by

6.  That big rock down by the creek

7.  Become a Diamond in the Sky—-join Einstein

8.  The power of World Views—-how have they affected your life?

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TRICKS OF PSYCHOLOGY

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...9.  Meta-Jump—-Meta-Power

10.  Run a few Tells—-very useful for poker players, con artists, and you

11.  Prime the pump—-wonderful surges of creativity

12.  Free flow your thoughts, emotions, and impulses—-if you dare

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SHAKE YOUR RATTLE

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13.  Shake your rattle—-throw blessings and curses.  Positive and negative placebos.

14.  Create your Power Pills—-Careful!  Don’t get addicted

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MORE GREAT TRICKS

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15.  You are more than you know—-much more

16.  Use language—-to push the blame

17.  Use projection—-to push the blame

18.  Stop!  Look!  Listen!-—your 30 second cure

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WISDOM AND COW PIES

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19.  John Stuart Mill is so right—-so wise

20.  Cow pies and horse feathers

21.  Come to the Dark Side—-we have cookies

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THE WIZARDS ARE CALLING

I’m so tempted to write lizards

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22.  Come play with Eric Berne

23.  Come sit in Fritz’s magic chair

24.  Come avoid reality with Freud

25.  Manipulate with Skinner and Pavlov

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YOUR MAPS OF REALITY

both empower and constrict

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26.  Play around with many versions of Reality

27.  Pick