Who is that person that you just dread talking to? Is it a colleague or a family member? Or someone at your place of worship or the organization you volunteer with? Or perhaps it’s not so much the person, but a certain topic that you dread talking about? Most of us have at least one …
In this video, former US Army Captain Paul Chappell explains how love is a stronger force than fear and how militaries all over the world try to manipulate human beings’ natural predisposition to love and take care of each other in order to get their soldiers to fight. Paul K. Chappell graduated from West Point …
Often it seems that all we see in the media are violence, conflict and competition, whether it’s in the news, in entertainment or even in sports reporting. And this can have a significant impact on how we feel, how we see the world and how we deal with conflict. Notably we’ve recently seen in the …
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by Matthew Johnson It is no secret that despite the softening of rhetoric against Muslim terrorists since Sept. 11, 2001, the so-called West and the so-called Muslim world remain locked in an eternal battle over non-negotiable values that represent the foundation of both so-called civilizations — at least this is what many are led to …
Don. His name wasn’t typically Burundian. His father named him after Don King the renowned American boxing promoter. When Don King brought the great Mohamed Ali to Congo in 1974, Don’s father was in his mid teens. After Ali won the rumble in the jungle, Don’s father fell hopelessly in love with boxing. So when …
Many professionals experience dissatisfaction with the results they get for the amount of work they put in. Given the amount of time we spend working (at the office, at home, on our commute and even on vacation!), it’s easy to wonder why profits aren’t sky-rocketing, why clients aren’t thrilled with our products and services and …
During this season, from Halloween to Valentine’s Day, we are culturally invited to indulge in a lot of food. Dr. Robyn Benson and Kevin Snow, co-hosts of the Self-Care Revolution, share in this interview with Marianne Perez de Fransius, founder of Peace is Sexy, which foods to watch out for (sugar and gluten) and which …
“Business can be the most powerful agent for change, and if business doesn’t change, then I think we’re all doomed,” Rose Marcario, Patagonia’s CEO said. “Business that puts profit above people and the environment is not going to be a healthy and sustainable way for us to live and for the planet to survive.” One …
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Peace is Sexy is excited to announce its first online webinar course: 4 Weeks to a More Balanced and Meaningful Life. For those of us who went to top universities and are expected to be economically and professionally successful, we often don’t realize what messages and behaviors about conflict and competition we are unconsciously absorbing. …
By Marianne Perez de Fransius Thinking about how I ended up as an expert in peace and conflict transformation, I realized that my time at Georgetown University was pivotal. In the spring of my sophomore year, I studied abroad in Jerusalem and then worked at the Jerusalem Post over the summer. There was hope about the …
