Ken Silvestri

Noticing What Appears to be Hidden in Your Life "Noticing" is recognizing that nothing is hidden in our subconscious. Yet, much is unseen and emerges when we go beyond our everyday "looking."

Here is my current Autumn Psychology Today Blog that I want to share with you, that is my sense of the importance of "noticing."

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-wi...

Wonderful captured moment ..of our interdependency with all that passes by our window of life!

Beautiful mesmerizing moment captured in such a personal way ..brings up much from so many subscobscuous hidden images..

Beautiful...so many nuances.. wonderful image, gets the feeling of how many different personalities all relate to and emerge within the terrain of "Day Light "

Where is Your Individuality? A discussion of "Who am I in relationships to others and the world?"

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My recent Substack post on " Where is your Individuality?" Give it a read, comments and dialogue welcomed,,🙏

My recent Substack post on "Where is your Individuality?"
Give it a read, comments and dialogue welcomed,🙏

A breath of fresh air, given how stale the majority of Democrats are acting ..

Reframing Fear, Embracing Empowerment Our nervous system is crucial and has served our species well. The problem, however, is that the nervous system is autonomic and can remain stuck in a state of fear and stress.

Unfortunately, recent surveys have indicated a drastic increase in fear. It is vital to acknowledge that we are wired for relationships and are inherently interconnected. We need to celebrate and advocate our interdendency.

My new Psychology Today Blog

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-wi...

As U.S. Dismantles Voice of America, Rival Powers Hope to Fill the Void

“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...

Drift by Rachel Maddow: 9780307460998 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books The #1 New York Times bestseller that charts America’s dangerous drift into a state of perpetual war. Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift argues that we've drifted...

My thoughts (still!) on why it's supposed to be Congress and not a president who makes these decisions...

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ICE detains Marine Corps veteran's wife who was still breastfeeding their baby U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans

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How To Sustain Harmony During Conflict and Despair Lessons from Aikido and Warm Data

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How to Sustain Happiness Celebrating our interdependency as a source for happiness

How to Sustain Happiness | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-wi...

How to Sustain and Improve Empathy There is little disagreement that empathy has a positive effect on us; however, is it used enough and consistently?

How to Sustain and Improve Empathy | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-wi...

Empathy supports the parasympathetic calm part of our Nervous System and enhances the vagus nerve, the nerve that monitors security and compassion. There is little disagreement that empathy has a positive effect on us; however, is it used enough and consistently?

It is what those who blindly follow Trump need to understand:
"You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution."
Nelson Mandela

James Baldwin’s timeless reminder is that “the poets… are finally the only people who know the truth about us.”

We are constantly evolving and learning to learn. That is where poetry shines. It speaks from the heart, goes beyond the confines of acceptable grammar, and gives credence to being open to new possibilities.

The paradox of joy (which is our moral obligation in a world rife with reasons for despair), lensed through a Nick Cave song and a Lisel Mueller poem www.themarginalian.org/2024/09/05/j...

Responding with aggression only ends in a feeling of despair, a dangerous consequence leading to health problems on many interpersonal levels as well as sabotaging your nervous system. Assertively hissing, on the other hand, allows for relational possibilities that can produce mutual learning...

How to Cope with Social Polarization These are challenging times with much at stake. Social anxiety is at its highest level in years. The question is how to diminish polarization's barrage and psychological consequences.

It is a time to create a collaborative voice to make a difference that is a difference to imposed polarization. We need a collective intimacy, of synchronized relationships that will be contagious and flourish supporting our interdependency and so on...

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How to Expand Our Relationships Expanding our relationships offers a sustainable path to a more extensive definition of mutuality and interdependence through understanding that much is hidden but not unspoken.

Expanding our relationships offers a sustainable path to a more extensive definition of mutuality and interdependence through understanding that much is hidden but not unspoken.

Here is my current blog on Expanding Our Relationships:

www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/a-...

YouTube video by Kenneth Silvestri February 1, 2025 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards

Dear Friends,
I was honored to read my poem yesterday "Every Sunday" at the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards in historical Paterson , NJ amongst many incredible poets.
Thank you as always to Maria Mazziotti Gillan , Editor of the Paterson Literally Review

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An Antidote to Helplessness and Disorientation: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Our Human Fragility as the Key to Our Survival and Our Sanity “Only through full awareness of the danger to life can this potential be mobilized for action capable of bringing about drastic changes in our way of organizing society.”

An antidote to helplessness and disorientation from the great humanistic philosopher and psychologist Erich Fromm

Hope as an Antidote to Fear Hope is only the beginning without an ending. It is sustained by mutual learning and is not a substitute for action, only a basis for creative possibilities and solutions.

Hi Maria,
Thanks for the prompts!
Here is my sense of Hope from my Psychology Today Blog...
Warmly,
Ken

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David Byrne’s Illustrated History of the Possible Future “The way things were, the way we made things, it turns out, none of it was inevitable — none of it is the way things have to be.”

"The way things were, the way we made things, it turns out, none of it was inevitable — none of it is the way things have to be."

David Byrne's illustrated history of the possible future

What It Takes to Sustain Significant Relationships It takes two to know one and knowing ourselves is an expression of all that is between us.

Dear Friends,
Having been trained in cultural anthropology to look at how change comes about, I have “learned to learn” how to help recognize the tipping point or readiness to make a difference I. Relationships..

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-wi...

How To Sustain Harmony During Conflict and Despair Lessons from Aikido and Warm Data

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The Importance of the Aesthetic in Creativity A segue to resolving inevitable double binds and creating well-being.

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How to Walk on The Wild Side A way to experience your life differently

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