Fw: [Ailist] AI for families and individuals

[Mike Sands]

One more other thing

In reading and thinking about these phenomena it is probably relevant to 
keep such ideas as dopamine, and endorphines in mind - and thinking that 
they may be part of the processes that emerge when enthartic conversation 
affectively congers up success stories to the screen of the mind and thence 
to the feeling field of the body.

Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sands" <msands at dccnet.com>
To: "James Werner" <james.werner at case.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: Fw: [Ailist] AI for families and individuals


> One other thing - much of the truth of the information below lies pretty 
> dormant until indivuals experience the energy and optimism  that intense 
> enthartic (intensionally facilitated uplifting ) conversations can kindle.
>
> Mike
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Sands" <msands at dccnet.com>
> To: "James Werner" <>; <ailist at lists.business.utah.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ailist] AI for families and individuals
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>
>> James,
>>
>> Your question ---- WOW
>> Parts of AI have a lot in common with Narrative Therapy.
>> People can learn quickly to ask people uplifting and enabling questions 
>> (15 minutes per a report from Mac O'dell ( I think) in report in "Stories 
>> from the Field)
>> Conversations are one way to harness the Law of Attraction/Attention - 
>> for short term and long term benefit.
>> Improving one's ability to have uplifting conversations outside a 
>> committed relationship can help with the relationship inside it.
>> Parts of AI relate closely to principles from Rogerian Therapy, also NLP, 
>> also Symbolic Modelling. ( A number of NLP processes invite the client to 
>> remember successes  - and thus help them open to new possibilities - this 
>> is very like the "grounded success" basis of AI.
>> What happens to "John" when you help him learn to how to help "Jane" help 
>> someone else - (I think they all gain in esteem, ability and 
>> opportunities for actvities)
>> (And it can grow in  exponential tentacular fashion)
>> I have run programs called "Dancing With Words - Conversations For the 
>> Health of  It" - some people respond in Toy Store fashion - and it can be 
>> life changing.
>> Intense conversation is an effective vector for pain management - 
>> analgesia by distraction - and once people have experience with it they 
>> can actively seek it out._ and help others)
>> I believe people could develop partnerships to assist each other adopt 
>> and sustain healthy life practices  - they would use processes that 
>> reflexively elicit energy optimism, and ideas and so help to create new 
>> pleasure anticipation processes that would affectively anticipate and 
>> reward healthful habits.
>>
>> Enough already - there is much more that can be said.
>>
>> One reference   - Listening to Life Stories by Dr. Bruce Rybarczyk (it is 
>> relevant but is sort of tangential)
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "James Werner" <james.werner at case.edu>
>> To: <ailist at lists.business.utah.edu>
>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:43 PM
>> Subject: [Ailist] AI for families and individuals
>>
>>
>>>I am new to the listserve and am interested in the possibility of
>>> using an AI-based intervention with families (and possibly
>>> individuals) who need to make positive changes in their health
>>> behaviors.  They may be obese, have heart disease or diabetes, eat an
>>> unhealthy diet, use tobacco, have a sedentary life-style, etc.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if any work has been done to adapt the AI
>>> organizational change model for use with families or individuals,
>>> either for health behavior change or even for for general
>>> psychotherapy?
>>>
>>> Thank you -
>>>
>>> Jim Werner
>>>
>>> James J. Werner, Ph.D.
>>> Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
>>> School of Medicine
>>> Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
>>> Case Western Reserve University
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