Is poverty thinking synonymous with Low/No Impact Living?
The psychological effects of Low/No Impact Living deserves attention.
One of the most uncomfortable consequences of Low/No Impact Living is how it triggers negative peer pressure; drawing out defensiveness BIG time. Low/No Impact Living downright provokes a lot of people because it challenges eons of conditioning.
Raising my conscious awareness of the psychological implications of Low/No Impact Living, broadens my understanding of it.
Anat Baniel, author of “Move Into Life” said, “When we move with Attention, the brain re-maps.” I am lowering my impact by remapping my brain with conscious awareness.
This post was submitted by Eileen Balint.
This is a really important point, I would like to see more info sharing about the psychological impacts of making big lifestyle changes - that is part of the attraction of projects like No Impact Man after all. The research on this subject is limited so far, but generally shows that even when living in an intentional community, people find it a constant challenge to go against mainstream norms. And research from neuroscience shows that we feel the pain of social rejection in the same ways in the brain as we feel physical brain - so no wonder it is hard sometimes!
Comment by Kate — April 23, 2010 @ 10:44 am