Thanks to everyone for meeting a week earlier this month at Ruby Blue Cafe. We appreciated Dan and Jodi's update on the Cafe's anticipated temporary relocation for building renovations. There is nothing solid to report yet, so for this group it is "business as usual".
A reminder that Ruby Blue closes at 4:00pm during winter, so we'll aim for a 3:45 finish which means no new "meaning of life" discussions from 3:30.
Topics this month fitted an overarching "changes we notice ''. In particular we discussed current parenting trends, gender pay gap, sex and gender, and gender trends in the workforce. Points of interest included:
Current parenting trends - mobile phones and parenting.
Gender pay gap - with "same job, same pay" is there really a pay gap? (calm .. calm:):))
Sex and gender - Gender and sex differ; and how a binary minded world responds to gender changes.
Gender trends in the workforce - a positive move to encourage females into male dominated industries, however, what is being done to encourage males to participate in female dominated industries?.
The group seeks to apply a psychological framework to discussions, however, on this occasion we dived deep into "gender pay gap - does it exist?" and then time ran out.
On reflection, the psychology of change is one of a few theories (frameworks) applicable to our discussions. More details at
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/understanding-addiction/202110/understanding-the-process-change
On a final note, I've observed that one of the most uncomfortable places for the human psyche seems to be the emotional space between the "old known" and the "new known" - perhaps a form of grief.
Next meeting: 16 May 2:00pm at Ruby Blue Cafe Nunn Street.
Jane Rushworth
A reminder that Ruby Blue closes at 4:00pm during winter, so we'll aim for a 3:45 finish which means no new "meaning of life" discussions from 3:30.
Topics this month fitted an overarching "changes we notice ''. In particular we discussed current parenting trends, gender pay gap, sex and gender, and gender trends in the workforce. Points of interest included:
Current parenting trends - mobile phones and parenting.
Gender pay gap - with "same job, same pay" is there really a pay gap? (calm .. calm:):))
Sex and gender - Gender and sex differ; and how a binary minded world responds to gender changes.
Gender trends in the workforce - a positive move to encourage females into male dominated industries, however, what is being done to encourage males to participate in female dominated industries?.
The group seeks to apply a psychological framework to discussions, however, on this occasion we dived deep into "gender pay gap - does it exist?" and then time ran out.
On reflection, the psychology of change is one of a few theories (frameworks) applicable to our discussions. More details at
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/understanding-addiction/202110/understanding-the-process-change
On a final note, I've observed that one of the most uncomfortable places for the human psyche seems to be the emotional space between the "old known" and the "new known" - perhaps a form of grief.
Next meeting: 16 May 2:00pm at Ruby Blue Cafe Nunn Street.
Jane Rushworth
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