Relational Science

Relational Science · 3/28/2026 · Jeff Griffin Relational Science studies how our focus of attention, reasoning, and behavior are shaped by our relationships with other people, the world, and the habits we learned in development, patterns that quietly influence everything we do. We assume we see the world as it is, but we only see what our attention has been trained to notice, ignore, or exclude, which fuels confirmation bias and reinforces our existing beliefs. The simple truth is this: if we embrace positive relationships with people and the Earth, we are far less likely to cause harm. .

Key Focal Points:

• Nature Patterns
  In nature, symbiotic, parasitic, and commensal are terms that describe how organisms live in relationship to each other: symbiotic relationships benefit both organisms, parasitic relationships benefit one while harming the other, and commensal relationships benefit one without affecting the other.
• Relationship to People, Environment, Systems
  Relational Science describes how we live in relationship to everything around us — not just other people, but the parts of people we react to, the communities we belong to, the systems we navigate, the environment we depend on, and the consequences of our actions. These relationships shape what we notice, how we interpret the world, and the habits we form through experience. Healthy or unhealthy relational patterns developed over time influence how we reason, how we respond, and how we treat others and the world.

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