Posts Tagged ‘Cognitive Behavioral Therapy’
What’s Missing From the Story? Reframing Self-Critical Thoughts
Imagine the following scenario: a person who never works, cooks, or cleans. The people they live with tend to their every need. Not only does this person never express gratitude, but they’re also often rude. They push back when they don’t get their way and are reluctant to clean up their own messes without being…
Read MoreStruggling To Catch Your Breath?
The Toll Of Physical Stress And Emotional Stress “Brian” my “running buddy” (you may think differently when you hear my story), helps me demonstrate a good lesson about coping with stress in this video! My takeaways for you today: Coping skills are to cope. You can’t avoid problems altogether, but it does make it…
Read MoreAre You Proving Yourself Right? How to Break a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Have you ever made a “prediction” about how something would go, and had things turn out exactly as you expected? Maybe you wake up and think, for no specific reason, that today is going to be a bad day. Then your coffee turns out cold, you hit every red light on your way to work,…
Read More(Video) Sticky Thoughts Stampeding Through Your Brain!
Let’s Try An Experiment: Whatever You Do, DON’T Think Of A PINK ELEPHANT! How long did you last? My guess is less than 5 seconds. Don’t feel bad. That’s how our brain works. And it’s the same with OBSESSIVE or ruminative THOUGHTS. This week I’m talking about what to do when your brain won’t let…
Read MoreBrain Games To Shift Thinking
It’s good to remind ourselves on occasion that our brain can play tricks on us. We can’t blame it. Our brains are bombarded with an overload of information to sift through every second, and it needs to take mental shortcuts to keep up. But these little tricks don’t always work very well, especially when they…
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