Chewing the cud: Rumination can lead to ruination …
Chewing the cud can ruin your life. Huh? “Chewing the cud” is a phrase used to refer to rumination, the act of turning thoughts over and over […]
23
Aug
2023
Blog Tag
Mental Health
22
Aug
2023
An adult version of “red light, green light” for living a safe, healthy life …
“Unchaining” from an addiction is a challenge for anyone facing such an issue, and for many it will be one of the toughest trials in their lives. […]
21
Aug
2023
A cognitive restructuring technique to help you kill the ANTs …
A foundational truth to human behavior is this: Our thoughts create our emotions, and the combination of our thoughts and emotions creates our behavior. So, if you […]
15
Aug
2023
A simple stress interruption technique …
For parents across the country, just the idea of a new school year starting — and the overflowing schedules that’s likely to mean — is an inducement […]
10
Aug
2023
Why are some people so volatile?
Have you ever had a relationship with a volatile person? You know, the kind of person where you think you have to “walk on eggshells” around for […]
03
Aug
2023
Instead of fixing what’s wrong, a lot of people draw circles …
When a person enters counseling, there’s a primary measure as to whether they will exit counseling having progressed in changing or improving their life. That key measure […]
24
Jul
2023
How to sabotage what could be effective counseling …
Most people who enter into counseling do so because they want to change their lives. But that could mean different things. Some are willing, even want, to […]
20
Jul
2023
Worse than the humorous way we stereotype it …
Few people like talking about self-discipline because so many of us don’t want to exercise it, preferring to indulge our desires, yet a lack of self-discipline in […]
19
Jul
2023
The need for daily mental flossing …
Do you floss daily? Not just your teeth, but your thoughts? We actually have as much need (if not more) to mentally floss our thinking each day […]
12
Jul
2023
Living life in a self-made defective system …
One of the ways many of us (probably most of us) become our own problem and inflict pain into our lives is by creating, and then trying […]