Do you ever get stuck on distressing thoughts that continuously loop through your mind? How am I going to get all this work done? What if I can’t sleep tonight? I wonder if the boss is […]
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Have you ever wondered how to break free of a worry loop? You know the experience. You’re in the shower, at the computer, or out to dinner with the family and there is […]
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While not always the case, many addictions are fueled by emotional pain experienced early on in life. These experiences have a lasting impact on the person because it’s a time in life when you’re developing […]
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At times we can become flooded with anxiety or emotional pain. In these spaces, we need quick, effective ways of getting relief and putting an end to the spinning. Here are 5 steps I commonly […]
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1) All-or-Nothing Thinking The first thinking pattern that feed depression is all or nothing thinking. With this cognitive error the world and self are viewed as either all good or all bad. There is no […]
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Not infrequently, I will be asked to put a label on a problem behavior. The spouse of a client will ask, “Does he have an addiction?” Or a client I am working with will say […]
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There are five practices that will help you get the most out of therapy, as well as cultivate aliveness: 1) Mindfulness One of the most user-friendly and effective mindfulness exercises is Focused Breathing Awareness (FBA), […]
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Learning how to diffuse anxious worry, addictive urges & depressed moods with the image of two screens We know the quality of our life is greatly determined by how we feel on the inside. But […]
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I recently saw a TED talk by Simon Sinek, where he described the Golden Circle. The outside of the circle is the WHAT question–what you do or what you’re selling. The next circle inward is […]
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