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Category Archives: mindfulness
More on Mindfulness
It’s been a while. Like many Americans, I’ve been watching the news and riding the roller coaster. But something happened earlier today that brought me back to a kind of everyday mindfulness, which my Midwestern forebearers would have probably called … Continue reading
Power Tool Safety
A theme that I come back to again and again in my work with clients is that one’s mind is powerful. My joke about that is that you need to use such a powerful tool safely. Another thing to keep … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, cognitive therapy, mindfulness, Uncategorized
Tagged Creativity, Thought
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Self Pity versus Self Mourning
Just a quick thought & a question– what is the difference between feeling sad about something bad in your life, and feeling self-pity? This came up recently in a session, where a client worried about sinking into self-pity. this is … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, choices, Depression, Distress tolerance, Emotions, existentialism, Feelings, happiness, hope, mental health, mindfulness, Recovery, Renewal, Sadness, spirituality, Therapy processes, Uncategorized
Tagged Behavioral health, Compassion, healing, Health, hope, Mental health, Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, recovery, Twelve-Step Program
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Spiritual Atheists
If you follow the buzz in certain circles, you’ve been hearing about various psychotherapeutic practitioners getting on board the spirituality bandwagon. This is, in some ways, amusing. Carl Jung was all over the spiritual side of things from the beginning, … Continue reading
I Am Not My Symptom
There’s a mantra for you. Whether it’s physical pain, depression, anxiety, or even something as simple as being at the back of a long line, it’s helpful to remember that the person experienced as I is separate and distinct from the contents … Continue reading
The Map Is Not The Territory
I was recently reading something about Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) and the phrase I stole for the title of the post was there. It certainly is food for thought. I thought about the many highway maps I’ve looked at in my … Continue reading
Learning to Fish– Or Not
There’s the proverb, alleged to be Chinese in origin, which says “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day: teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” (If you prefer gender neutral … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, change, choices, mental health, mindfulness, Uncategorized
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Wordless Mindfulness is Bliss
And a clean desk ain’t bad either. He probably knows how to delegate– with an excellent sense of non-attachment.
Posted in humor, mindfulness, Recovery, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged humor, Mindfulness
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I think, I feel, I do– not always in that order!
There is interesting information on brain plasticity that suggests that behavior changes the brain physically. Memories can become stronger depending on how often they’re recalled, and can change over time. Memory is a fallible thing, as we all know. By … Continue reading
Gollum and the Buddha
Most people are familiar with J. R. R. Tolkien’s character, Gollum. If you aren’t, and you plan on reading The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings, you might want to go do that before you read this post. Oh– … Continue reading