Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a popular method in the counseling profession to treat anxiety. Our thoughts and actions create an emotional response. The power of our thoughts is indisputable across the unexplainable results in science.
As the sole survivor of an airplane crash, I often wonder, “How did I survive?” Was it superhuman strength or sheer luck?
Getting rid of our things can cause one to pause, reflect and agonize over that decision. When we breakup with our stuff, we are getting rid of a piece of ourselves. Our stuff, ourselves.
Busyness is good and is better than having nothing to do. Being busy busy busy does not mean that you are productive. Many people fill their lives with all kinds of tasks and produce little outcome. Furthermore, they have little reward to the effort that went into the completion of those tasks. We need to really think about busyness. Putting a bunch on our plates may not be productive. Time and effort should be respected.
Intelligent people do not tolerate the following:
Smart people do not have to please everybody. It’s important to care about friends and family. We need to have compassion but to put yourself in a burn out phase because your focus is that you don’t want them to be mad at you is not a good idea. People have survived being disappointed over and over again.
If you are a business owner or busy professional, you know the toll stress can take on your productivity. Stress can have emotional and physical effects, but it can also make it hard for your business to succeed. Keep reading for some effective tips for combatting stress while creating more success for your business:
From the first moment we come into this world, we feel. We feel joy, fear, rage, and love. We learn to hide the feelings that frighten us. First we hide our feelings from others and then from ourselves. Many of us live our lives distant from our deepest feelings and never stop to wonder what would happen if we allow ourselves to feel them fully. And to express our feelings and share them with the world.
Breaking up is hard to do. When I was younger, we didn’t have the capabilities to break up via text messaging or via email. Most of us would like to have the respect and dignity of a face to face breakup. Your lover doesn’t return your phone call, your email or your text messages. You’ve not only been dumped, you’ve been ghosted.
In India it is appropriate to use the Namaste gesture when greeting colleagues. Bring both hands together and center in front of your chest. Make a small motion to bow while saying Namaste. Namaste is recognizing we are all equal.The divine in me bows to the divine in you. A professor once told our counseling class, “You Are Your Patient.” Namaste.
There are married couples that no longer kiss much during sex. Couples will bypass the painful emptiness in their kisses and instead focus on touching each other’s genitals. Each of them may achieve orgasm through a mechanical like quality in their physical exchanges in the bedroom. Couples often miss what it’s like to have true intimacy while achieving orgasm. Couples with their eyes wide open during sex may have a brand new sizzling sex life.