Overcoming Disappointments and Setbacks, with Realistic Positivity
Some suggestions here on coping with disappointments and setbacks, with realistic positivity. This encourages our resilience in the short and longer term.
Overcoming Disappointments and Setbacks, with Realistic Positivity
Tag Archive: challenge your thoughts
Dealing with unhelpful (self-critical) thoughts
A few ideas here on dealing with unhelpful, self-critical thoughts, if we find ourselves giving ourselves a hard time, beating ourselves up more often than is good for us. We’re looking here at separating ourselves from our thoughts, and acknowledging for example that: -💭thoughts are the stories we create and tell ourselves – 💭we are not our thoughts – 💭we don’t have to believe our thoughts – 💭self-critical thoughts are opinions, and there are other opinions When…
Unhooking from our (unhelpful/negative) thoughts (video)
I looked in a previous video at how we can be affected physically, mentally, emotionally and behaviourally when we get stressed, and how the symptoms can feed into each other in a cyclical way. This…
You are not your thoughts
Herewith a few thoughts and ideas about a helpful ‘thinking skill’ to put into practice if we’re thinking our way into trouble more often than is good for us: change your relationship with your thoughts…
Emotional reasoning
I’d like to explore here what we mean by ‘emotional reasoning’, and to share some suggestions and ideas on how to do something about it if you recognise it in yourself or others, and your…