This post outlines how to do a simple behavioral experiment. Behavioral experiments are one of the most important types of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques. Most people understand that
This is a follow-up post to yesterday’s post about attaining life dreams. What if you don’t know what you want? You don’t know what surface goals would help
I’m writing this post from New York City. I’ve been on vacation here for 6 weeks or so – recharging my batteries (update: I’m back in Christchurch now).
A major research paper was published last year about the links between creativity and emotions. The paper examined the results of 66 different studies about how people’s emotions
Understanding your psychological “raw spots” can help you make sense of your emotional reactions. Understanding other people’s raw spots (e.g. partners’ raw spots) can help you make sense
“Psychological payoffs” hook people into behaviour patterns that provide some psychological rewards but that also have important downsides. Common examples of these types of patterns of unwanted behaviour
Mini Positive Emotions Brainstorming Activity (10 minutes) Right now in your life, which of the emotion types on the list below do you feel least often? Which of
This guide will show you how to do that. The relationship between surface goals and deep goals Surface goals are things like – Get married. Have a tidy
