In previous posts, I’ve written about the cognitive side of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The main technique involves identifying negative automatic thoughts and reframing those thoughts into ...

How clearly do you think you see the world? Well, I have scary news. We don’t see things as they are. We don’t even see. We perceive. Your eyes, ears, and senses receive information from the outside ...

Let’s blame the dog. Let’s blame the dog for everything, shall we, readers? Not fair? I’ll tell you what’s not fair. What’s not fair is that the husband is on call 50% of the time. This means he gets ...

Individuals with depression are prone to maladaptive patterns of thinking, known as cognitive distortions, whereby they think about themselves, the world, and the future in overly negative and ...

Ever find yourself focusing on the bad in every situation? That’s a cognitive distortion called mental filtering, which is therapist-speak for you’re stuck in a negative thought cycle. Negative ...

You may have never heard of “cognitive restructuring,” but it’s a real way to adjust your thoughts, make them more positive, and be more productive. Though it’s usually something you go over in ...

One of the keys to effective leadership is the ability to gain awareness and transformation in the area of our mindset. What we think about essentially affects our state, decision-making and energy ...

I’ve had only one panic attack. It happened in the fall of 2008, during a period when my wife and I were graduate students in English. I was walking across a sunny quad, wearing an actual tweed jacket ...

We’ve all been there. Moments earlier you were firing on all cylinders, ready to take on the world. But then everything changed. Where you were once full of energy, excitement and confidence, you now ...