This is a very easy and quick exercise. What’s awesome about it is that it’s experiential. It requires you to physically experience something rather than attempting to learn only on an intellectual/logical level. Experiential learning is a far more powerful way to change your relationship with your private experiences (your thoughts, memories, sensations, evaluations, emotions) [...]

Some days, everything is going well and I think I’m a great psychologist. Some days I think I am indeed awesome, lol. But, there are moments when it pops into my head that “I’m useless”. I’m sharing this example to show how you can use two different approaches for dealing with these types of thoughts. [...]

Here are 3 cycles I frequently see in people who are having relationships problems. These particularly commonly occur when one or both partners has low self esteem. Person feels frustrated > Person acts out in relationship (i.e. acts unhelpfully) > Person feels shame and more frustration (at self and partner). Or Person feels anxious > [...]