Jayson Gaddis made a great little clip on boundaries: porous, rigid or dynamic? With kids partners parents others…
How to meditate:: How to work with uncomfortale thoughts and feelings -Ken McLeod
More great clear instruction from Ken McLeod on how to work with uncomfortable thoughts and emotions when meditating (and in life). Unfettered Mind When you…
Ken McLeod on the habit of pleasing, and working with any kind of habits
Ken McLeod talks on Facebook about “the disease to please”. But this approach can be applied to any habit: from anger to numbing out. Its…
Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.: Reprogram With Healthy Habits and Warm Fuzzies: Trumping Addictions and Compulsions
From Huff Post. There is alot of good info here. The quote is from towards the end of the article (which starts out talking about…
Pure Fascinated Attention, or How To Kill A Thought In A Good Way: More On Mindfulness,
This article was called How To Kill A Thought In A Good Way: More On Mindfulness, in Forbes Magazine. I don’t find the focus of…
Why Self-Compassion Trumps Self-Esteem | Kristin Neff, PhD.
More on self-compassion from Kristin Neff. This is a long article and the second half appeals to me more than the first (which explores self-esteem…
How electrical brain stimulation can change the way we think – The Week
by Sally Adee After trying it myself, I have different questions. To make you understand, I am going to tell you how it felt. The…
Self-Soothing: Calming the Amygdala | The Emotionally Sensitive Person
DBT therapist, Karen Hall Ph.D., writes about self-soothing. This is my favourite part: Allowing yourself to experience the uncomfortable emotions (without feeding them and…
Why self-compassion is healthier than self-esteem | Psychology Today
It’s important to distinguish self-compassion from self-esteem. Self-esteem refers to the degree to which we evaluate ourselves positively. It represents how much we like or…
As Science Turns Its Attention to Feeling
A few choice quotes from the article in the Huffington Post by the person everybody is talking about, Sir Ken Robinson. Click at the bottom…