One of the brain’s top priorities is to create efficiencies by managing the never-ending flow of incoming information. It does this by filtering what is relevant versus irrelevant to us through experiential, temperamental, and environmental influences as well as our...
Cognitive distortions are perceptual errors in our thinking which lead to misinterpretations of reality, especially about how we relate to the self, others, and the world. Everybody struggles with cognitive distortions from time to time. However, if they become a...
We are often pressured by society and other people to have things figured out and to follow socially acceptable protocol. This leads to ideas of how things should be and how things should go: expectations. Expectations help us to create standards to showcase our...
Motives We can strive to become our ideal selves but what is the point in putting in all the effort if there is no bigger purpose beyond ourselves? It’s like continually trying to climb up a mountain without ever reaching the peak where we mindlessly create...
That is the age-old question and it’s easy to theorize about the roadblocks that prevent us from exercising and make up excuses. However, it is all about how we view the act of exercising and the mental associations tied to it. Frame/Reframe it as a Positive...
