Are we supposed to lead with Logic or Emotion? Or is there a secret third option? Learn how to empower yourself and stay in charge of your life!
I’ve been a therapist for over 25 years, and in my experience, there are two things that humans are extraordinarily bad at: self-compassion and letting
Most critics’ jobs are to critique. To analyze and assess. The inner critic is different – her job is solely to criticize. That is her entire job. She’s not analyzing anything. She’s not even assessing. She’s not trying to be fair at all. She’s just throwing out criticism after criticism because that’s her function. That is her whole purpose in existing.
Your inner critic is an amalgamation of every negative thing anyone ever said about you, every side eye someone gave you, everything you ever interpreted as a negative judgment of you, and all of your insecurities. She gathers anything that will make you feel bad about yourself and uses it against you. She doesn’t care if it’s true; she just wants it to hurt.
I’ve written a couple of articles about what body neutrality is and why our society desperately needs it as an alternative to body negativity and
What most of us want to know is: How do I get more of what I want and less of what I don’t want? Good
It’s the beginning of Week 5 for most of us.* Most of us started hitting our wall last week. I heard it from patient after
“Someone once asked me, ‘Why do you always insist on taking the hard road?’ I replied, ‘Why do you assume I see two roads?’” –
[This is from a talk I gave earlier this week for Eating Disorders Round Table, so it is longer than my usual articles.] I have
My blog is intended to be a bit of a How-To in living a meaningful and easier life. It addresses topics such as managing painful
In Don’t Believe Everything You Think, I talk about the idea that although you can’t control which thoughts enter your mind, you can choose which