Your New Favorite Psychological Strategy: Taking in the Good!
This may become your new favorite psychological strategy! I use it all the time, I teach it all the time, and it tends to be
Suzanne Manser, PhD
October 5, 2026
Category: Retraining the brain
22 Iffirmations to Get a Beach Body (nope, that’s not a typo)
No one talks about having a “mountain body” or a “camping body,” but lots of people talk about having a “beach body.” It has become
Suzanne Manser, PhD
June 27, 2023
46 Iffirmations to Change Your Life (nope, that’s not a typo)
One of my absolute favorite mindset-management tools are iffirmations. Nope, not affirmations. Iffirmations. Affirmations are also mindset-management tools. Affirmations are statements that we are trying to get
Suzanne Manser, PhD
September 5, 2022
The Skinny on Changing Your Body Image
BODY IMAGE Do you know the definition of body image? It’s one of those concepts that we all kind of know what we mean, but
Suzanne Manser, PhD
August 19, 2021
Put Your Inner Critic Out of a Job (and give her a new one)
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.
Suzanne Manser, PhD
June 15, 2021
How To Practice Body Neutrality
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
Suzanne Manser, PhD
January 2, 2021
Pay Attention! (To get more of what you want)
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
Suzanne Manser, PhD
December 15, 2020
Getting Comfortable with Discomfort
“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” -Flip Rodriguez, American Ninja Warrior Somehow, we have gotten a very dangerous idea in our heads. We, as a society,
Suzanne Manser, PhD
September 18, 2020
The COVID Rollercoaster
When I first got on this ride, I had no idea how long it would last or how many twists and turns there would be.
Suzanne Manser, PhD
September 8, 2020
The COVID Marathon
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
Suzanne Manser, PhD
April 14, 2020