Often we have a story about ourselves and others that’s about things being one way or the other. We’re good at something or bad at something. We’re successful or a failure. We’re right or wrong. All or nothing thinking is also known as polarized thinking. Our brain likes to create unambiguous categories […]
The simple answer to this questions is that our perspective is what shapes the way we see things in the world–the way we interpret and understand the stimulus in front of us. This is simple enough for us to understand: my perspective influences the way that I interpret the information in front of me. […]
I’d like to share with you all a story that I haven’t shared fully in a public setting. When I was in my final years of university, I began to struggle with my mental health for the first time. I didn’t know why I was suddenly feeling depressed and anxious, waking up in the night […]
Once I became a parent, I noticed a lot of negative self-talk start to creep back into my vocabulary: “I’m not good at this.” “I’m so stressed and tired.” “I’m so out of shape.” The dangerous thing about this sort of negative self-talk is that it triggered a repetitive stress response […]
Have you ever heard the saying that humans are ‘creatures of habit’? When I think of habits, my brain goes in two different directions. I think of routines–which consist of habits that are often put in place to help us. But I also think of habits that we get stuck in (the ones we […]
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