When You’re Just Not Feeling Motivated
Six Things You Can Try To Overcome Your Resistance
Everyone is familiar with the struggle to retain skills once learned. It’s a process that is ever present in psychotherapy so unpacking how it works there can provide useful lessons for us all. Although clients may seem motivated in-session, the motivation often dwindles once confronted by the challenges in the real world. Commitments fall apart. …
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Last Sunday, February 12, was Darwin Day and it is worth a moment to think again about his relevance to our human struggles in the modern era. Most high school biology students know that at only 22 years of age, Charles Darwin went on a voyage that would forever change our understanding of the world. …
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If you get lost in painful thoughts and feelings, it often helps to do this simple technique.
Doing what matters comes with pain. But we can learn to be more effective about it. Here’s how.
I drove my son on a 25 minute ride to his Dojo for his karate class tonight. I waited and watched him practice for his qualifying exams for his black belt. For 90 minutes. Admittedly, I also took some notes that eventually became the article you are currently reading. After the training, I drove him …