change therapy

if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. thanks for visiting!a few weeks ago, my friend carol from alphaglyph productions did an interview with me. here is a picture from it:

and you can see the video on the alphaglyph podcast site. you can try either the “download” […]

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once in a while i post poetry here. it helps process our thoughts and feelings.
but there’s no limit to the art forms we can use to express ourselves. here is the drawing of a friend of mine, literally depicting what’s going on inside his head, inspired by a list of codependent behaviours he […]

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a continuation from yesterday’s blog regarding alternative thought records:
this is an example of using alternative thought records. in the beginning, it can usually only be done afterwards. with time, one can get practiced enough to try and do it right in the moment.
this is an example of debriefing the next day:
situation:
harry received an […]

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cognitive therapies, which focus on examining and “repairing” one’s thoughts, are often seen as the best way to deal with depression. while i believe that the tools that cognitive therapies provides are just one among many ways to help with depression, they can nevertheless be quite useful. so here is a tool from […]

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medicalnews reports this today:
An article published in the recent issue of Psychological Science … demonstrates that individuals have a strong tendency to eat only a single unit of food, regardless of the unit’s size or caloric value.
The authors conducted experiments with offering free food in public areas, varying the size of the product unit […]

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today is my birthday.
i have a wish.
at this time, there are a few people in my life who are deep in the throes of suffering.
my wish is that whoever reads this, may send good thoughts to my friends, to any friend you know who is suffering.
in the words of the buddha
may you be free from […]

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an interesting chart from the poor in spirit blog:

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as my dear readers know, one of the blogs i watch is daily dose of queer, where i found a link to jay sennett’s blog. he’s looking for bloggers to review a new anthology called “self organizing men” – women transitioning into malehood (or FtM, as it’s often called). good for him […]

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just as hope can be seen from opposing viewpoints, i think the term “enough” can be seen from different points of view as well.
let’s take these three examples:
“you don’t need another blanket, joe. it’s not that cold – these two blankets are enough.”
“don’t worry about making every page perfect. remember, it’s a draft; what you […]

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hope is one of those things that can go both ways. let me first tell you about what i believe to be the negative aspects of hope, and then about the bright side of hope.
the carrot and the stick
hope can be the carrot of the famous “carrot and the stick”. it can be that […]

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hi - thought i’d post my latest “what’s new” email here … here we go …
dear friends -
the other day i was walking by my garden and all of a sudden it hit me: this is starting to look like the garden i had always dreamed of! a little wild and chaotic, with lots […]

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rick bruner from business blog consulting writes this today:
… why not blogging for the good of [hu]mankind? There are issues-focused blogs like the environmental blog TreeHugger. Now there’s a network of blogs for good, founded by Paul Chaney of Radiant Marketing Group. Way to go, Paul! It’s a brilliant idea; I […]

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“i have this young man sitting here, george. i’d like to send him over to you. he’s a real sweetheart but he’s got a problem and some things got a bit messed up.” my friend tessa at the neighbourhood church didn’t tell me more than that; probably he was sitting right beside her […]

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genkaku, one of my favourite bloggers, wrote this today on speaking one’s truth:
The movie “National Treasure” is an adventure about stealing the Declaration of Independence. On the back of this document, in invisible ink, is a clue to finding a vast treasure, which, by movie’s end, is found.
In the midst of the movie the central […]

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hello everyone -
maybe you don’t need me anymore! i just discovered wikihow, and you can, too!. there you can learn fascinating things, like how to

Become Emotionless (”a very useful way to handle problems”)
Bury Your Burdens
Cope With Feeling Alone at Night
Discipline Your Troubling Student
Find Help For a Suspected Eating Disorder
Get an Annoying Song out of […]

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