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Reality Check: When You’re Thrown Off Course
In our lives, we may have blissful times. Those are the days when everything is going smoothly. Relationships with friends and family are warm and satisfying, work or purpose is well in hand and headed in the direction that you … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing actions, choosing thoughts, total behaviour
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Reality Check: Body, Mind and Feelings
“You won’t gag if you hum.” This I learned from a dental professional. It’s true—you don’t even have to carry a tune! Who knew? This practical little trick reminds me of other connections between actions and physiology. Dr. William Glasser … Continue reading
Posted in Doing, Thinking, Feeling, Physiology
Tagged choosing actions, choosing thoughts, total behaviour
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Reality Check: What does it mean to be strong?
When people face difficulties, observations are often made about the strength of those who are suffering. It is admirable to be strong in the face of adversity. Strength is also beneficial for a helper who wants to support others through … Continue reading
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Tagged choosing actions, helpful, perception, total behaviour
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Reality Check: Tension
In his book, Counseling with Choice Theory, Dr. Wm. Glasser describes his first meeting with a guy he calls Jerry. When Jerry walked into Glasser’s office for their first session, he avoided walking on the lines in the carpet. Then … Continue reading
Posted in Control and Choice
Tagged dissatisfaction, internal & external control, making choices, motivation, total behaviour
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Reality Check: Fear and the Unknown
If you’ve ever had a serious medical issue, then it’s safe to say you have experienced fear. That fear may be about unknowns: How will this turn out? Will I be ok? When I was catching up with Sara some … Continue reading
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Tagged perception, total behaviour, worry
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Reality Check: Relaxation and Everyday Anxiety
Last time, I mentioned that Dr. Martin Seligman has a couple of suggestions to lower everyday anxiety levels. One is progressive relaxation, also known as progressive muscle relaxation. This technique is hardly new; apparently first described nearly a hundred years … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, total behaviour, worry
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Reality Check: Loose Ends and Everyday Anxiety
Curious things can happen if we detach ourselves from technology for a while. I call that time “vacation,” an opportunity to notice things I might not pay attention to otherwise. Knowing I’ll have no electronics, internet, or email to entertain … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing actions, total behaviour
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Reality Check: Can your Belief Change your Reality?
Many of us feel stressed. Challenges, fears, upsets, and disappointments abound. People, institutions, politicians, employers and many others don’t behave as we want them to. A lot of those stressors are outside of our control. And even though we know … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, choosing thoughts, total behaviour, worry
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