Blog tagged as habits

Work is a major source of stress, and chronic stress wreaks havoc on us. It's time to really look at work stress and make some changes.

Have you ever found yourself questioning why someone behaves the way they do? Or maybe that person you're struggling to understand is yourself. Why do we do things that don't make sense, cause problems, or seem destructive?

Knowing how to protect yourself from burnout or how to bring yourself from back it is important. Psychological strength can help you do that.

You've heard the benefits of a gratitude practice. This article takes a new approach, viewing gratitude as a competing response for negative mental habits like rumination and worry and warning about the downsides of gratitude: when it leads to guilt.

This powerful metaphor illustrates the difference between awareness, focused attention, mindfulness, and rumination.

This short self-reflection exercise will help you set a good New Year's resolution.

Many people fail at changing habits because they miss the critical step of identifying their cues. Habits have 3 parts: cue, behavior, and reward. Recognizing all 3 can help you change bad habits.

This is shaping up to be a tense and long election season. These tips will help you stay cool, calm, and collected.

Understand why you have a lot of self-criticism and why it isn't helpful. Learn a helpful strategy for reducing critical self-talk.

Thinking is a habit shaped by our experiences. Like bad posture, thinking habits can be changed with awareness and repeated correction.