Blog tagged as mental habits

The causes of mental illness and poor mental health are complex and interconnected. Biology, psychology, and social factors all influence the development of mental disorders.

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 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.