Zen and the Art of Change
““One way to eliminate self negating thoughts and behavior is by gaining more understanding through realizing that you cannot force others to see that what you feel is real.” ― Iyanla Vanzant Of the 50,000 to 70,000 thoughts that we have every day, approximately 70% of them of them are negative. Just the thought […]
Read More RAIN – You can not eliminate negative thoughts“How the theater of the mind could be generated by the machinery of the brain” – Charles Bonnet (1720-1793) A couple of articles I have read recently have resonated with both memories of my grandmother and also my current mindfulness practice. The theatre of the mind quote at the start of this article comes from […]
Read More The Theatre of the Mind, hallucinations and Mindful Presence“One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.” ― Rita Mae Brown I love this quote so much I’ve used it again. Further to the previous article I wrote on memories – Are memories really real? How do they work?, I wanted to follow up on the idea that memories are not “real”, […]
Read More A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF STRUCTURED HELP THROUGH RAPID MEMORY CHANGE“Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.” ― Steven Wright Working with teenagers is always a challenge, especially if you are trying to help and support them through their own growing pains. I don’t want to use the word, counselling directly in this context, […]
Read More NURTURING TEENAGERS AND THE POWER OF REAL AND FALSE MEMORIES