When working on yourself doesn’t feel like you’re working on yourself

November 9, 2013 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 21 tags
When you’re in pain and life is hard; when your self esteem is at its low point and you are ...
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Earth Day

April 22, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 2 Comments 10 tags
Today is Earth Day – a day for us to renew our awareness of our connection to the Earth.  As ...
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doing the next right thing

April 20, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 12 tags
Sometimes our thinking can get in the way of progress.  We complicate things beyond recognition and become immobilized.  The concept ...
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Cognitive Distortion – Overgeneralization

April 1, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 17 tags
Overgeneralization is a type of cognitive distortion where an individual generalizes a negative view based on one, or limited, experience. In ...
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secondary gain

March 18, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 14 tags
One thing to look at when thinking about unremitting problems is what is the secondary gain from staying stuck?  Just as ...
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making changes

February 19, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 13 tags
Anaïs Nin: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the ...
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practice makes progress

February 12, 2012 Patricia Dornelles 0 Comments 12 tags
Practice makes progress.  You can aspire to perfect, possibly, but only if this aspiration does not leave you feeling like ...
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