Experiential Avoidance is the Opposite of Mindfulness
Experiential Avoidance of Thoughts and Feelings
Becoming aware of the ways we avoid unpleasant thoughts and feelings as well as activities that we fear could trigger those thoughts and feelings is an important step toward mindfulness. Conversely,…
Practice Living by Your Personal Life Values Part 3
A I pointed out in Part 2, if you want to be happy, pursuing your values will be more effective than pursuing happiness. First you have to identify your personal values. The method I recommend for identifying your personal values is to notice…
Practice Living by Your Personal Life Values—Part 1
As I pointed out in earlier posts, emotional distress and its accompanying physiological stress are less the result of events than of the attributions you assign to those events—your thoughts and beliefs about them—and your cognitive…