Tag Archives | Joanne Dahl

Chronic Illness Q&A with Dr. B.

April 12, 2013 at 9:00 am

This question & answer column is for people living with chronic health challenges and their family caregivers, who want to learn to increase the odds of improving their health by learning to live with mastery & wellbeing. I invite you to post your questions in the comments box below. When I get a certain number […]

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Health Effects of Avoidance Versus Acceptance

August 24, 2012 at 9:00 am

Effects on Health: The Physiology of Avoidance Versus Acceptance Now let’s take a look at the effects of experiential avoidance on health so we can see why it is so important for those of us with chronic medical conditions to become aware of experiential avoidance and strive to reduce it in our lives. Our health […]

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Cognitive Fusion with Cognitive Attributions is Unhealthy

July 2, 2012 at 9:00 am

Fusion,  Attributions, and Health  In understanding the deleterious effects of cognitive fusion, it is important to explore how the attributions we assign to all stimuli directly influence our physiology and health. We assign attributions when we connect a quality, character, or cause to a particular event—often with little awareness that we are doing this. Attributions […]

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