Self-control Through Mindfulness: Cognitive Defusion
In continuing our series of articles about learning self-control skills, we address the role of our thoughts in the process. If we are honest with ourselves, many of the areas we want to increase our self-control in (diet, exercise, sleep, etc), we experience a certain amount of ambivalence. We want to change and be self-controlled, but we also push against the effort and discomfort that change will require. This can create quite a bit of internal tension, that our mind will