Wellness

The Paradox of Opening to Pain

If something hurts us, we should avoid it, right? If you put your hand on a hot stove, it physically harms you, you experience pain, and...

Safety Through Gratitude

In this day and age, it seems that it is increasingly difficult to feel safe. Part of this can be chalked up to the ubiquitous...

Coping with Quarantine: Savor the Little Things

While some states are reopening, many others are not and normalcy may still be a long way off for many of us. The strategy this week can...

Coping with Quarantine: Watch your Thinking

During this quarantine, do you find yourself stuck in your head a lot?Chances are that if you are like most people, you have been...

Coping with Quarantine: Routines and Rituals - Morning&Evening

In our last post we talked about how getting into a rut and routine without variety might be a bad thing during this pandemic. Doing the...

Coping with Quarantine: Positive Experiences at Home

Cabin Fever. You're probably feeling at least a little bit stir-crazy at this point. I know I am. Most of us are several weeks into some...

Coping with Quarantine: Dealing with Worry and Finding Flow

The world we live in. As both mandatory and voluntary quarantines, social distancing, and shelter-in-place orders continue, many people...

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...

Self-Control: Science and Art

Modern Westerners, especially younger generations, mine included, are severely lacking in a primary virtue that is necessary for...

Envisioning the Future: Self-Control via Anticipation

If self-control is more than an innate trait, but rather a set of skills and habit of character, then we should be able to grow in...