Your Thinking Precedes Your Feelings
The Mental Health Gym
October 30, 2023
Over the past half-century, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has emerged as the most widely used approach to psychotherapy. There are a few variations of it – with each tracing its lineage to a practitioner who was likely influenced by Albert Ellis or Aaron Beck – or both.
See publication
Tags: Health and Safety, Leadership, Mental Health
The Benefits of Not Watching the News
The Mental Health Gym
October 16, 2023
Don’t get me wrong. Being uninformed or ignorant is no badge of honor. At one time, I considered myself a bit of a news junkie, and I still subscribe to a physical newspaper as well as reading some others regularly online. But I can decide which articles I will read and how much time I give to reading them.
See publication
Tags: Health and Safety, Leadership, Mental Health
When Did Compromising Go Out of Fashion?
The Mental Health Gym
October 09, 2023
As I write this blog, terrible wars are going on in Ukraine and the Middle East, virtually every country has enemies that with whom they have no diplomatic relations, politics are more polarized than ever, and even the party that has the majority in the House of Representatives hasn’t been able to agree on a speaker. Even on the streets of our cities, an argument or a failure to yield the right of way in traffic can lead to violence. Under these circumstances, it’s reasonable to ask, “What ever happened to the idea of compromise.”
See publication
Tags: Health and Safety, Leadership, Mental Health
