Pains experienced as a result of negative recovery capital are often thought to stimulate motivations for positive behavioral change, usually through a 'rock bottom' type moment. Whilst recovery capital and barriers to recovery have been explored in the literature, conceptualizing these as push and ...
The journey to overcome addiction is often a marathon, not a sprint. Willpower can be your steadfast companion throughout this journey. You can boost your willpower by challenging and changing negative thought patterns, practicing self-forgiveness, and establishing a routine that encourages new ...
Whether you’re dating, married, or in a committed relationship, couples counseling significantly helps resolve conflict, improve communication, and enhance intimacy. You uncover, decipher, and heal distressing, repetitive interactive cycles that lead to unhappiness and negative feelings. This creates grea...
The adult voice in the story validates that “It’s OK to feel gray. You don’t have to be bright every day.” This is such a valuable statement for young readers. What might it be like if we all (grown-ups included) embraced all of our feelings, including the “negative” ones, ...
Commentators interested in the societal implications of automated decision-making often overlook how decisions are made in the technology’s absence. For example, the benefits of ML and big data are often summarized as efficiency, objectivity, and consistency; the risks, meanwhile, include replicating...
I say both. If you embrace negative feelings and face them, that should stop you from using MD for escape purposes. However, you will still want to use fantasy to temporarily come in touch with detached feelings and parts of yourself. Now let’s see what we can do about this part. ...
This book teaches us some easy tools and methods to use the power of our minds to stop unwanted thinking/behavior patterns in their tracks.It teaches us to “erase and replace” these negative thoughts that hold us back, such as anxiety with thoughts that can give a positive mindset and ca...
Coincidentally we were waiting on a Covid result from Russell being exposed and on quarantine (1st test negative, cold symptoms prompted a 2nd test) so I called the pediatrician and thankfully it was negative. I jokingly told Brad he didn’t have covid so stop coughing like that. I went...
So as these negative events and threats happen, you will be flooded with thoughts to make you give up on God, and become offended at God and others. You will have to make cognitive choices, often at almost every moment and under intense pressure, to “count” it all as a call to joy...
Fewer semesters may disproportionately and negatively impact transfer students compared to students who remain at the same university all four years, because they have less semesters to bring their GPA up from the initial drop in their first semester. This may have a negative impact on workforce ...