Podcast episode Review: Dumping your inner drill sergeant Podcast: The Happiness Lab Host: Dr. Laurie Santos Guest: Kristin Neff, PhD I reviewed this particular podcast episode because it has key points in terms of how we treat ourselves in terms of being self-critical. This is…
Ahh yes, mind reading. Ye may have this ailment as some of us do. Mind reading is when you believe you know what a person is thinking – and — you know they are thinking negatively about you in terms of what we are doing,…
Probability overestimation. So aside from this sounding some high falutin’ clinical term, it essentially is the overestimation of a particular outcome that is inevitable to occur. It is often aligned with negative thought patterns, but positive overestimation can also be problematic. As Rod Sterling from…
Thinking traps are patterns of thought we have that can increase our own anxiety, worry and fear. Some other names are: stinking thinking, illogical thoughts, cognitive distortions, etc. The importance of this is that it can negatively impact our decision-making quality. This series will break…