Commitment contracts: they really can help us achieve personally difficult goals
22nd July 2012
Four months ago I wrote a post entitled "Commitment contracts: another good way of helping us reach our goals" where I introduced some of the recent research on how helpful making a "commitment contract" can be when we're trying to attain particularly challenging personal goals. I mentioned the website www.stickK.com …
Power objects, power postures, power clothes, power prayers: all ways to facilitate change (2nd post)
21st July 2012
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work" Thomas Edison In yesterday's post - "Power objects, power postures, power clothes, power prayers: all ways to facilitate change (1st post)" - I introduced recent research highlighting how we can use physical objects and …
Power objects, power postures, power clothes, power prayers: all ways to facilitate change (1st post)
20th July 2012
"I will love you like a wind, like a man stitching a skin together like a winter coat. Like a man sitting in meditation and repairing a cracking spirit. Like a man in love with a leaf, a cloud, a flame, a temple. Like a man on fire running in …
Purpose in life: clarifying future goals & the challenges we will face in achieving them (for individuals, couples & groups)
18th July 2012
(This post on purpose in life: clarifying future goals & the challenges we will face in achieving them, and yesterday's on purpose in life: reconnecting to meaning & values, have been combined into a handout that is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file) "Those who …
Purpose in life: reconnecting to meaning & values
17th July 2012
(This post on purpose in life: reconnecting to meaning & values, and tomorrow's on purpose in life: clarifying future goals & the challenges we will face in achieving them, have been combined into a handout that is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file) I have …
Purpose in life: how do you score on the questionnaire & why does it matter?
16th July 2012
"When I get to heaven, God will not ask ‘Why were you not Moses?'. He will ask ‘Why were you not Susya? Why did you not become what only you could become?'" Susya, a Hasidic rabbi (This post on purpose in life questionnaires and the previous one on the importance …
Personal directions in mindfulness teaching: should we really only be training mindfulness for diverse group populations?
6th July 2012
I wrote an initial blog post in May entitled "Personal directions in mindfulness teaching: an overview" where I said that I was "excited, stimulated, happy, frustrated, challenged, and hopeful" about the current surge of interest in mindfulness and introduced the following diagram: (This diagram is downloadable both as a PDF …
Recent research: articles from June journals
5th July 2012
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 18,000 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …
Leeds BABCP conference: Kelly Wells ACT plenary and a skills class on imagery for sport, exercise & life (7th post)
3rd July 2012
I have already written four blog posts about the pre-conference workshop I attended (on Fatigue) and a couple of posts on the conference proper - "Two symposia on how CBT works, Paul Salkovskis's plenary and the compassion special interest group" and "Therapeutic stories & metaphors". Today's post looks further at …
Leeds BABCP conference: therapeutic metaphors & stories (6th post)
2nd July 2012
I have already written about the pre-conference workshop I attended (on Fatigue) and the the first full day of the conference proper. Today's post looks at the second day of this annual BABCP get-together. As is true for all three days of the full conference, there are typically 15 or …