Your mind’s comfort zones might be cages in disguise. These two habits hinder your emotional progress without you even realizing it. Often in life, you can be stuck in your ways without even realizing ...
Looking at the past can interfere with the present. Source: Anderson Martins/Pexels What is rumination? Rumination has been defined as "the tendency to focus passively and repetitively on one's ...
You watch her stay through the awkwardness and feel that hollow knot of embarrassment with her - that memory keeps replaying in your head long after the moment ends. You can learn why that feeling ...
When anxiety strikes, self-awareness can morph into toxic rumination. Here's how it can deepen your crisis instead of helping you solve it. Change can be deceptively complex and difficult to perceive ...
When life feels overwhelming, we all turn to coping strategies to help us get through the day. But not all coping mechanisms actually help. Some offer a quick fix but make things worse in the long run ...
In a German crossover trial of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), an eight-session mindfulness-based emotion regulation training (MBERT) led to a greater decrease in daily stress and ...
Disappointments are inevitable, and how we cope with them is often a defining moment in our lives. How we respond to disappointment is often influenced by our upbringing; some people seek to avoid ...
Uncertainty touches nearly every facet of our lives. That includes our careers (“Will I get laid off?”), relationships (“Will my marriage succeed?”), health (“Will I be diagnosed with cancer?”), and ...