What is Acceptance & Commitment Therapy? I’ve written some posts talking about acceptance & commitment therapy (ACT), but I haven’t written a post on exactly what acceptance & commitment therapy is. In my opinion, it’s a way of handling your thoughts that equals peace. When you apply ACT in your daily life there is no […]
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Sobriety Books= Staying Sober Curious Are you thinking about becoming sober curious? First of all, what does it mean to be sober curious? According to Ruby Warrington, the author of Sober Curious, it means asking yourself “Would my life be better without alcohol?” That one question can lead you to evaluate how much you
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Sobriety Books = Staying Sober Curious Are you thinking about becoming sober curious? First of all, what does it mean to be sober curious? According to Ruby Warrington, the author of Sober Curious, it means asking yourself “Would my life be better without alcohol?” That one question can lead you to evaluate how much you
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More Research Based Strategies… Welcome to part 2 of Strategies to change your habits! If you missed Part 1, here is the link to check that post out. This series does not have to go in order! So read in whatever order you’d like! I’m going to start out by introducing you to what I
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Research-Based Strategies: Intro I’m a behavior analyst (BCBA) and I practice applied behavior analysis. We target a behavior for change (decrease or increase) and then come up with a plan to change it. In that plan there are schedules of reinforcement (SOR). There are technical terms for these schedules but I’m not about to introduce
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Habit vs Discipline vs Motivation… There is a difference between habit, discipline, and motivation but they all have one thing in common. If you have one of them then you can engage in a behavior that you’ve aimed to accomplish. But only one of them is sturdy enough to maintain those aimed for behaviors. Habits.
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How to Create Attainable Health Goals Do you have this overall feeling of wanting to be healthier but have no idea where to start? Do you make health goals that sound like this: “I’m going to stop eating junk food” or “I’m going to exercise more.” And you have the best of intentions but somewhere
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What is Sober- Curious? What does it mean to be sober curious you might wonder. I’ll tell you what it doesn’t mean. It doesn’t mean that you agree to be sober-for-life. It doesn’t mean that you’re admitting that you have a drinking problem, and it doesn’t mean that you think alcohol is bad. What I
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ACceptance & Commitment Therapy + Motherhood As some of you may know by now, I’m a mother of two littles. I was in the 2 under 2 club…which remains difficult even as they age! Before I learned about Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, I was fighting the struggles that come with being a stay-at-home-mom and engaging
How Can Perfectionism be Bad? I don’t know about you but when I used to tell people that “I’m a bit of a perfectionist” I used to think I was saying something good about my personality. I thought that perfectionism was something to aim for. But after reading Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
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