Episodes

  • Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Driver(s): Be Strong, Intervention: Thinking in Shades of Gray

    Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Driver(s): Be Strong, Intervention: Thinking in Shades of Gray
    Mar 20 2022
    Drivers, from Transactional Analysis (founded by Eric Berne), are messages we get in childhood that drive our behaviors. they are not necessarily, and always, bad but can be taken to extremes. Be Strong is when we belief we must be strong at all times and in all ways. Thinking in Shades of Gray is when we look at things on a continuum or spectrum and not extremes.
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    2 mins
  • Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Superman/Superwoman, Intervention: Downward Arrow Technique

    Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Superman/Superwoman, Intervention: Downward Arrow Technique
    Mar 20 2022
    Superman/Superwoman is a belief that you must always be strong and never show weakness. Downward Arrow Technique is when you ask yourself what would this belief mean or say about me in order to get to the deeper fear or concern.
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    2 mins
  • Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Low Frustration Tolerance, Intervention: Cost-Benefit Analysis

    Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Low Frustration Tolerance, Intervention: Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Mar 18 2022
    Low Frustration Tolerance is when you believe that you should never be frustrated and that life should be easy. Cost-Benefit Analysis is when you weigh the costs and benefits of believing something and see that the costs far outweigh any benefits.
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    2 mins
  • Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Magical Thinking, Intervention: Examine the Evidence

    Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Magical Thinking, Intervention: Examine the Evidence
    Mar 18 2022
    Magical Thinking is when you believe that if you worry enough your problems will go away. Examine the Evidence is when you test out your belief and see if it is true.
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    2 mins
  • Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Spotlight Fallacy, Intervention: Examine the Evidence

    Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Spotlight Fallacy, Intervention: Examine the Evidence
    Mar 18 2022
    Spotlight Fallacy is when you believe that talking to people is like having to perform on a stage under a spotlight and that you need to be charming, witty, clever, sophisticated and interesting otherwise people won't like you. Examine the Evidence is when you check out to see whether a belief is true. Do people avoid or shun or judge you? Everyone? Some?
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    3 mins
  • Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Brushfire Fallacy, Intervention: Survey Technique

    Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Brushfire Fallacy, Intervention: Survey Technique
    Mar 15 2022
    Brushfire Fallacy is when you believe people are clones who all think alike. If one person thinks something about you, it will spread like brushfire and soon everyone will think that way about you. Survey Technique is when you take a survey of people and ask them directly do they think that about you.
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    2 mins
  • Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Perceived Narcissism, Intervention: Thinking in Shades of Gray

    Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Perceived Narcissism, Intervention: Thinking in Shades of Gray
    Mar 14 2022
    Perceived Narcissism is when you believe the people in your life and demanding, manipulative and powerful. Thinking in Shades of Gray is when you view things on a spectrum or range and not in absolutistic, black and white ways. www.michaelzonelcsw.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQilTc7lIIUfwRGlpp3MBEw https://www.instagram.com/real_life_counseling/ https://www.instagram.com/cognitive_life_improvement/ https://feeds.captivate.fm/living-a-life-of-optimi/
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    3 mins
  • Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Emotophobia, Intervention: Experimental Technique

    Thinking Your Way to Happiness! Disputing Negative Thoughts - Self-Defeating Belief: Emotophobia, Intervention: Experimental Technique
    Mar 13 2022
    Emotophobia is when a person believes they should never feel sad, anxious, inadequate, jealous or vulnerable. They should sweep their feelings under the rug and not upset anyone. Examine the Evidence is when you test out your belief by trying it out on some people and see whether or not the respond the way you imagine. www.michaelzonelcsw.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQilTc7lIIUfwRGlpp3MBEw https://www.instagram.com/real_life_counseling/ https://www.instagram.com/cognitive_life_improvement/ https://feeds.captivate.fm/living-a-life-of-optimi/
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    2 mins