Values as a compass: how to live by what matters to you
Goals can be reached and come to an end. Values never end: they are the direction we choose for our life. Acceptance and commitment therapy puts this distinction at its centre.
Developing awareness
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Talk to yourself as to a friend: self-distancing according to Ethan Kross
When we talk to ourselves in the third person, “Ana, why are you so worried?”, we sometimes find it easier to think clearly. The psychologist Ethan Kross has studied this for more than a decade.
Awe: the emotion that makes us feel small, and more connected
Before a great mountain, a starry sky or an extraordinary work of art, we feel something that is not simply joy. Psychologists call it awe, and have studied it seriously only in the last two decades.
Name it to tame it: how words calm a strong feeling
When we put what we feel into words, “I am angry”, “I am afraid”, the feeling often weakens a little. Researchers have seen this even in brain activity.
Self-compassion: how to speak to ourselves when we make mistakes
With a friend who has made a mistake we speak gently. With ourselves, often, with a harshness we would never use with others. Psychologists have studied this difference.