emotional-intelligence

Where do our thoughts come from?

In cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which is an evidence-based therapeutic modality for reducing anxiety, core beliefs are thought to underlie automatic thoughts. Interestingly, I’d argue that beliefs are thoughts we’ve decided to “install” in our brains to help us process life. Julie Simmons, a licensed therapist, explains this point below: As such, beliefs are thoughts …

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Illustration of how & why we get emotional

Illustration: Before self-reflection – These are a few reasons why a particular person may get anxious Note: The individual may not know they think in this manner and that this way of thinking (these beliefs) can be changed.   After self-reflecting on why they get emotional  The individual identified and dropped the belief that they should …

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June 5 – June 11 Recap: Notable Answers to questions and shared perspectives from me

This post contains questions I’ve answered and perspectives I’ve shared during the week of June 5- June 11. Some of my responses are short while others are more detailed and contain more back and forth engagements.

Topics: Some beliefs that fuel loneliness and the fear of being alone, being a contrarian thinker, risks of relying on lust & attraction for non-platonic relationships

Do you need to be in relationship w/others to emotionally heal or be ok with YOURSELF? I say no and Miley Cyrus seems to agree as well

This post would likely be of interest to: single people uncomfortable with their singleness, people that want to leave a relationship but fear doing so, people that think being in a relationship is “better” than being single….this isn’t an exhaustive list so there may be other audiences interested in this content

How high expectation positions can test the desire of your goals

Some forget that there’s a mental game one likely has to play when pursuing goals I think it’s easy to fixate on building technical skills to improve performance but I’ve seen the dangers of this one-sided strategy in my professional life that I’ll briefly cover. Afterward, I’ll share how I think this often unspoken mental …

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Perception: A reason why we experience performance anxiety which sometimes keeps us from our best

Concepts discussed: emotions Have you ever wondered why you act perfectly fine with people you’re close to and sometimes struggle to be this normal when interacting with a secret admirer or complete strangers? The same social behaviors you flawlessly executed with friends struggled to manifest themselves in a different but similar social situation. This article …

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