Try to remember that all behavior is caused, and working to find why it happened, rather than resorting to blame or judgment :) Let's look at how behavior in our own lives and others has been reinforced. Positive and Negative don't mean good or bad in this skill set. It's about adding or taking away! Adding a "reward" (even if it's not effective) is positive. Removing pain or providing relief is a negative reinforcer! Also, my asthma is rough today! Thanks for listening! PS Dialectics is incompatible with blame!!!! Be an effective project! :D

There is no realm where only happiness exists. It's up to us as humans to find ways to transform suffering and increase happiness.

This time, I discuss being willing and the opposite, willfulness. This is a reminder to the original episode 19 in season 1. Grab a copy of Marsha's book! It's enlightening and you won't be sad you got the book! Practice being willing - recall that life has pain, and when we avoid it, we increase our own suffering.

DBT is NOT a trauma therapy, nope. It really does work and help get READY to process trauma. Take a listen to what DBT can seem like!

There are three areas of emotional vulnerability and only one area can be controlled and or changed. Take a listen!

When all else fails, use skills~ this episode centers around the final secondary dialectic taught in DBT. Have you ever wanted someone else to solve your problems? Or have you been unable to let others know you don't know what the heck you're doing? This one is for you! Emotion Regulation techniques discussed as well.

This is all about secondary dialectics found in DBT. Give a listen if you are experiencing many kinds of crises and you want to figure out how to make the cycle stop!

Do you or someone you know invalidate themselves when they experience an emotion they don't know how to handle?

This is an episode about secondary dialectics in DBT. This episode focuses on emotional vulnerability and self invalidation.

What skills have you been using for the last year? What have you been able to notice and accomplish? Have you been hard on yourself or others? Listen up! :D