Inspiration from the Couch

EP 91: Shed what no longer serves you


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Today we talk about 7 ways of thinking – 7 cognitive traps – that increase our suffering and increase the likelihood we’ll abandon ourselves. They are: 

  1. Stories
  2. Expectations
  3. Rules
  4. Shoulds/Oughts
  5. Judgments / negative self-talk
  6. Comparison
  7. Perfectionism

We define each of these, exploring how they show up in our lives. We talk about how to shed these ways of thinking when they no longer serve us. We also discuss what makes these thoughts so sticky, ingrained, and hard to get rid of. 

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Inspiration from the CouchBy Avery Hoenig, PhD, Jamie Wilson, PhD, and Lucy Smith, PhD

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