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    All or Nothing Thinking

    June 10, 2018

    All or Nothing Thinking Thinking errors are plentiful in the human condition and they lead us into patterns of behavior that cause us emotional pain and in some cases can be quite debilitating. As shown previously in this blog “shouldy” thinking is a common error. Another like it is, All or Nothing Thinking, which is […]

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    All or Nothing Thinking

    All or Nothing Thinking Thinking errors are plentiful in the human condition and they lead us into patterns of behavior that cause us emotional pain and in some cases can be quite debilitating. As shown previously in this blog “shouldy” thinking is a common error. Another like it is, All or Nothing Thinking, which is […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Psychotherapy Tagged With: All or Nothing thinking, black and white thinking, Perfectionism, Polarized thinking, self acceptance, self criticizing, unconditional acceptance

    How to Let Go of Guilt and Shame or How to Forgive yourself

    April 23, 2018

    How to Let Go of Guilt and Shame. Or,  5 steps to forgiving yourself. In my years of working as a therapist in Burbank and Rosemead, California, I’ve worked in many different settings. I have consistently come across the reality that many people are saddled by guilt and shame, and cannot forgive themselves  for past […]

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    How to Let Go of Guilt and Shame or How to Forgive yourself

    How to Let Go of Guilt and Shame. Or,  5 steps to forgiving yourself. In my years of working as a therapist in Burbank and Rosemead, California, I’ve worked in many different settings. I have consistently come across the reality that many people are saddled by guilt and shame, and cannot forgive themselves  for past […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: letting go of shame, self acceptance, self forgiveness

    The Four Fold Breath

    April 4, 2018

     The Four Fold Breath:   A very simple and extraordinarily effective Stress Reducing technique that I teach clients is something called The Four Fold Breath. It is actually a Pranayama Yoga technique known as  Sama-Vritti.  It actually means “Equal Breathing.” In Dialectical Behavior Therapy it is known as “Box Breathing “ or “Four Square Breathing.”  […]

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    The Four Fold Breath

     The Four Fold Breath:   A very simple and extraordinarily effective Stress Reducing technique that I teach clients is something called The Four Fold Breath. It is actually a Pranayama Yoga technique known as  Sama-Vritti.  It actually means “Equal Breathing.” In Dialectical Behavior Therapy it is known as “Box Breathing “ or “Four Square Breathing.”  […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Breathing, breathing techniques that work, coping skills, pranayama breathing, reducing anxiety, reducing stress, Sama-Vritti, Square Breathing

    How to Deal with Anger

    March 18, 2018

    How to Deal with Anger A few years ago I did a websearch on Anger for patients that I worked with in an inpatient psychiatric hospital. I came across The SAP Model ™ by Dr. Andrew Gottlieb. As Dr. Gottlieb has pointed out “Anger is probably the most cognitive of all of the emotions. We can’t […]

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    How to Deal with Anger

    How to Deal with Anger A few years ago I did a websearch on Anger for patients that I worked with in an inpatient psychiatric hospital. I came across The SAP Model ™ by Dr. Andrew Gottlieb. As Dr. Gottlieb has pointed out “Anger is probably the most cognitive of all of the emotions. We can’t […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Anger, negative self talk, positive self talk, silence inner critic, silencing the inner critic, unconditional acceptance

    Shoulds and Shouldy Thinking…

    March 6, 2018

    Shoulds Shoulds are a list of inflexible rules that we have regarding a subject. Largely it’s about how people “should act” and behave. This type of thinking, when directed at others, usually results in us judging them negatively,  finding fault, and if verbalized, making them really defensive. In this scenario, people fall short, they have […]

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    Shoulds and Shouldy Thinking…

    Shoulds Shoulds are a list of inflexible rules that we have regarding a subject. Largely it’s about how people “should act” and behave. This type of thinking, when directed at others, usually results in us judging them negatively,  finding fault, and if verbalized, making them really defensive. In this scenario, people fall short, they have […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Anger, Common Thinking Errors, self talk, Shoulds, Shouldy Thinking

    Viktor Frankl

    March 5, 2018

    Viktor E. Frankl  (1905-1997) Man’s Search for Meaning. (This article and the quotes in it were largely taken from past Wikipedia articles on Viktor Frankl. I consider him one of the giants of the 20th century. If you are looking for insight into the human condition and the meaning of life I know of none better […]

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    Viktor Frankl

    Viktor E. Frankl  (1905-1997) Man’s Search for Meaning. (This article and the quotes in it were largely taken from past Wikipedia articles on Viktor Frankl. I consider him one of the giants of the 20th century. If you are looking for insight into the human condition and the meaning of life I know of none better […]

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    Plato’s Cave

    February 12, 2018

    Plato’s Cave (from Wikipedia and modified with commentary by Bill Leavitt) The Allegory of the Cave (also titled Analogy of the Cave, Plato’s Cave or Parable of the Cave) is presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work The Republic to compare “…the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature“. […]

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    Plato’s Cave

    Plato’s Cave (from Wikipedia and modified with commentary by Bill Leavitt) The Allegory of the Cave (also titled Analogy of the Cave, Plato’s Cave or Parable of the Cave) is presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work The Republic to compare “…the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature“. […]

    Filed Under: Entertainment Industry, Life Coaching, Psychotherapy Tagged With: Allegory of the Cave, Plato's Cave

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