Narrative therapy: Rewriting your personal story How changing the plot you live by can change what’s possible without the hype In This Guide: Externalize the problem Find “unique outcomes” Re-author with thick description Remembering & definitional ceremonies What narrative therapy is (and isn’t) Through narrative therapy (NT), a therapeutic strategy
The Future of AI Mental Health: Integrating the Biofield What’s Missing in Today’s AI Mental Health Tools? AI has revolutionized mental health support. From chatbots offering a listening ear to mood-tracking apps using sentiment analysis, artificial intelligence has made emotional care more accessible. But here’s the critical gap: today’s AI
Mirror Neurons, Empathy, and What Actually Helps in Therapy In the 1990s, researchers recorded neurons in macaques that fired both when the monkey grasped an object and when it watched someone else grasp the same object. Known as mirror neurons, those cells were immediately, and maybe too enthusiastically, connected
Decision Fatigue and Its Impact on Health Behaviors Every day, people make innumerable decisions, ranging from simple ones like what to wear to more serious ones like dietary preferences or medical treatments. While decision-making is necessary for navigating daily life, one often neglected side effect of frequent decision-making is decision
Cognitive Distortions: How to Recognize and Rewire Unhelpful Thought Patterns We all have unwanted thoughts, but when they are skewed, they can affect our emotions, habits, and even our physical health. These tendencies, known as cognitive distortions, are key targets of treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). What Are
How the Creative Brain Is Linked to Time Perspective And How Biofield Technology Can Help Unlock It The desire to unlock creative potential is more than just a wish for artistic aptitude; it is the brain’s ability to make new connections, shift perspectives, and conceive possibilities beyond the present instant.
Somatic Experiencing and Trauma Resolution: Healing Through the Body Trauma is more than just a memory; it is a physiological imprint carried deep within the body. Long after the traumatic event has occurred, the nervous system may stay in survival mode, trapping the body in cycles of hypervigilance, anxiety, or
The Anchoring Effect: How First Impressions Influence Our Judgments In the field of cognitive psychology, we frequently make decisions depending on the first piece of information (the “anchor”) we come across, whether we are aware of it or not. This is referred to as the Anchoring Effect. What is
Somatic Symptom Disorders: When the Body Speaks What the Mind Can’t Say “The Body keeps the score.” This theory, popularized by trauma specialist Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk, is especially relevant for people suffering from Somatic Symptom Disorders (SSDs), which describes individuals who experience bodily symptoms, and often significant pain,
Hooked by Design, Part 3: The Algorithm vs. The Self – Reclaiming Your Digital Life In Part 1, we looked at how random rewards, through variable ratio reinforcement, make mobile phones and apps addictive. In Part 2, we discussed ways to break the cycle and retrain your brain for conscious
