“Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.” William James The therapist Arnold Lazarus in the 1980s devised a way of observing and tackling our reaction to stress, categorising it by 7 modalities. Observing our reaction to a perceived challenge in this way not only briefly distracts… Continue reading Your Confidence Habit 3: Notice your reaction
“The proper work of the mind is the exercise of choice, refusal, yearning, repulsion, preparation, purpose and assent. What then can pollute and clog the mind’s proper functioning? Nothing but it’s own corrupt decisions.” Epictetus, Discourses. We perform these seven functions every day: we aim to make the right decisions and resist temptation, with the… Continue reading Time to think…about the 7 functions of the mind
