Psychology Today Blog:
Making Change
A psychologist provides guidelines to help individuals define their best pathways to change
By Leslie Becker-Phelps, Ph.D.
Top Five Making Change Blog Posts
Read this post for a link to my top five Making Change blog posts and information about my upcoming book, Insecure in Love.
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Think About This Before Making Your New Year’s Resolution
Now is the time when people tend to reflect upon the past year and make promises to themselves for how they will be different in the coming one. While such New Year’s
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Eat Less, Enjoy It, and Have a Happy Thanksgiving
If the Thanksgiving dinner table is a battleground for you each year, it is time for a ceasefire. Find peace – and enjoy a wonderful meal –
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Unhappy With You? How to Turn That Around
If you are unhappy with any or all aspects of yourself, you can become more of the person you want to be. The secret to getting on
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Accept Your Pain; It Will Hurt Less
When life hurts, you can be angry with your circumstance. You can be angry with yourself. But ignoring, denying, or railing against the problem will not resolve it. And aggravating over it will only cause you more suffering. There is another way—and it’s better.
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What To Do When Life Hurts
Like it or not, the emotional pain you feel is there. However, you have a choice about how to cope with it. Learn how opening up to the “burn” it creates can help to light your way to a greater sense of well-being.
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Self-Criticism Can Sabotage Your Happiness; and Productivity
People often motivate themselves to try harder and do better by being self-critical. Despite their best intentions, this approach often backfires. There is a better way…
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All Self-Improvement Starts Here
There are innumerable ways to make personal changes, so it can be difficult to know where to start. However, increasing your self-awareness is the one first step that all approaches take.
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Don’t Just React: Choose Your Response
You want to be different, but don’t know how to stop reacting as you do. Victor Frankl reflected wisely upon just this kind of situation by saying, “Between stimulus and response there is a space.
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Nurture Personal Growth With Self-Compassion
When you fail to make personal changes despite your best efforts, you may find that you lose patience with yourself. Instead, try developing self-compassion.
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