Taming Invisible Tigers (Diaphragmatic Breathing)
by Beverly Ward November 13, 2022 From Science: How long can you hold your breath? The average person can hold their breath for 30 to...
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Beverly Ward
- Sep 18, 2022
- 3 min
Kernels of Thought
By Beverly Ward September 18, 2022 From Science: Automatic thoughts are thoughts that ‘pop’ into our minds in response to situations....
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Beverly Ward
- Sep 11, 2022
- 3 min
Psychosis and Living Well
by Beverly Ward September 11, 2022 From Science: We all have a 'breaking point', a point where the stressors in our lives are just too...
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Beverly Ward
- Sep 4, 2022
- 3 min
Cognitive Distortions
By Beverly Ward September 4, 2022 From Science: I have just completed a series of blogs looking at eight types of cognitive distortions....
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Beverly Ward
- Aug 7, 2022
- 4 min
Blaming
By Beverly Ward August 7, 2022 From Science: Today we are looking at the cognitive distortion “blaming”, the eighth and final distortion...
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Beverly Ward
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
Labeling
By Beverly Ward July 31, 2022 From Science: Labeling is the seventh Cognitive Distortion we will look at in this series of blogs. ...
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Beverly Ward
- Jul 24, 2022
- 4 min
Overgeneralizing
By Beverly Ward July 24, 2022 From Science: Overgeneralizing is a type of Cognitive Distortion (the sixth in this series of blogs) in...
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Beverly Ward
- Jul 17, 2022
- 4 min
Emotional Reasoning
by Beverly Ward July 17, 20022 From Science: This week we are looking a fifth cognitive distortion, emotional reasoning. (Cognitive...
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Beverly Ward
- Jul 3, 2022
- 4 min
Jumping to Conclusions
by Beverly Ward July 3, 2023 From Science: This week we are looking at a fourth Cognitive Distortion, Jumping to Conclusions (can we call...
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Beverly Ward
- Jun 26, 2022
- 5 min
Should Distortions
By Beverly Ward June 26, 2022 From Science: This is my third in a series of blogs on Cognitive Distortions, which are unhelpful ways of...
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Beverly Ward
- Jun 11, 2022
- 3 min
Catastrophic Thinking
By Beverly Ward June 12, 2022 Science: In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, we talk about Cognitive Distortions, which are unhelpful ways of...
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Beverly Ward
- Jun 5, 2022
- 3 min
All or Nothing Thinking
by Beverly Ward June 5, 2022 From Science: In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) we talk about various types of "cognitive distortions",...
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Beverly Ward
- May 29, 2022
- 5 min
Lest We Forget
by Beverly Ward May 28, 2022 The History: Tomorrow we recognize Memorial Day 2022 as a time to honor and remember U.S. soldiers who died...
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Beverly Ward
- May 26, 2022
- 3 min
Unwitting Warriors
This week I have been working on a blog for Memorial Day, I have been writing about the tasks of mourning and memorializing from the...
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Beverly Ward
- May 22, 2022
- 3 min
Mental Wealth
by Beverly Ward May 22, 2022 From Science: May is 'Mental Health Awareness Month', and, thankfully, in 2022, we have come a very long way...
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Beverly Ward
- May 15, 2022
- 4 min
U.S.A.nxiety
May 15, 2022 By Beverly Ward From Science: Like most all things, anxiety exists on a continuum, at one end is low-level, helpful anxiety...
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Beverly Ward
- May 5, 2022
- 2 min
Crowned with Glory
Mother's Day 2022 Happy day to mothers everywhere, biological moms, adopted moms, foster moms, spiritual moms, moms in-law, grandmoms,...
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Beverly Ward
- Apr 24, 2022
- 4 min
imPOSSIBLE
By Beverly Ward April 24, 2022 From Science: We have probably all heard the admonition, 'get out of your comfort zone', if nothing else,...
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Beverly Ward
- Apr 17, 2022
- 2 min
The Answer is Easter
April 17, 2022 This week, in honor of Easter Sunday, instead of writing my usual blog, I would like to share a word from Rick Warren,...
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Beverly Ward
- Apr 10, 2022
- 4 min
'Win'nowing
by Beverly Ward April 10, 2022 From Science: Were your great-great-grandparents ever “stressed”? Technically, no. Until the 1930s,...
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Beverly Ward
- Apr 3, 2022
- 4 min
Knit Enough
by Beverly Ward April 3, 2022 From Science: Are you all tied up in a not? Ask any seasoned therapist and you will likely learn that...
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Beverly Ward
- Mar 27, 2022
- 3 min
Aha!
by Beverly Ward March 27, 2022 From Science: The “Aha!” moment is one of the oldest concepts in psychotherapy. It is a sudden burst of...
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Beverly Ward
- Mar 20, 2022
- 4 min
Forgivedom
by Beverly Ward March 20, 2022 Definition: Forgiveness is a decision to change your stance toward a wrongdoer from one of bitterness to...
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Beverly Ward
- Mar 13, 2022
- 2 min
Eyes to See the Good
by Beverly Ward March 13, 2022 From Science: Behavioral Science tells us that a focus on the positive improves our mental health. In...
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