Coping with the Prospect of Death
I recently listened to a new song: Roger Ebert. I learned about the song from a Facebook post by the son of a man with a recently diagnosed deadly disease. The song is about the last words of Roger Ebert, famous movie critic, who died in 2013. Just before...
Think of Alternative Ideas and Words
When I teach students how to help eliminate some behavior, like nail biting, I preach that clients need to develop an alternative behavior that serves the same functions as the one they want to eliminate. For instance, if a bloke wants to stop ruinous drinking, he may...
What Will You Title the Next Chapter of Your Life?
If you think of yourself as the author of your life story, what will you title the next chapter? This question asks for a goal. It is good for a person to have goals, whether of achievements, experiences, or whatever. Goals motivate us, they help us plan, and they...
Saying Foolish Things
I recently did a few radio interviews about the effects of empathy training, which was a media topic due to the PM ordering a member of Parliament to get the training. I said in the interviews that empathy training can be effective in a person who wants to learn. I...
Memorable Steet Names for Drugs
I read recently that leaders of the legal cannabis industry in the U.S. wants to eliminate certain terms from public use to make cannabis seem classier. They specifically want to eliminate the dominant term used in that country: marijuana. They claim the word became...
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