"Nurture great thoughts for you cannot go higher than your thoughts."-- Benjamin Disraeli
Dr. Albert Ellis, the father of Cognitive-Behavioral psychology, identified some of those thought patterns that contribute to our continued good health and our potential illness.
He called these thought patterns, “cognitive distortions”.
All of us have used these statements at one time or another. What we have to ask ourselves is if we rely on them to the point of making them habits that limit our happiness.
Habitual ways of thinking limit our perspective and tend to keep us doing the same things repeatedly, for better and worse.
Next time you interpret a situation negatively, ask yourself if your conclusions are the result of habitual thinking or an objective assessment.
Having an objective partner to help you see alternatives and develop new, healthy styles of thinking can lead to a more satisfying life. Call us to discuss how Insight Associates can help.
We will identify the categories of cognitive distortions individually in coming blog entries.
Live Well.
Habitual ways of thinking limit our perspective and tend to keep us doing the same things repeatedly, for better and worse.
Next time you interpret a situation negatively, ask yourself if your conclusions are the result of habitual thinking or an objective assessment.
Having an objective partner to help you see alternatives and develop new, healthy styles of thinking can lead to a more satisfying life. Call us to discuss how Insight Associates can help.
We will identify the categories of cognitive distortions individually in coming blog entries.
Live Well.
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