Virtual Workshop-Power Up Your Willpower
Inspired by Kelly McGonigal's book, The Willpower Instinct, I am launching a new virtual workshop in February titled Power Up Your Willpower. In a group of no more than five individuals, we will spend one hour once a month by phone delving into each chapter…
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Although ten minutes doesn't seem like a long time, waiting just ten minutes can make a big difference in building your willpower muscle. In The Willpower Instinct, Kelly McGonigal explains that a ten-minute delay before you indulge in something tempting helps your brain process this temptation…
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When you think about improving your willpower is self-forgiveness the first thought that comes to mind?
If you're like most people, you probably find the idea of self-compassion to be ludicrous. But that's not what research shows.
In The Willpower Instinct the author, Kelly McGonigal, shares numerous studies that show how forgiving yourself for a…
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As part of ADHD Awareness Month, I want to share a quote from Temple Grandin that appeared in the October 7, 2013 issue of TIME Magazine. The title of the article is "What's Right with the Autistic Mind." But I believe that Grandin's perspective applies to all brain-based conditions, especially ADHD.
Grandin says, "For me, autism…
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October 1 marks the beginning of ADHD Awareness Month. It's time to celebrate and raise awareness about ADHD!
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder-sometimes also called ADD) occurs in one of twenty adults in the United States meaning ten million adults are affected. Seventy-five percent of those adults were not diagnosed as children. Only twenty percent…
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Did you know that one of the most effective ways to overcome procrastination is to create a "behavioral script" according to J. Russell Ramsay, PhD?
Dr. Ramsay is the author of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD and I recently heard him present a teleclass titled the "Adult ADHD Toolkit." Although Ramsay is an expert…
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