TIPs: The Brain & Change > Negative Thoughts
Do you find yourself saying things to yourself like "Ugh I'm such a loser!" or "I can't do anything right"? These are considered negative thoughts. Negative thoughts and negative self-talk can break us down and question our own self-worth. The therapists at the Center for Growth have provided exercises and articles on addressing and subsiding these negative thoughts.
Have you ever found yourself feeling affirmations aren’t as helpful as everyone claims they are? Do you ever feel affirmations are failed attempts to convince yourself of your own abilities? You might find affirmations continue reading
Using the KonMari Method to Let Go of Unhelpful Core Beliefs
You have likely heard about the Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. You may have spent hours binge watching it and wistfully imagining continue reading
For many people, their biggest critic is themselves. In an attempt to learn from their mistakes, many people fall into the trap of confusing negative self-talk with accountability. They believe that yelling at themselves continue reading
Are you stuck on the negatives in your life? Maybe you’re at a job that you don’t like, or you’re in an apartment rather than in the home of your dreams, or maybe you just continue reading
Circle Activity for Negative Thoughts
Do you often find yourself trapped inside your own negative thoughts? Are these thoughts often negative thoughts towards you? Often times, a person may be trapped inside negative thoughts, whether continue reading
Negative Self-Talk
Negative self-talk is often formed through our experiences with others, especially during childhood, who have subconsciously embedded thoughts in our minds throughout our life. Often times as an adult, it is hard to continue reading
Identifying Toxic Thought Patterns: There are certain fundamental needs in childhood, such as safety, attention, love, praise, empathy, guidance, and protection. When these needs are unmet, toxic thought patterns, or schemas, may result. Jeffrey Young continue reading
Are you feeling overwhelmed by negative feelings? Are these feelings compounded by the negative feelings you have about your initial emotion, as in meta-emotions. Meta-emotions are way that they feel about the feelings you continue reading
Anxiety Therapy: How to change your thoughts: Steps for redirecting your negative and anxious thoughts
Have you ever found yourself so consumed with negative, or anxious thoughts that you can’t focus or do continue reading
The Brain Change: A self help strategy used by our therapists at The Center For Growth
Most of us don’t even think about how our brains help us with every aspect of our lives continue reading
Body Image Basics
While some men may indeed suffer with body image issues, this tip is specifically written for women. Imagine a continuum with extremes at either end:
Automatic negative thoughts and core beliefs are the two main roots of anxiety and depression. People who suffer from anxiety and depression, usually have a maladaptive thought process that is generalized and highly continue reading
