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Emotion and Reason

“Enemy soldiers stalk your village. You hide in a cellar with some neighbors and your baby, who starts to cry. Unless you keep his mouth covered, the soldiers will find you and kill everyone. Do you smother him to save yourself and your neighbors?”

Read more Psychology Today: Moral Combat: Emotion and Reason

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Cognitive Restructuring - Rebuilding Self Talk


In this day and age we find ourselves managing families, careers, and other personal affairs that may seem overwhelming.

We may find it difficult to resolve matters reasonably due to the things we tell ourselves (negative self talk).

Some of us may even be ‘people pleasers’…

When our feelings, thoughts or aspirations are not reciprocated in what we deem to be of positive nature, we may tell ourselves things like:

  • I’m not good enough
  • This is too difficult
  • I’m not worthy
  • He doesn’t love me because
  • I had to do it because
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