How To Change Our Behaviour
To change our behaviour we have to make a decision. Nothing about what we do will change, until we make a genuine, committed decision to change. Before we can decide to make that change, something, or...
View ArticleWhat Will It Take Before You Ask for Help?
If we find we are beginning to lose control over something we do, such as drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, gambling, or using drugs, what would it take to make us seriously think about trying to...
View ArticleUnderstanding How We Make Decisions
Understanding the mental processes that are involved in how we make choices and decisions, is always useful to know. We can use that knowledge in many everyday situations, whenever we have to make a...
View ArticleThe Basic For and Against Decision Making Chart
If we want to change something that we do, we have to actively make a decision. It won’t happen just by wishing. We might want to quit smoking, or lose weight, or stop being controlled by our...
View ArticleHow Does CBT & Rehab Shift My ‘For & Against’ Motives?
In recent articles I have explained how drawing up your own personal For And Against Decision Making Chart gives you an opportunity to think clearly about any important decision that you might be...
View ArticleHow We Make Difficult Decisions: Should I Go To Work Today?
A difficult decision is any decision where we are ‘in two minds’. Every time we find ourselves struggling to decide what we should do, it’s because we have conflicting motives, pulling our minds in...
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