Category: Verbal judo that has worked against the voices in my head

How to use Gabrielle Bernstein’s “Choose again method” to feel better NOW

February 6, 2020

A couple days ago, right when I needed it, Gabrielle Bernstein’s blog entry was delivered to me with her nifty approach to shifting an unpleasant mood immediately. I’ve been playing with it ever since. In her book Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams (Hay House 2019), Bernstein calls her approach … More How to use Gabrielle Bernstein’s “Choose again method” to feel better NOW

Why You Haven’t Already Lifted Yourself and Your Morose Mood Up By Your Bootstraps

January 22, 2020

If you’re reading this piece, you’re a conscientious, competent, even hyper-competent, person, but you don’t spend much time thinking about what you’re doing right or how well you do what you do. Nope. Why spend time appreciating what a good job you did just now? You’re too busy thinking of ways to improve your already … More Why You Haven’t Already Lifted Yourself and Your Morose Mood Up By Your Bootstraps

Give Yourself Credit: Keep score. Everything Counts. 

January 21, 2020

In this post, I’ll show you how I designed a scoring rubric that reflects my values and makes sense to me. We judge ourselves, and we judge other people, mostly instantaneously and unconsciously. That’s OK. It’s probably wired into our brains as a survival tool.  We might as well admit we judge and USE it … More Give Yourself Credit: Keep score. Everything Counts. 

Who Wins? or, Talking Back to the Asshole Voices in Your Head, Part 2,376

January 15, 2020

Above, as inspiration in your battle with the asshole voices in your head [AVIYH] that attempt to render your life not worth living, we have a medieval icon of the Archangel Michael kicking the devil’s ass.  Angel = You. Devil = AVIYH. Here’s an exercise you can use to combat the asshole voices in your … More Who Wins? or, Talking Back to the Asshole Voices in Your Head, Part 2,376