by peterb | Jul 26, 2021 | Values
by peterb | Feb 13, 2021 | Mindfulness, Present Moment Awareness Skills.
Mindfulness practices are great skills to use to help us get into the present and drop an anchor to ground ourselves. Often when we are thinking/worrying about the past we get stuck in depression, and worrying about the future can get us stuck in anxiety. But our...
by peterb | Jan 11, 2021 | Distancing from thoughts
Fly fishers know how to make special lures to catch the trout they are fishing for. They try to mimic what the trout like to eat by building or buying the lures that have similar colors and looks as trout food. Then they wave it over the water and trick the trout into...
by peterb | Oct 31, 2020 | Mindfulness
“Be curious not Judgmental”, Walt Witman has this simple quote and it is helpful in looking at how we deal with our internal struggles. This is a breathing exercise you can follow along with to ground yourself, practice being able to notice things, and...
by peterb | Oct 5, 2020 | Anxiety, Values
When we are feeling lost in life we need a direction. I like to work with people on identify what their values are (who they want to be, how they want to relate to others). Values are like a compass. When you are lost, you can pull out your compass and choose a...
by peterb | Sep 21, 2020 | Distancing from thoughts
This skill can be used when you are in finding yourself often inside your head and stuck on your thoughts or feelings. I want you to imagine your thoughts and feelings as a train. Much like a train, thought and feelings keep going. When we get lost in our thoughts it...
by peterb | Aug 24, 2020 | Distancing from thoughts
Here is another skill that I have been using. This is helpful for when you are feeling overwhelmed (as a lot of us are) and just being able to acknowledge and sit with difficult feeling states. I have the directions in the description section of my video.
by peterb | Aug 17, 2020 | Unhooking from Thoughts
This is a skill you can use to get unhooked from difficult thoughts, especially that self criticism. Have you ever listened to talk radio? They are always going on and on, filling up air time, making big deals out of issues (some issues that are not that big to...
by peterb | Aug 3, 2020 | Present Moment Awareness Skills.
Imagine that you are on a boat in the ocean. Take a minute and imagine with all your sense. Imagine how your feet feel on the boat, how the air smells, the sounds of the waves, the feel of the sun on your skin. Now notice how the waves hit the boat and make it rock....
by peterb | Jul 27, 2020 | Acceptance, Anxiety
Imagine you have an 8 hour overnight flight on a plane. Well you just lucked out. You are sitting there and you an entire row to yourself. You can stretch out, watch netflixs, you feel like you hit the jackpot. Just as the plane doors are closing a family gets on the...
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