Not responding to provocation is a common advice given to people in many situations, and it refers to the idea of avoiding reacting emotionally to someone else's attempt to anger or upset us. Provocation can take many forms, including insults, criticism, taunts, or intentionally rude behavior, and it is often aimed at getting a reaction … Continue reading Q & A – Someone is provoking me
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It is not recommended for a friend or family member to serve as your therapist or primary mental health provider. While it's natural to seek support from loved ones during difficult times, therapy requires a level of professional training, skill, and objectivity that is not typically present in personal relationships. There are several reasons why … Continue reading Q & A – can a friend or family member be your therapist?
systematic desensitization. A type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. Commonly used to treat phobias.
Open your heart to who you are, right now, not who you would like to be.Not the saint you're striving to become.But the being right here before you, inside you, around you.All of you is holy.You're already more and less than whatever you can know.Breathe out, look in, let go.- John Welwood-
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