David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
The Value of Our Mental Troublemakers
By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.
August 27, 2010
Everyone gets hooked in life. You get cut off on the road and instantly fire up with anger. Or maybe someone walks by you and just says something insulting. Or maybe it?s the man or woman you live with who simply doesn?t put things away the way you?d like them to be.
There are lots of troublemakers in this world that really rile us up. What would you say if I told you the moment you noticed tension rising in your shoulders and your face becoming pursed is a moment of opportunity?
Here is a video by a wonderful teacher named Pema Chodron:
We can allow ourselves to be a victim to our automatic reactions or we can learn to become aware of them so that we don?t become so hooked.
When thoughts come up, we don?t have to rise to the bait!
?I?m a failure,? ?I?ll never get things right,? ?Today is going to be awful? need only be mental events that have an emotional charge. They don?t need to determine our fate, but instead can teach us about how to gain freedom from the automatic aversions we have in life.
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist and conducts a private practice in West Los Angeles. He is co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook. Check out Dr. Goldstein's acclaimed CD's on Mindful Solutions for Stress, Anxiety and Depression, Addiction and Relapse Prevention, and Success and Stress Reduction at Work -- "They are so relevant, I have marked them as one of my favorites on a handout I give to all new clients" ~ Psychiatrist. He also current has a FREE Mindful Companion EBook: Top Mindfulness Quotes and How They Can Support Your Mental Health. If you're wanting an interactive program to find relief from anxiety and stress, check out Dr. Goldstein's progressive online behavioral change program in Aliveworld. If you're wanting to integrate more mindfulness into your daily life, sign up for his Mindful Living Twitter Feed. Dr. Goldstein is also available for private psychotherapy.
By Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.
August 27, 2010
Everyone gets hooked in life. You get cut off on the road and instantly fire up with anger. Or maybe someone walks by you and just says something insulting. Or maybe it?s the man or woman you live with who simply doesn?t put things away the way you?d like them to be.
There are lots of troublemakers in this world that really rile us up. What would you say if I told you the moment you noticed tension rising in your shoulders and your face becoming pursed is a moment of opportunity?
Here is a video by a wonderful teacher named Pema Chodron:
We can allow ourselves to be a victim to our automatic reactions or we can learn to become aware of them so that we don?t become so hooked.
When thoughts come up, we don?t have to rise to the bait!
?I?m a failure,? ?I?ll never get things right,? ?Today is going to be awful? need only be mental events that have an emotional charge. They don?t need to determine our fate, but instead can teach us about how to gain freedom from the automatic aversions we have in life.
Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist and conducts a private practice in West Los Angeles. He is co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook. Check out Dr. Goldstein's acclaimed CD's on Mindful Solutions for Stress, Anxiety and Depression, Addiction and Relapse Prevention, and Success and Stress Reduction at Work -- "They are so relevant, I have marked them as one of my favorites on a handout I give to all new clients" ~ Psychiatrist. He also current has a FREE Mindful Companion EBook: Top Mindfulness Quotes and How They Can Support Your Mental Health. If you're wanting an interactive program to find relief from anxiety and stress, check out Dr. Goldstein's progressive online behavioral change program in Aliveworld. If you're wanting to integrate more mindfulness into your daily life, sign up for his Mindful Living Twitter Feed. Dr. Goldstein is also available for private psychotherapy.
