Archive for objective

You are browsing the archives of objective.

How do I stop criticizing myself?

 
From B. DeRoes page on test anxiety from Edmund Bourne’s “The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook” I found these Socratic tips on countering negative self talk:

What is the evidence for this?
Is this always true?
Has this been true in the past?
What are the odds of this really happening (or being true?)
What is the very worst that could [...]

Deepak Chopra . Perception . Depression

Deepak Chopra . Perception . Depression

Sometimes when I read Deepak Chopra, I am reminded of the old saying: vanity, vanity, all is vanity. If everything around us is simply perception, why then do we even bother doing anything, why did he bother to write the book. If there is nothing that exists outside of us, then why go on? Is everything [...]