Posts by Rex Alexander:

How many books on REBT-CBT do I need to read?
![]() A Loyal Reader asks : How many books on REBT/CBT does a non-professional need to read? |
Originally posted 2013-02-05 21:36:37.

How Positive Thinking is Undermining America
Bright-sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America, by Barbara Ehrenreich, challenges the cultural notion that positive thinking is always positive and good. The book argues that positive thinking, while important to some extent, has been taken too far in America, to the point where it has become a dangerous ideology. Originally posted 2023-05-04 10:15:54.

39 grams of sugar in a can of Coke! Yuck!
Did you know there are 39 grams (9.3 teaspoons) of sugar in this little 12 ounce can of Coke? Yuck! Originally posted 2019-02-02 21:54:25.

Aaron Beck on Wikipedia
Aaron T. Beck developer of CBT Cognitive Behavior Therapy Originally posted 2017-11-01 02:42:30.

Feeling overwhelmed and disorganized when working on multiple projects is a common problem, but there are several steps you can take to bring order and focus to your work: [1] Prioritize: . . . Originally posted 2023-05-02 09:19:43.

To achieve anything in life, you have to make it a “must” ???
We have been having a fascinating, wide-ranging discussion which I think boils down to a few basic-but-important questions: 1. Is it necessary to avoid shoulds, oughts, musts and why’s? in everyday speech? 2 What is the difference between “task-perfection” and “self-perfection.” 3. Can we be motivated without . . . Originally posted 2013-02-25 23:01:10.

Beck on solving problems
The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems. […]