Don’t worry, be happy! :o}
Don’t worry, be happy!” ~Meher Baba Say what? Click the blue link below to continue reading and join the discussion. 2,354 total views, 0 views today Originally posted 2013-06-28 05:05:49.
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What is the purpose of life?
We have been having a great time with our friends over at the REBT-CBT Forum discussing the timeless question, What is the Purpose of Life? Actually, REBT has quite a bit to say about this, but I fear that what it has to say is not very satisfying to those who raise the question! Click the […]
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What is REBT?
This post is pinned to the top. Scroll down for recent posts REBT / Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy What the hell is it, anyway??? Click the blue link below for Will Ross’s excellent, easy-to-follow explanation . . . 21,401 total views, no views today Originally posted 2013-03-27 18:01:44.
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The Meaning of Life
Wed 11 Mar 2015, 7:36 pm Perhaps there are such people as “pure philosophers” who placidly think about the “meaning of life” as a kind of “recreation,” and are not motivated to do so by existential angst. 3,436 total views, 0 views today Originally posted 2015-03-11 05:39:27.
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REBT vs. ACT ???
We have been discussing visualizing, specifically as it relates to “Scary Pictures” in Russ Harris’s wonderful, “Happiness Trap.” The individual says that he prefers ACT to REBT-CBT, but that he has difficulty visualizing and therefore difficulty applying the techniques in the “Scary Pictures” section of Russ’s book. 13,221 total views, 0 views today Originally posted 2014-04-28 05:04:37.
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It takes courage to be happy in a sad world!
Hi REBT Mates! Happy Thanksgiving! I wrote this yesterday for someone who struggles with depression. The holidays and tragic events in the news are not making it any easier. I am re-posting it here, pretty much unedited. While I reckon no one would ever accuse me of being Pollyanna, this is a message of hope, […]
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Is “happiness” possible or a cruel illusion?
Good Morning REBT Mates! We have been discussing whether it is really possible to be “genuinely happy and what REBT has to say about happiness. A reader shares this quote from the Dalai Lama "Achieving genuine happiness may require bringing about a transformation in your outlook, your way of thinking, and this is not a […]
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Happiness, is it real or is it Memorex?
Hello REBT Mates! We have been talking about 'happiness.' Is it real or a cruel, false hope propagated by self-help authors trying to peddle their books and seminars? Possibly a bit of both, me thinks. A reader quotes Will Ross's website to help make his case for happiness: 469 total views, 0 views today Originally posted 2012-11-14 22:17:42.
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Are you “rational”?
The word rational is obviously fundamental to REBT. After all, we are Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. However, I am afraid this is misleading to many as REBT uses the word in a special way . . . 13,052 total views, no views today Originally posted 2015-08-29 05:33:32.
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“Thank Goodness I’m Alive” by Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett is an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, a “new atheist”, one of the so called “The Four Horsemen.” Prof. Dennett was invited to the 2006 meeting of the “Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason and Survival” conference, but just […]
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