Difference between “rational statements” & “positive thinking” ?
56,524 total views Originally posted 2013-08-29 05:05:56.
56,524 total views
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. 51 total views, 1 views today
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Is REBT-CBT “Positive Thinking”?
Erroneous comparisons of REBT-CBT to “positive thinking” and similar is a pereneal staw man argument . One of the problems in trying to get the word out about REBT-CBT is that they are often dismissed as merely “positive thinking. In my opinion, one of the goals of any REBT media is to distinguish REBT-CBT from . . . […]
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Armageddon
My friend Jimmy from the REBT-CBT Yahoogroup is feeling gloomy about current events, and seeing some of the really nasty things going on in the news as heralding the breakdown of modern society. He is hardly the first to make that observation. Here is what I said . . . 9,332 total views Originally posted 2015-07-30 07:37:31.
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Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better! (Sure you are!)
Every day, in every way I am getting better and better!” Yeah, right, sure! To quote that brilliant 20th Century philosopher, Curly of the Three Stooges … “Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck!” If you believe that, we would like to ask simply, How is that going for you? 3,145 total views Originally posted 2012-11-03 04:15:21.
3,145 total views
TA-DA!
Get rid of your nasty, old to-do list and trade it in for a bright, shinty TA-DA List !!! 2,521 total views Originally posted 2018-04-06 08:03:01.
2,521 total views
Accentuate the Rational
Accentuate the Rational, Eliminate the Woo–woo 3,517 total views Originally posted 2019-01-18 00:00:32.
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Yes you can’t!
Can’t is a damned interesting word, responsible for much mischief. With few exceptions, it is simply a cognitive distortion. However, when I say that, you may automatically tune out, assuming I that I am about to rehash some chestnut from my Dale Carnegie-Napoleon Hill,-Norman Vincent Peale-Jim Robbins bag of “positive thinking” tricks. Not so! I promise! 5,708 total views Originally […]
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“Law of Attraction” compatible with REBT?
We have been having a lively discussion on the former REBT-CBT Forum about where (if anywhere) the “Law of Attraction” and “Creative Visualization” fit into REBT. 3,286 total views Originally posted 2013-05-21 20:43:16.
3,286 total views
You don’t get to judge me! (or do you?)
You don’t get to Judge me!!! 3,087 total views Originally posted 2013-09-08 20:05:28.
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Quotes That Matter
