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Acceptance is not love!

   Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human.” ~Albert Ellis  5,387 total views Originally posted 2013-05-02 07:39:44.

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Posted by Rex Alexander on Wed 20 Sep 23 in Acceptance, Albert Ellis, Books & Media, bookshop |

Stop being a dupe of the “Self-esteem MAFIA!”  3,203 total views Originally posted 2018-12-12 12:00:50.

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“Bad People” ???

Posted by Rex Alexander on Wed 30 Aug 23 in Emotions, Mindfulness, Rating, REBT & Other therapies compared |

Most people think here are a lot of bad people running around in the world . . .                  ~Sam Harris  2,068 total views,  2 views today Originally posted 2017-08-15 21:53:26.

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American exceptionalism (REBT style)

Posted by Rex Alexander on Fri 14 Jul 23 in General Semantics, overgeneralization, People Rating, Rating |

On another thread, we have been discussing America being the greatest country in the world, that is so called “American Exceptionalism.”  2,634 total views Originally posted 2016-06-17 05:30:58.

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Judge behavior, not self

Posted by Rex Alexander on Mon 12 Jun 23 in Acceptance, ePrime, Guilt & Shame, judgment, Rating, Self esteem, self vs. behavior, ULA, UOA, USA |

The long and the short of it is, however, that REBT-CBT–as do some  other modern psychological approaches and schools of psychology–encourages people to distinguish between self and behavior, and to recognize  judgments or global ratings as irrational and unhelpful, and to instead practice Unconditional Self Acceptance (USA), Unconditional Other Acceptance (UOA) and Unconditional Life Acceptance (ULA)  […]

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Why “can’t” you rate the essence of a human?

Posted by Rex Alexander on Mon 12 Jun 23 in Acceptance, ePrime, General Semantics, judgment, People Rating, Rating, Self esteem, self vs. behavior, USA |

Jane asks a very important question: Why does REBT say you cannot define or rate the essence of a human being?  . . . Click to read her full question and my reply . . .  2,811 total views Originally posted 2013-12-15 23:16:48.

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What are you ???

Posted by Rex Alexander on Thu 25 May 23 in ePrime, General Semantics, Homework |

HOMEWORK (1) When you think of who and what you are, do you think your “nature” or “essence” is more like a fountain or a statue?      2,425 total views Originally posted 2017-05-18 19:27:52.

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