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Mindful acceptance is a simple technique to cope better with difficult or challenging emotions like anxiety, sadness, anger, or shame. It uses skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness practices to help us learn to better cope with difficult or distressing emotions. Mindful Acceptance means observing and accepting what you are experiencing. Think of yourself …
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The beginning of the New Year is a time when many people make resolutions. Things like losing weight, going to the gym, and stopping smoking are common on the list. The gyms seem to always get very crowded in January, and by the spring the crowds have usually thinned. If you want to make resolutions for the New Year, and want to make them stick, there are some things you can do …
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As I wrote in my last post, the "boy code" is a set of unwritten expectations about what it means to be a boy and a man in our society. It teaches boys to not be sissies, to be tough, to be aggressive, and to value achievement above all else. It is enforced with shame and humiliation for those who don't adhere to it. One of the many costs of adhering to it is a loss of the …
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