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Overthinking: Common Questions (and Answers) from Therapy

Simon Moesgaard — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:41:01 +0000

Overthinking often lurks beneath the surface of the struggles people bring to therapy. Yet we rarely pause to ask: What do we hope to gain by thinking so much? Most people don’t overthink because they enjoy it. They do it because it feels useful: a way to prepare, avoid mistakes, or find certainty in uncertainty. […]

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Self-Forgetfulness and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From My 2026 Study

Simon Moesgaard — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:33:44 +0000

Self-Forgetfulness: A Necessary Perspective on Mental Health Many people who struggle mentally describe the same quiet problem. It’s not obvious from the outside, but it’s exhausting and distressful on the inside. “I can’t stop thinking. My thoughts spin around all the time. My worries are out of control. I think about myself in relation to […]

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If You’re Not Playing, You’re Missing a Great Capacity

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:08:30 +0000

Play is wonderful. It may not rhyme with efficiency or productivity. In modern life, productivity has become a moral imperative, right? Time must be justified. Even rest is expected to “pay off.” In that context, play can seem pointless. Yet when play disappears, mental rigidity increases. Research consistently links play-like states to cognitive flexibility, emotional […]

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Manny and Max On The Rise: A Child’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety

Simon Moesgaard — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:07:21 +0000

Effective Treatment Principles Turned Into a Child’s Guide Manny and Max On The Rise is a child’s guide for children aged 5–10 years. It’s a book for children’s caregivers or their caring readers as well. Key Features: Relatable characters and situations that increase empathy Thought exercises to foster a new way of thinking and behavior […]

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The 100% Deal When It Comes to Making Long-Lasting Change

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:03:18 +0000

Did you already drop your New Year’s Resolution? It might be too early to drop it, so what is going on? We want to see change in our lives but have difficulties changing ourselves. This article is a reminder to myself that making changes demands sustained focus, continuity and effective habits. As a therapist, I […]

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Can’t See the Forest for Trees? Studies Show The Mental Benefits of Engaging With Nature

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 22:53:37 +0000

Our culture has too often talked in terms of conquering nature. This is about as sensible as for a caddis worm to talk of conquering the pond that supports it, or a drunk to start fighting the bed he is lying on. – Mary Midgley (1978) Have you taken a forest bath lately? You might […]

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Prosocial Motivation at Work Keeps You Happy and High-Performing, Research Shows

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 18:07:55 +0000

Prosocial behavior, as opposed to selfish behavior, benefits others and yourself at the same time, new research shows. Prosocial behavior has a prosocial motive, such as helping others or cooperating in relation to shared goals. Whether people act prosocially or selfishly in a certain situations has been a topic of discussion possibly since the beginning […]

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Thinking Too Much About the Future? Accept Uncertainty as a Life Partner Using Metacognitive Methods

Simon Moesgaard — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:31:48 +0000

I assume that most people think about their futures to some degree, but the difference between thinking and overthinking may be the difference between feeling uncertain and feeling overwhelmed by uncertainty. This post addresses the consequences of thinking too much and how to handle it. To describe this further, I choose to label overthinking as […]

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Why You Need Self-Compassion More Than Self-Esteem in Difficult Times, Study Shows

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:48:09 +0000

The literature of self-esteem tells us that we need to gain self-esteem to be succesful. But this might be all wrong and a widespread misconception, according to a longitudinal study of nearly 2500 students. I’ll introduce you to self-compassion as an alternative to self-esteem, and the reasons why you should develop self-compassion more than self-esteem. […]

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Almost All People Want to Change Their Personality, Study Finds

Simon Moesgaard — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:02:19 +0000

A large-scale study by Hudson and Fraley (2016), published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, finds that almost all people between the ages of 18 to 70 want to change aspects of their personality. On the basis of data from 6,800 adults, the authors examined the degree to which people wanted to change in either of […]

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