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		<title>The 100% Deal When It Comes to Making Long-Lasting Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Did you already drop your New Year&#8217;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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can&#8217;t See the Forest for Trees? Studies Show The Mental Benefits of Engaging With Nature</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 22:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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. &#8211; Mary Midgley (1978) Have you taken a forest bath lately? You might [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Perfect Paradox: Chasing Perfection Makes You Feel Worse and Procrastinate More, Research Shows</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When we feel self-inadequacy, we might try to do more as an attempt to feel better about ourselves. This, however, might result in a vicious cycle characterized by high self-standards that are difficult to live up to, which in turn contributes to even more self-inadequacy in the long run. We may strive to feel better [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why You Need Self-Compassion More Than Self-Esteem in Difficult Times, Study Shows</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2019/12/09/why-you-need-self-compassion-more-than-self-esteem/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Negativity Bias: Why Negative Things Stand Out</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2017/08/30/negativity-bias/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Positive thinking can feel like a job to do, while negative thinking seems to happen more automatically. In fact, this is true at a very fundamental level of the brain, studies show. It is called the negativity bias.  Researchers have documented the negativity bias in various experiments over the years, and it seems to affect all aspects of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Almost All People Want to Change Their Personality, Study Finds</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2017/03/23/almost-all-people-want-to-change-their-personality/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Study: Your Generousity Creates More Generousity and Empathy in Others</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2016/10/13/prosocial-behavior-generalizes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Human beings are social beings. The tendency to behave, talk and walk like others is what we call conformity, which has been documented in various studies. It is believed that sociality is a product of evolution, meaning that we have had better chances of survival in groups than we have had on our own. We may react strongly to social exclusion because we [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Intuitive and Analytical Thinking Style: Which One is Yours?</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2016/02/24/thinking-styles/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2016 06:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The human brain is sophisticated. In fact, it separates us from all other animals. It allows us to have abstract ideas and to solve complex problems. We are rational social beings, or are we? It can be said that: &#8220;Thinking analytically — that is, reasoning about and potentially overriding our intuitions, gut feelings, and instincts — [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analytical Thinkers are More Skeptical About Religious Ideas, Research Shows</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2016/01/28/analytical-thinkers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Four independent sets of studies show that there is a link between analytical thinking and religious disbelief. The results of the studies are described briefly in this post. The first study (Gervais &#38; Norenzayan, 2012) found that individual differences in analytical thinking  were associated with increased religious disbelief. Also, subtle manipulations known to trigger analytic thinking increased religious disbelief. The second study (Pennycook et al., 2012) found [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Reasons Why People Maintain Negative Self-Evaluations</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2015/04/01/negative-self-evaluations/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why would people maintain negative self-evaluations when they result in a great degree of distress? What purpose do negative self-evaluations have? Do they help us solve our problems, or do they help us in some other way? It seems not. Negative self-evaluations are inevitable. They often appear in performance situations, but they may also originate from feelings of guilt [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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