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Inside the Mind of a Metacognitive Therapist – Part 4 Get Rid of or Get Good at?

Simon Moesgaard — Tue, 02 May 2023 13:18:58 +0000

Sometimes when I ask people about their goal of attending therapy, they might say that they want to get rid of negative thoughts and feelings, such as anxious or depressive thoughts. At other times, they might say that they want to get better at dealing with certain situations. If the goal is to get rid […]

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Stop Comparing Yourself to Others: Find Inner Peace With 3 Principles

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 11:35:33 +0000

We like to compare ourselves to others (self-comparison). Are we good enough or are we falling behind? We constantly judge ourselves and our own worth. Objective evaluations, like grades in school, force us to be compared to others. But we should not judge ourselves from the grades we get or from the accomplishments we achieve. We are […]

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Do You Have a Fixed or a Growth Mindset? Begin to Focus on Growth and Achieve Success

Simon Moesgaard — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:15:53 +0000

1. What is the difference between a fixed and a growth mindset? If people have a fixed mindset, they view their abilities as a fixed entity. They tend to view their failures as a consequence of their insufficient abilities to perform well. People interpret and understand their experiences through so-called attribution styles. People with a […]

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Your Self-Control Decreases Throughout the Day, Study Shows

Simon Moesgaard — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 14:28:59 +0000

New experimental research by Kouchaki & Smith (2014), published in Psychological Science in January, shows that people are more likely to act ethically and to overcome temptation in the morning than later in the day. The authors refer to it as the morning morality effect. The reason why people’s ability to exert self-control decreases as the day […]

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