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. Continue reading
Do you make shopping lists? Do you use your calendar for planning? Or do you otherwise tend to write down your thoughts? Good! Writing things down can help you become more mindful and consciously aware. Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Behaviors, Clinical Psychology, Depression, Meditation, Memory, Personal Development, Psychology
Tagged mindfulness, shopping lists, writing
What if your mind were so peaceful?
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 more than that. Continue reading
Posted in Personal Development, Psychology, Self-help, Success
Tagged buddhism, goals, inner peace, meta awareness, mindfulness, self-efficacy, values
We are often mind full instead of mindful. Good news is we can increase our present-centered awareness and become more mindful.
Thoughts are just products of our minds. They are a part of ourselves, but they do not define us. Our thoughts influence our behavior, but they do not control it. This idea is central to mindfulness. Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Personal Development, Psychology, Self-help
Tagged mindful, mindfull, mindfulness
Mindfulness training develops our ability to stay focused in the here and now.
This post describes four main components through which mindfulness meditation works. If you ever wondered why mindfulness is so effective in improving personal well-being, you might want to continue your reading. Continue reading
Posted in Attention, Cognitive Psychology, Emotions, Meditation, Personal Development, Psychology
Tagged body awareness, meditation, mindfulness, research
My name is Simon Moesgaard, a psychologist from Denmark, and this is my blog about psychology.
