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Education, Training, and Experience Leads to Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

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As we gather education, training, and experience we grow our knowledge, skills and abilities which results in expanded capabilities and increased capacity. This thought came to mind early this week and I think it is worth unpacking it a bit further. Education is a structured process of gaining knowledge, general skills (writing, math, speaking ect), […]

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Depression lives in the past, and anxiety lives in the future

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I like this concept as a general framework for understanding the temporal orientation of depression and anxiety to our thoughts. When we ruminate on the past we can start to feel down, guilty, ashamed, or angry. Dwelling on the future can lead us to feeling worried, uncertain, timid, or scared. Of course it can be

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Task Separation

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 I’ve been wrestling around with the ideas and concepts presented in Individual Psychology. Specifically with the idea of task separation. Task separation is the recognition that every individual has their own responsibility to manage their emotions, choices, and behaviors while avoiding taking on responsibility for other people’s emotions, choices, and behaviors. Problems begin to arise

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Fear

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Let’s do some thinking about fear this morning.  Fear is a core spectrum of emotions that help us respond to our perception of threats. These threats can be either real or imagined. Regardless of the source the physiological response is the same. Hyper focusing of the senses, quickened breathing, tense muscles, and increased blood pressure

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