Alcohol Dependence & Will
[twg_gpo_button] Most problem drinkers appreciate that the costs of using alcohol the way they do are greater than the benefits, but they vastly underestimate what it takes to change. As …
Willpower: What it is and how to get it
[twg_gpo_button] We are each dealt a particular biology, psychological history, and current social environment. From these parts emerges a new entity—the Psyche—with attributes that did not exist before. Even the …
Will & Aiming Attention
Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think.
-Martin Seligman
Asleep at the Wheel
When asked, “Are you a god?”
Gautama, the person who became the Buddha replied, “No.”
“Then what are you?”
he was asked again.
Gautama’s answer was,
“I am awake”
Buddha means: “Awake.”
Intentional Influence of Experiential Phenomena
[twg_gpo_button] Suggestion, the use of imagination to manipulate subjective phenomena can be used to counter many addictive traps. This procedural skill requires a creative imagination and the ability to focus …
Salience and Suggestion
Man is a credulous animal and must believe something.
In the absence of good grounds for belief,
he will be satisfied with bad ones.
– Bertrand Russell
Hypnosis, Suggestion and Neurosis
[twg_gpo_button] Suggestions are invitations to explore a particular subjective reality. Whether the entity that creates it is a hypnotist, salesman, or you, the suggestion is always a creative fiction rather …
Hypnosis and Ordinary Trances
[twg_gpo_button] The hypnotic state clients experience in my office as a result of a formal trance induction is just one of the many different trances they experience throughout their day. …
Doing Mode & Being Mode
Mindfulness is a mental discipline that promotes awakening and may be defined as: Sensitivity to present experience with non-judgmental acceptance.
The Serenity Prayer
[twg_gpo_button] “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference,” is an …