Sea-Change Marriage & Family Therapy

"Internal scorecard" -- sounds like intrinsic reward, a much studied and highly beneficial orientation

This is the time of year that many of us choose to reflect on our own Past, Present, and Future. These questions are good to help us shape our reflections and intentions. It's important to celebrate what we've accomplished, learned, and experienced. To savor the present. And to dream about how we want to create our next steps. Happy 2021!

You can steer your thoughts in directions more conducive to feeling happy. Here are some good, practical tips for how.

Self-Compassion, talk to yourself with kindness and understanding, acceptance and encouragement! <3

Well-known by excellent therapists, everywhere, Cog-B is not the best approach; it's just the most easily studied approach. It gets this status as the most "evidence-based" approach, therefore, but it's a basic, low-level tool, imho, sometimes useful, but should never be considered the gold standard for excellent therapy. Great therapy incorporates the EMOTIONS and MEANINGS, as well as CONTEXT and most esp RELATIONSHIPS. https://www.psychologytoday.com//why-you-cant-think-your-w

Time in nature, such as parks, woodlands, or beaches, improves physical health and mental well-being greatly! How much time? For physical health, the best returns are at 120 min/week, and for mental well-being, benefits increase for up to 300 min/week. Daily doses or weekly excursions are both beneficial.... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44097-3