Sleeping In

This morning I woke up with an “Oh Shoot” moment – except I didn’t say “Shoot.” Today was my turn to write a post for our optimism series and I was not feelin’ it. My first thought was: “I have nothing to write – how can I even think about optimism when I’m exhausted.” MyContinue reading “Sleeping In”

Cognitive Restructuring Tools

Building on the premise that optimism can be trained, here are some specific steps around cognitive restructuring. Oddly enough, I ran through every concept in this article this morning. First, I thought about the cognitive distortions I had. Brian and I have limited the “all-or-nothing” thinking with our blog posts by agreeing that our mainContinue reading “Cognitive Restructuring Tools”