Monthly Archives: August 2018

REST – Rational-Emotive Self-Talk

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Joel

Rational-Emotive Self-Talk (REST) is part of the title of a book I wrote published in Japanese in 2002. I was reminded of it when I read a blog post by “Charles” from a PTSD blog I subscribe to.

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Attention Therapies Don’t Work

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Joel

There are some good self-help books out there with good advice. Thousands of people have read many of them. In fact, they go from one good book to another. Without being helped. Attention Therapies don’t work. And I am not … Continue reading →

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Stress-Resilient

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Joel

Learn From Your Enemy ISIS is synonymous with mass killings, abductions, and beheadings. Bad Guys! But we can and should learn anything we can from our enemies. And what some people have focused on is resilience. ISIS is  resilient.

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