
Episode 210: The Power of Belief and Groupthink
Beliefs are thoughts we have taken seriously over time, so that they appear increasingly less malleable and come to look like truths to us....
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We're offering mental health professionals a fresh look at the fundamental cause of stress and distress, and the fundamental source of cure. It's simpler than it has seemed, and the result i...

Beliefs are thoughts we have taken seriously over time, so that they appear increasingly less malleable and come to look like truths to us....

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Optimism is looking for the best in people and looking for the beauty in life, and trusting we'll see solutions when faced with challen...

Over time, we take on ideas about who we are and how we are. We start to see them as our personality, our character. Maybe someone we respec...

We don't always realize that the only source of our feelings and experience about life is our power to think and our thoughts coming to...

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People often think that the Principles explain why we are tempted to act on negative past thoughts when they come to mind. We try to assign...

It's true that the only "reality" we experience is created by our thoughts. But it's not an excuse for acting on any and every tho...

Many people struggle with decisions. What to do, what to do? The usual approach is to mull it over; consider all the options, think carefull...

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