In previous posts, I’ve written about the cognitive side of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The main technique involves identifying negative automatic thoughts and reframing those thoughts into ...

Cookie Monster wants to eat better! The long-time resident of Sesame Street is ready to eat fewer of those famous chocolate chip cookies. He has talked to his doctor and his famous friends about his ...

Cognitive distortions, or thinking errors, can take a toll on our mental health. Here are five such thinking patterns and ways to overcome them. We are all vulnerable to certain “thinking errors,” ...

How clearly do you think you see the world? Well, I have scary news. We don’t see things as they are. We don’t even see. We perceive. Your eyes, ears, and senses receive information from the outside ...

Hindsight bias is a well‐documented cognitive phenomenon whereby individuals perceive past events as having been more predictable than they actually were. This bias manifests through memory ...

Cookie Monster wants to eat better! The long-time resident of Sesame Street is ready to eat fewer ...