Five Common Cognitive Distortions That Show Up In Your Daily Life
We tend to trust everything that goes on in our minds as absolute truth, but that’s far from accurate. But sometimes the brain is a...
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Briana Theroux
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
How To Know When A Breakup Is Inevitable
The Gottman Institute has conducted research looking at what relationship variables are predictive of a future breakup. We want to talk...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
Dunning Kruger
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: DUNNING KRUGER The Dunning Kruger effect describes the tendency to overestimate your own knowledge or...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
It Is Your Responsibility To Communicate Boundaries
We all have boundaries, but sometimes we forget to communicate them. When that happens, we can feel overwhelmed when those boundaries are...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Curse Of Knowledge
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that describes the tendency to...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
Why You Need To Stop Misusing The Term Gaslighting
Gaslighting is a popular psychology term today. It’s fun to use pop psychology terms to belong to some social group, but check this…...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 22, 2021
- 3 min
How To Deal With Social Rejection
Rejection hurts. It’s an emotional wound that is hard to suppress or redirect. We are social animals—we fundamentally desire to be...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 21, 2021
- 2 min
Congruence Bias
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: CONGRUENCE BIAS The congruence bias describes the tendency to test a specific idea that you have...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
Belief Bias
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: BELIEF BIAS The belief bias describes the tendency to evaluate the strength of an argument by virtue...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 1 min
How To Put A Stop To Toxic Resentment
Resentment is the most toxic of all emotions in any relationship. As hurt and resentment accumulate in a relationship—it...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
How To Stop Being So Offended
Are you easily offended? Many humans will go through their life with a relentless feeling of offense by what someone else 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
Why Are People So Easily Offended?
People losing their shit over jokes about the lunacy of this week need to 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. Taking everything literal,...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
How Do We Tolerate Others When They Are Being Impossible?
Accepting and respecting someone’s ideas without agreeing with them is tolerance. Do you know what happens when you dehumanize someone in...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 3 min
Faulty Beliefs Can Ruin Your Life: Here's How To Fix Them
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴 are 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 about how life is, should be, or could be codified...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
Understanding Our Vices
We all have our 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 that can make us a shell of who we really are. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
Life Is A Subjective Experience That Can Not Be Denied Or Negotiated
What most of us refer to as objective data is subjective. That matrix shit y’all. Stay with me... Life is a subjective experience and...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
Bandwagon Effect
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: BANDWAGON EFFECT The bandwagon effect describes the tendency to do or believe things simply because...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 13, 2021
- 2 min
Backfire Effect Bias
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: BACKFIRE BIAS The backfire effect describes the tendency for people to dig their heels in and become...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 12, 2021
- 2 min
Anchoring Bias
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: ANCHORING Anchoring is the tendency to rely too heavily on one piece of information when making...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
Five Topics That Need To Be Discussed While Vetting Potential Partners
Relationships take work, there’s no getting around that. A good way to decide if a relationship is worth it, or to vet someone before...
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