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The Stories We Tell Ourselves

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Relationships
The Power of the Positive Brain

R. Scott Gornto on January 4, 2017

When you constantly remind yourself how you’ve repeatedly swung and missed, you’re setting yourself up to keep making the same mistakes.

When you constantly remind yourself how you’ve repeatedly swung and missed, you’re setting yourself up to keep making the same mistakes.

Relationships
Why People Really Have Affairs

R. Scott Gornto on December 29, 2015

Affairs often have very little do with the other person. Instead, they reveal a deep, inner longing to be noticed and valued.

Affairs often have very little do with the other person. Instead, they reveal a deep, inner longing to be noticed and valued.

Happiness
Do Your Expectations Get In the Way Of Your Happiness?

R. Scott Gornto on October 8, 2015

With every job you’ve ever taken, have you noticed a stark difference between what you initially thought the job was going to be like and what it actually turned out to be like six months later?

With every job you’ve ever taken, have you noticed a stark difference between what you initially thought the job was going to be like and what it actually turned out to be like six months later?

Relationships
Do You Suffer From Mental Myopia?

R. Scott Gornto on August 17, 2015

When our mental myopia minimizes another human being to just one characteristic (typically negative), we aren’t granting them the same value, dignity, and worth we would want granted to ourselves in the same situation.

When our mental myopia minimizes another human being to just one characteristic (typically negative), we aren’t granting them the same value, dignity, and worth we would want granted to ourselves in the same situation.