I was going to write this post on ” pop psychology ” but decided that moniker just doesn’t cut it, and the scope is too limited and easy. What we are referring to when we say “pop psychology” is 99% bullshit. Not too hard to see that, if you read 50 of those books and […]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
On Bullshit Psychology
Posted in Therapy and Psychotherapies
Tagged ineffective, pseudoscience, psychology, therapy
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Why Life Sucks 2: Thoughts And Illusion
Sometimes, I can’t help the feeling that I’m living a life of illusion. – Joe Walsh As with this classic optical illusion, things are NOT necessarily what they VERY MUCH APPEAR TO BE. What you “know” to be “true” is not necessarily even remotely connected to reality. And that’s true for all of us. What’s really hard to […]
Posted in Everyday Mindfulness
Tagged beliefs, cognition, illusions, life sucks, mindfulness, self-help, thinking
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Brain, Schmain. Behavior is What Matters!
I admit it, I’m fascinated by neuroscience. I’m a little concerned, though, that the press is overemphasizing the brain science of mindfulness at the expense of what really matters, which is behavior. Unless you are prescribing medications or performing neurosurgery, you cannot directly apply brain science to mindfulness practice. All you can do is read something […]
Posted in Meditation
Tagged behavior, brain, meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness meditation
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