seniors aging gracefully

What I am going to talk about has nothing to do with construction. it has to do with ways in which people use the words we tell ourselves to make oneself feel better about a horrible thing that happened to them.

The other day I opened a new bag of coffee beans and when I pulled the 2 sides of the bag apart, the beans scattered all over the counter top and floor. My first reaction was to utter, oh shit, but as I bent down to pick up the beans i thought, this is good, I am stretching my back.

this approach stem from the branch of psychology known as cognitive psychology

Branch of psychology devoted to the study of human cognition, particularly as it affects learning and behaviour. The field grew out of advances in Gestalt, developmental, and comparative psychology and in computer science, particularly information-processing research. Cognitive psychology shares many research interests with cognitive science, and some experts classify it as a branch of the latter. Contemporary cognitive theory has followed one of two broad approaches: the developmental approach, derived from the work of Jean Piaget and concerned with “representational thought” and the construction of mental models (“schemas”) of the world, and the information-processing approach, which views the human mind as analogous to a sophisticated computer system.

Although a therapist may not know it, most employ these techniques in their treatment. And one’s friend will jump in to remind you of what is positive when you are facing a crisis.

trust the process