Live a Skillfull Life
Karyn HallLive a Skillfull Life – Karyn Hall
May 12 – Valuing Others
With life slowing down and, well, being in close quarters, there are a lot of adjustments. You have a normal way of living and your routines work for you. Suddenly in the pandemic period, your way of life may be turned upside down. So what are your values during this...
May 11 – Opposite Action
You know those days that are so difficult? You wake up in the morning and don’t want to talk with anyone. You don’t answer the phone. You don’t have any food, don’t feel like going to the grocery store, so you don’t go. You just can’t make yourself. You don’t feel...
May 10 – Skills For When You Are Distressed
Crisis survival skills are skills for tolerating and surviving a crisis situation. You use them when a crisis cannot be avoided. The basic idea is to get through crisis situations without adding to the problems in your life, even though your emotions are clouding your...
May 9 – Practicing Kindness
Kindness is a behavior marked by ethical characteristics, a pleasant disposition, a concern and consideration for others. It is regarded as a virtue, and is recognized as a value in many cultures and religions. When we are stressed, we can come together and practice...
May 8 – Flexible Coping
One of the characteristics of emotional health is flexible responding. This means that you have the ability to change your behavior to fit the situation you are in, to make wise choices in context. So many are being challenged now to respond to a situation that we...
May 7 – Accepts: Contribute
We're focusing on the DBT Skill of Distracting with “Wise Mind ACCEPTS.” ACCEPTS stands for the many different ways you can distract yourself from painful emotions when you need to. “Contributing” to others is the first C in ACCEPTS.Contributing to others is a way to...
May 6 – Coping Strategies
It's another day of social distancing and staying home here in Houston. I live near a small square of restaurants and stores and am fortunate to be able to walk outside without coming into close contact with other people. It's so strange to walk down empty streets...
May 5 – Validating Emotions Rather Than Ideas or Thoughts
Does it upset you when you're with someone who is sad, ashamed, embarrassed or jealous? How do you respond when someone says, "I just don't think she is as great as people say"? You know the person is jealous--but how do you respond? How do you respond when someone is...
May 4 – Asking For Help: What’s So Hard About It?
Everyone needs help at times. It's part of life. Right now, many of us need help. In fact, we all need help during this pandemic. We need everyone to help get us through this crisis. But many also struggle with asking for help. Below are some different reasons that...
May 3 – Wise Minds
Wise Mind is a core concept in DBT. It means that you are using both facts and emotions to make wise decisions and responses. You are choosing what is most effective for you. Emotion mind wants what it wants and it wants it now! In addition, emotion mind is pretty...