by Christine Li | Jan 2, 2014 | All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques
I hope you have had a restful and/or fun holiday season and New Year’s celebration. I hope this year brings much happiness into your life. To start the year off in the “happy” mode we crave and tend to enjoy, here’s a list of thoughts to get us there: 1. Deal...
by Christine Li | Dec 31, 2013 | All Posts
I’ve noticed other bloggers doing an end-of-year roundup of their best posts. I’m still getting the hang of this blogging idea, and I haven’t even been blogging an entire year, but here goes. I think the best post for me this year was my first. Not because it was...
by Christine Li | Dec 27, 2013 | Actions, All Posts
As the New Year 2014 approaches, I'm finding I want to use the time remaining in 2013 to wrap up some loose ends. That is my typical approach to facing the new year changeover. I actually try to finish a few things. I have never been good at either making...
by Christine Li | Dec 24, 2013 | All Posts
Greetings and Happy Holiday wishes from me to you today. During this season, which can feel hectic and discombobulating, I wish for you a few gifts that don't come with wrap, paper, or bows: a calm mind an accepting heart an understanding of how unique you are a...
by Christine Li | Dec 22, 2013 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Techniques
When I help students figure out how to get through a week or two of multiple assignments for different classes, I teach them my version of the Foot-in-the-Door technique. I learned the technique when I was in my Social Psychology class in graduate school. The idea,...
by Christine Li | Dec 16, 2013 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Techniques
The majority of my patients are college students, and working with this group of people is a great privilege. I get to watch people grow in leaps and bounds and rework and refine their personal styles of interacting with the world as they go. I have found that...