by Christine Li | Sep 29, 2014 | All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques
I hesitated about writing a post about Derek Jeter because hey: I don't follow baseball everyone else is writing about Jeter I wouldn't want you to think Derek told me his secret to me in person #heehee Despite my reservations, I could not resist writing about...
by Christine Li | Sep 22, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques
When we Procrastinate, we create opportunities for a chaotic mess of cognitive and emotional changes to enter our lives. The following is a list of techniques to help you re-emerge from a Procrastination gap, if you are in one: Be patient with your up-and-down...
by Christine Li | May 21, 2014 | Academic, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Thoughts
When I began my graduate school training to be a clinical psychologist, I was worried. In particular, I was worried because not only was I one of the youngest in my cohort, but because I also had almost no experience in psychology. I had never done or seen an intake...
by Christine Li | Apr 30, 2014 | Actions, Feelings, Social, Techniques
I have been thinking about what it means to be personal lately. The first thing that got me thinking was when my blogging coach Courtney Carver persuaded me to write from a personal vantage point on this blog. I really wanted to believe I had already been writing in...
by Christine Li | Apr 23, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Social, Theories, Thoughts
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being a psychologist and working with patients it's that we are all of different speeds and intensities. No two of us are really alike in the ways I’m wanting to talk about here. Though we may be the same age, look like each...
by Christine Li | Apr 19, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Theories, Thoughts
I was sorting through the day’s snail mail, when I had the thought about how very responsible I was being, sorting out the day’s mail. It was a minor thought, but really the idea of being responsible is a pretty significant one for me. I grew up feeling I was...