by Richard Amaral | Apr 8, 2023 | Balanced living, Lifestyle
There are two essential steps when reflecting on the changes you need to make to have a more balanced life. First, you need to look honestly at which areas of your life are receiving too much attention and which are receiving too little attention. For example,...
by Richard Amaral | Mar 25, 2023 | Anxiety
Just over a year ago, I was glued to the television and various news sites, transfixed with the war in Ukraine. At that time, I wrote a post about how I tried to cope with the overwhelming news cycle of such a significant historical event. Well, a year later,...
by Richard Amaral | Mar 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I was a guest on the Ontario Psychological Association’s podcast, ONPsych. You can hear the podcast by clicking here. The podcast’s goal was to discuss my balanced living book, The Promise Wheel. But as the conversation...
by Richard Amaral | Mar 12, 2023 | CBT, Mental Health, Thinking
As I mentioned in my previous post, it’s normal to have the urge to sometimes fixate on the negative instead of the positive. It’s called negativity bias, and there are good reasons why we do this. You can read about these reasons by clicking here. But there...
by Richard Amaral | Mar 4, 2023 | Mental Health, Thinking
Have you ever found yourself focusing more on the negative things in your life while ignoring all the positive stuff? Well, join the club. This is a common phenomenon that happens to all of us. Myself included. This kind of thinking is known as mental...
