by Richard Amaral | Oct 7, 2023 | Mental Health, Psychology
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer It’s easy to look at things in such a way that it makes you feel more depressed and anxious. And one way to change the way you feel is to change...
by Richard Amaral | Aug 19, 2023 | Mental Health, Work
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” -Carl Jung When I was 10 years old, I entered a split Grade 5/6 class. I remember the homework being challenging. I also...
by Richard Amaral | Jun 3, 2023 | Mental Health, Relationships, Work
“Love and work. Work and love…that’s all there is.” – Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud was once asked what defined a psychologically healthy person. His answer? “To love and work.” Freud believed that if a person can work and love...
by Richard Amaral | Apr 22, 2023 | Mental Health, Psychology, Relationships
When you read this post, I will have just facilitated Week 1 of my Teens With Promise psychotherapy group. The group aims to teach young people skills and strategies for living a more balanced life – the techniques I discuss in my book. But what will...
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...
