by Christine Li | Apr 11, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Social, Theories, Thoughts
When we look outside of ourselves for confirmation of what we feel and do, we complicate matters a lot. We turn from knowing what we feel and do, to looking in other directions, away from ourselves. At times, we can look everywhere and anywhere else for any sign...
by Christine Li | Mar 23, 2014 | Academic, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Theories, Thoughts
We all start innocently enough. In childhood, I mean. Then life gets increasingly complicated. Very fast. My understanding of Procrastination includes a recurrent theme I see in my Procrastinating clients. Adult Procrastinators are so often just the adult form of...
by Christine Li | Mar 17, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Social, Techniques, Theories, Thoughts
Many times in my life, I have been nervous or afraid. Many times, these moments have been when I have been unsure of where I stand in a relationship. For instance: I have been afraid to call a psychiatrist, because well, that would mean I would need to say something...
by Christine Li | Mar 4, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Theories, Thoughts
So often making a change involves changing our old equations. By equations I mean the stories we tell ourselves about how we are supposed to do things. For instance, if I am going to feel important, I must be involved in as many activities as I can possibly get...
by Christine Li | Feb 12, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques, Theories
I've spent a good deal of my life struggling with feeling invisible. In different ways. As someone in my earlier days who had more ideas than ways to articulate them. As an ethnic minority unsure of how to represent myself in my community. As someone insecure about...
by Christine Li | Feb 7, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Resources, Techniques, Theories
Live Simply. Easy for you to say. It seems a great irony to me that living simply needs to be the more intentional way of living these days. It is an active process of removing unnecessary items and matters from your life, and then having more room for what you...