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Welcome!
Working on yourself isn’t Easy!
Putting oneself first does not always feel
natural, but until you feel strong and capable
in your own skin, it is difficult to have
healthy, satisfying relationship with yourself
- or with others.
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You’ve made a wise decision
Choosing to learn new ways to manage
the problems in your life takes
COURAGE and DETERMINATION.
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The Wise Way will help to:
Reduce the
impact of
anxiety and
depression
Avoid
rumination
Survive crisis
and stop
making your
life worse
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The Wise Way will help to:
Understand
and balance
emotions
Reduce
conflict
Set
boundaries
and maintain
relationships
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Rigid Thinking is the Primary Cause of
Human Misery
I’m right -
you’re wrong!
He’s good!
She’s bad!
She’s a success!
He’s a loser!
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‘‘-FRANK ZAPPA
The mind is like a
parachute. It doesn’t
work if it’s not open.
‘‘-ISAAC ASIMOV
Your assumptions are
your window on the
world. Scrub them off
every once in a while or
the light won’t come in
‘‘-ATLE SELBERG
A person with a fixed
idea will always find a
way to convince himself
he is right
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Joe never feels happy. Jake is angry all the
time.
People often become stuck in rigid ways of being
Mary knows she is a
bad parent.
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The Wise Way will teach you:
Awareness of
your thoughts,
emotions,
attitudes and
behaviours
Openness to
other
perspectives
Understanding
that more than
one thing can
be true at the
same time
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The Wise Way helps you:
Be gentle to
yourself and
others
Accept reality
AND be willing to
change
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‘AND’ is a magical word
Using ‘AND’ allows you to see things from a different point of view – to get free from rigid
ways of being.
Joe feels unhappy much
of the time AND
sometimes feels okay
Mary makes mistakes in
parenting AND does her
best
Jake is angry a lot of the
time AND sometimes he
feels happy
