Jonathan GibbonsOct 13, 20222 min readACCEPTANCE THEORYPreference & DemandWhat’s the difference between a preference and a demand? And what do they have to do with acceptance? Both preferences and demands are...
Jonathan GibbonsOct 13, 20222 min readACCEPTANCE THEORYPast & FutureYou’ve talked a lot about accepting whatever’s coming up in the moment, but what about the past and the future? Do we have to accept...
Jonathan GibbonsOct 13, 20224 min readACCEPTANCE THEORYBe Here Now“Be Here Now” has become a kind of cliché, and you may be tired of hearing it. But it’s become a cliché for good reason. Because it’s...
Jonathan GibbonsOct 13, 20222 min readACCEPTANCE THEORYLetting Go of the FutureHow can we stop obsessing about the future when everything seems so uncertain? The future is uncertain. And that’s the first thing we...
Jonathan GibbonsOct 13, 20222 min readEMOTION, SENSATION & PAINPainLast summer, while we were on vacation on the coast, I found myself watching Annchen doing her energetic yoga practice out on the patio...
Jonathan GibbonsOct 13, 20223 min readACCEPTANCE THEORYMicro-Victim IdentityWhen we talk about somebody having a victim identity, we tend to think of a case where the person has become quite dysfunctional—a person...
Jonathan GibbonsOct 13, 20222 min readMINDFULNESS PRACTICESitting Doing NothingNothing is more important than doing nothing. Sitting doing nothing is the most basic of meditative practices, and yet it has the...