"One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.  He said "My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.  One is Evil.  It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.  The other is Good.  It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith."  The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"  The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed." "


Posts tagged with 'emotion regulation'

Further background for the colouring in exercise: gratitude, expressive writing, emotion processing & taking it forward

14th June 2018

This "Further background ... " post adds to the "Initial background for the colouring in exercise: assessment, maps, emotional intelligence & emotion discrimination" in supporting the "The 'emotion colouring in exercise': how to do it". gratitude writing: The second 3-minute section of ... expressive writing: Returning to the ... emotion …

Initial background for the colouring in exercise: assessment, maps, emotional intelligence & emotion differentiation

12th June 2018

This "Initial background" post provides important information to support use of the brief 6-minute "Emotion colouring In exercise". There is additional useful information in the companion post "Further background for the colouring in exercise: gratitude, expressive writing, emotion processing & taking it forward". Emotional intelligence: Emotion differentiation: More to follow …

The "emotion colouring in exercise": how to do it

11th June 2018

The "Emotion colouring In exercise" is a deceptively simple 6-minute writing exercise where we practise identifying and describing our feelings. For important additional information about this process, see the "Initial background for the colouring in exercise: assessment, maps, emotional intelligence & emotion differentiation" and the "Further background for the colouring …

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: an 8 week training

1st November 2017

A good friend & I have just been sorting out the practical details of running an 8 week course together on "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing", starting in January. Some aspects still need to be tweaked, but the basic publicity information runs like this: "If you want others to be happy, …

Birmingham BABCP conference: final morning - positive affect in depression, therapy adverse effects & overall review (5th post)

27th July 2014

The last morning of this excellent BABCP conference dawned bright & sunny ... as it has all week. I have particularly enjoyed this year's BABCP get-together. I think this has been due to a combination of factors including presentations that have been personally of real interest, the weather, the University …

Birmingham BABCP conference: second day - NICE, emotion regulation, and exposure with depression & with cycloserine (4th post)

25th July 2014

So yesterday was the second full day of the BABCP conference. I have already written initial blog posts about the first day of the conference and about the pre-conference workshop I went to on emotion regulation. This is a bit of a pre-breakfast scamper over yesterday's experiences. As with the …

Birmingham BABCP conference: first day - decentering, compassion, insomnia, social anxiety, sp/sr & barbecue (3rd post)

24th July 2014

This is a quick overview of the first full day of the annual BABCP summer conference in Birmingham. I intend to return to some of the key learning points in later posts. I've already written about the pre-conference workshop I went to on "Emotion regulation" in a couple of earlier …