Posts Tagged ‘radical acceptance’
The Power of Radical Acceptance When You Feel Miserable
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu There is no denying that most of us know what it’s like to feel just plain miserable. That statement may strike you…
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How to Practice “Radical Acceptance”
“The curious paradox is when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” – Carl Rogers In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the word “dialectic” refers to balancing and comparing two things that seem to be quite different – even contradictory. In DBT, this balance is between change and acceptance. For many people,…
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When Things Don’t Go Your Way
”Seek not to have that everything should happen as you wish, but wish for everything to happen as it actually does happen, and you will be serene.” – Epictetus We often find ourselves in situations that we would prefer not to be in. Perhaps we “planned” on having a fun time and it turned out…
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How to Find Balance Between Change & Acceptance
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” – Carl Rogers Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) rests upon the idea of balancing and comparing two seemingly oppositional things. This is at the heart of the word dialectic. Dr. Marsha Linehan, creator of DBT, explains that dialectics is…
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