At the CPI, our mission is to put psychological flexibility in the water supply. This is one of the reasons why we are passionate about making ACT as simple as possible. This way, everybody has a chance to get it. We use what we call the “simple words” approach. In...
Cognitive fusion : When the stories of our monkey minds rule our lives By Benjamin Schoendorff Have you ever been convinced that you couldn’t do something, that in fact you could? Have you ever believed that a loved one thought something about you, only to find out...
Loneliness is a serial killer By Benjamin Schoendorff How the science of social connection can help end the massacre? One of the greatest risk factors for early death, on par with smoking and twice as deadly as obesity or alcohol, is loneliness. We can die from being...
What to do as a parent if spanking doesn’t work? By Benjamin Schoendorff The subject of spanking regularly comes back into popular consciousness seems that as soon as there is a discussion about the problem behaviours of kids and teens, folks start bemoaning laws...
Getting Out of Stuck Loops By Benjamin Schoendorff We are all born with the gift of an internal advanced autopilot system. It’s one of the most useful things because it helps us to learn to do things automatically, without much thought; like walking up the stairs or...
