PSYCHOLOGY OF US

What is creativity? There’s an extraordinary new type of brain scan called an fMRI that allows us to witness creative thinking while it’s happening. For the first time, we can see that creative thinking is not a mystical or divine force that shines down on us from the heavens (sorry, Elizabeth Gilbert!).

You are not the problems that stand in your way. The problems are the problems. Work the problems.    – Steven Pressfield

We’ve been doing it all wrong!, says motivation researcher and author of Rethinking Positive Thinking, Gabrielle Oettinger.

 In the simplest terms, all stuckness, hesitation, resistance, or inability to change can be traced back to the emotion of fear. Sometimes this fear is well founded and easy to name, but sometimes it is outside of our awareness. To understand how fear underlies our stuckness, let´s look at how all emotions work together.

These four steps address common ways of thinking that may be causing your stuckness. Changing them will help you to move forward in the present and, over time, will positively change your way of thinking.

 If you are struggling with trauma-related reactions, the best plan of action is to see a psychotherapist. Recovery from trauma or PTSD can be difficult and painful but it is much better facilitated with support from a trained professional.