Tag Archives: Mental

Allergy and Mental Health

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Alex Bhaswara

Allergy and Mental Disease The following may come as a surprise to most people, including most medical doctors.  Most mental disease is caused by unsuspected brain allergies! This fact was illuminated for me by Dr Marshall Mandell in the early … Continue reading →

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Mental Toughness & Resilience – Black and White

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Alex Bhaswara

Black and White In our mission to maintain mental toughness and mental strength we need to look at and dispute the errors in our thinking. These “thinking errors” are referred to as inferences by cognitive therapists. Inferences are assumptions of … Continue reading →

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Mental Toughness and Resilience – Get a Grip

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Alex Bhaswara

Get a Grip! Bad events do happen, unpredictable events happen. For mental toughness we need to strive to keep negative events, together with our responses in proportion. We need to gain perspective, as some events are clearly worse than others. … Continue reading →

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Mental Toughness – Preferring Not Demanding

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Alex Bhaswara

The following article looks at “demanding” and “preferring”. Understanding the difference between these types of irrational and rational thinking is key to Mental Toughness. Demands are rigid thinking patterns and rules, where we insist that others, the world and ourselves … Continue reading →

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Mental Toughness – Staying goal directed

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Alex Bhaswara

We are all encouraged to have goals – to set objectives and have targets. When we think of goals, usually we only consider the big long-term goals, such as buying a home. However it is often our everyday goals and … Continue reading →

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Mental Toughness & Resilience – High Frustration Tolerance

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Alex Bhaswara

Here is an essential principle of Mental Toughness and Resilience We all experience frustration when our needs, wants and demands are not met, or when we are faced with obstacles that impede our progress. Frustration is a fact of life; … Continue reading →

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