Critical Thinking

higher-order thinking (instead of relying on intuition or instinct) Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. (University of Louisville) https://louisville.edu/ideastoaction/about/criticalthinking/what

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

behavioral analysis or chain analysis If you’re already slipping on your New Year’s resolutions, don’t give up. “Chain analysis” can help you identify what’s going wrong, writes psychologist Jenny Taitz. The process involves five steps: First, look at your vulnerabilities—whatever might have made you more susceptible to slipping that day, such as poor sleep, a…

Shovel the Driveway

Like the inhabitants of the lot on which I live – shoveling after a snow is something to avoid (and escape at all costs) Lately, I have perceived a different experience Although, on the perfect day, after a heavy snowfall, when I can get out before the snow freezes hard Then shoveling the yard is…