By Rich Weil, M.Ed., CDE Transformation Weight Control transformationweightcontrol.com Distraction tasks are designed to direct your attention away from, take your mind off of, or decrease negative experiences such as obsessive thoughts, high arousal and anxiety during high-risk situations, overwhelming negative thoughts and emotions (sometimes associated with PTSD), intrusive and/or pessimistic thoughts, and other high-risk […]
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By Rich Weil, M.Ed., CDE Transformation Weight Control transformationweightcontrol.com A long blog but worth every word! Defining Relapse – Two Approaches (From “Relapse Prevention” by Drs. Alan Marlatt and Judith Gordon. Now with Dennis Donovan in the second edition) 1. The pessimistic approach. Treatment failure, return to illness, falling back into addiction,
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By Rich Weil, M.Ed., CDE Transformation Weight Controlwww.transformationweightcontrol.com I’ve been an athlete all my life. Baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, 100-mile bike rides, marathons, mountain climbing, All-American collegiate fencer, and more. I got to thinking about losing weight and preventing regain as an athletic event decades ago. Here’s why. I’m climbing a mountain in
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By Rich Weil, M.Ed., CDETransformation Weight Controltransformationweightcontrol.com Resilience. The ability to bounce back from adversity. An old Japanese proverb puts it this way, “The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” And the psychologist Albert Ellis used to say, we’re all human, and we’re all fallible. He was right, and
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