Your Brain's Not Broken

The Energy Drain

Perception of Interest

Battery Awareness

It’s Really No Wonder

Confronting Harmful Motivation

The Solve-It Grid

When your boundaries are crossed, you must respond. It’s common to resent people when they cross your boundaries, but resentment comes from helplessness. And you have options—you are not helpless. Sometimes we kick people out of our yard prematurely in the mistaken belief that there are no other options.

Our divergent thinking may work against us when we are trying to get things done. In divergent thinking, everything has the same level of importance. I accidentally slip into an avoidance strategy when items pop into my head as I work on a task. The new thoughts seem just as important, and I am tempted to follow them down the rabbit hole. Sometimes

The Nothin’-but-Blue Pattern