“Each day’s practice does some good, and if you slip and fall off your diet or exercise program or mindfulness practice, all… — Richard O'Connor Mental health Copy Share Image
“People often attempt to compensate for this loss of hope by comforting themselves with “consolation prizes”: easy but self-destructive habits like too… — Richard O'Connor Consolation prize Copy Share Image
“It seems like the value you attribute to something, more than its inherent value, influences your expectations, and your expectations, to a… — Richard O'Connor Life Copy Share Image
“People believe they lack will power, but will power is not something you either have or don’t, like blue eyes. Instead, it’s… — Richard O'Connor Nervous system Copy Share Image
“One of the major reasons why it’s hard for us to get over dysfunctional paradigms is our habit of selective attention. We’re… — Richard O'Connor Faith Copy Share Image
“There is a lot of research to suggest that we feel better overall as we are progressing toward our goals; we have… — Richard O'Connor Life Copy Share Image
“Here’s a simple intervention to show what a little change in your negative narrative can do. First-year college students who receive worse… — Richard O'Connor Change Copy Share Image
“Avoid enablers. These are people who make it easy for you to perform your self-destructive behavior. People you go on a smoking… — Richard O'Connor Habits Copy Share Image
“Basics of Good Self-Care Exercise moderately but regularly Eat healthy but delicious meals Regularize your sleep cycle Practice good personal hygiene Don’t… — Richard O'Connor Challenge yourself Copy Share Image
“I realize now that no simple, single-factor theory of depression will ever work. Depression is partly in our genes, partly in our… — Richard O'Connor Children Copy Share Image
“Avoid triggers. If you’re an alcoholic, stay out of bars. If you’re a depressed or impulsive shopper, don’t go shopping. When you… — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Across thirty-two cities worldwide, people in 2006 were walking an average 10 percent faster than they were in 1994.” — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Get up with the alarm, shower, get dressed, and have breakfast. Without much effort, you’ve already put yourself in a good position… — Richard O'Connor Discipline Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the best antidote and preventive for burnout is the feeling of solid connection with the people in our lives. When we… — Richard O'Connor Family and friends Copy Share Image
“This is a little dirty secret of mental health economics: if you're depressed, you don't think you're worth the cost of treatment.… — Richard O'Connor Health Copy Share Image
“We know that infant rats who receive more licking and grooming from their mothers are less fearful and more intelligent as adults,… — Richard O'Connor Parenting Copy Share Image
“we have a plastic brain that changes in response to our experience. It bears repeating: The brain doesn’t tell us what to… — Richard O'Connor Life Copy Share Image
“Procrastination is a way for us to be satisfied with second-rate results; we can always tell ourselves we'd have done a better… — Richard O'Connor Better job Copy Share Image
“Neuroscientists know now that bad habits have a physical existence in the structure of the brain; they become the default circuits when… — Richard O'Connor Bad habit Copy Share Image
“Though there can be other causes, most self-destructive behavior is the result of the fact that we have two minds that don’t… — Richard O'Connor Psychology Copy Share Image
“If you are treated like dirt long enough, you begin to fell like dirt” — Richard O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Keep a journal of disappointments, failures, and self-destructive actions. It’s important to write this down because these are the kinds of things… — Richard O'Connor Failure Copy Share Image
