Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – Paul Brennan M.C. Registered Psychologist

The Sushi Train

ByPaul Brennan RPsych May 11, 2017May 11, 2017

Ride the Sushi Train of the Mind My daughter used to love those restaurants where sushi dishes paraded past on a little train track. Long-time Edmontonions may remember that there used to be one in WEM. In this new video, Russ Harris uses the sushi train as a beautiful metaphor for the relationship that we all…

The Difficult Art of Self-Compassion

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 14, 2017March 14, 2017

The Difficult Art of Self-Compassion “To survive in this high-pressured, crazy world, most of us have to become highly adept at self-criticism. We learn how to tell ourselves off for our failures, and for not working hard or smart enough. But so good are we at this that we’re sometimes in danger of falling prey…

The Joy of Missing Out

ByPaul Brennan RPsych January 23, 2017

According to Wikipedia, the fear of missing out or FOMO is “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent”. This can show up as “a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing”. FOMO is everywhere in modern, urban life. Most of the time it’s a minor irritant but it…

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The mind is like a GPS

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 27, 2016April 4, 2016

Our mind is like a GPS. These systems are very convenient and useful. But it’s still important to keep one’s eyes wide open and look out of the window from time to time. Some people have ended up driving into a river because a bridge had gone down and the system hadn’t been updated. In…

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The Pendulum

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 27, 2016April 4, 2016

Imagine a feeling, any feeling or emotion. How long will it last? Imagine a pendulum. The higher you lift it in one direction, the more power you give it to swing up on the other side. You will perhaps notice its weight and resistance even more when you let it go. It is the same with feelings –…

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The Battlefield

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 27, 2016April 4, 2016

You’ve been trying to win the war with your mind, with your anxiety, with your depression, with your anger, with whatever. True? Well, acceptance is about letting the war roll on while you leave the battlefield.