Self As Context – 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…

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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 Store

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 27, 2016April 4, 2016

Let’s imagine that your mind is a giant store. Since this store is your mind, you’re the only customer. Oh, and you also have virtually unlimited money! All the merchandise in the store symbolizes your thoughts, emotions, memories, urges, etc.—everything that goes on in your mind. Some of the merchandise you like, some you don’t….

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The Jigsaw Piece

ByPaul Brennan RPsych March 27, 2016March 31, 2016

The Jigsaw Piece Based on a metaphor submitted to ACBS by pachester When an unwanted or distressing thought arises, I try seeing it on a jigsaw piece. My jigsaw has many pieces, each representing the many different aspects of myself and my experience. I see the jigsaw piece with my thought on it as it finds its allotted place…