Women At Work
Shirley Wies, former CAO of the Mayo Clinic
Dana Manciagli , writes about 9 principles that will put women at work in the corner offices of corporate America.
Body Language and Confidence
Dr. Amy Cuddy talks about the relationship between body language and confidence. She challenges her listeners to ask, “What happens if you fake it till you make it?” If you pretend to be powerful, are you more likely to feel powerful? She demonstrates how tiny, easy, 2-minute exercises on changing your body language can have a significant impact on your mind and your actual performance in stressful situations.
“Don’t fake it til you make it, Fake it until you become it.”
In this video she explains the connection between body language and confidence.
Holly Scott, MBA, MS, LPC sees clients at Uptown Dallas Counseling. Holly is trained in the specialty of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and holds the position of Diplomate in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Holly works with clients to help them overcome challenges in their daily lives that may be preventing them from achieving happiness. She helps clients with stress management, depression, parenting, marriage counseling, and other mental health concerns. If you are looking for a counselor or therapist, explore this website to see if Holly may be able to help you.
To make an appointment for therapy or counseling with Holly at her Uptown Dallas Counseling, you have the option of using the Online Patient Portal to register and schedule.
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Mindfulness and Meditation
Being Mindful Does Not
Have To Look Like This
Andy Puddicombe gives a wonderful TedMed talk on mindfulness and meditation. He explains the purpose of mediation as enabling us to experience focus, calm, and clarity in our lives. In his 10-minute video, he describes the basics of how to approach meditation as stepping back, seeing the thought clearly, and witnessing thoughts coming and going without judgment. By maintaining focused relaxation, we can allow thoughts to come and go, and NOT get distracted by the thought. We learn to observe the thought and let go of our emotions attached to a thought. Our goal is to let go of our story lines that run continuously in our minds. By using mediation to step back and get a different perspective, we can change the way we experience things in our lives.
Here’s Andy Puddicombe’s TED talk. Enjoy.
Holly Scott, MBA, MS, LPC sees clients at Uptown Dallas Counseling. Holly is trained in the specialty of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and holds the position of Diplomate in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Holly works with clients to help them overcome challenges in their daily lives that may be preventing them from achieving happiness. She helps clients with stress management, depression, parenting, marriage counseling, and other mental health concerns. If you are looking for a counselor or therapist in t!he Uptown Dallas area, explore this website to see if Holly may be able to help you.
To make an appointment for therapy or counseling with Holly at her Uptown Dallas Counseling, you have the option of using the Online Patient Portal to register and schedule. If you would prefer to talk with Holly to schedule an appointment, email HollyScottPLLC@gmail.com, or call 214-953-9366, to talk with her about your counseling needs.
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Who gets Depression? What does it look like? How will I know?
What is depression?
I love this video created by the Canadian Family Law Firm of Neinstien & Associates. They published this video to show their support for the annual Let’s Talk Day. This event helps bring the topic of mental health and depression to the forefront in an attempt to break the stigma of suffering from a mental disorder.
Quotes from the participants in the video include:
I am a mother, a father, a student. I am loving, smart, generous. I am alone, in a room full of people. I want to feel anything, I can’t stand to feel anything, I want the pain to go away. Depression is not a mood, depression is not a bad day, depression is a disease. It feels like I am underwater, I need help. Please don’t judge me, don’t give up on me.
Take a few minutes to watch and see what you think. Please spread the word.
Holly Scott, MBA, MS, LPC sees clients at Uptown Dallas Counseling. Holly is trained in the specialty of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and holds the position of Diplomate in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Holly works with clients to help them overcome challenges in their daily lives that may be preventing them from achieving happiness. She helps clients with stress management, depression, parenting, marriage counseling, and other mental health concerns. If you are looking for a counselor or therapist, explore this website to see if Holly may be able to help you.
To make an appointment for therapy or counseling with Holly at her Uptown Dallas Counseling, you have the option of using the Online Patient Portal to register and schedule.
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Are You an Independent Woman?
Heidi Legg writes in The Atlantic about her conversation with
Marion Cannon Schlesinger and what it means to be an independent woman.
 Marion Cannon Schlesinger, from The Atlantic |
Schlesinger lived in Washington DC raising four children during the Kennedy Era. She was married to Arthur Schlesinger Jr., a special advisor to President John F. Kennedy. In her conversation with Ms. Legg, she compares her life with that of women of today. She talks about the meaning of an independent woman and gives her recipes for leading a “full life.”
Holly Scott, MBA, MS, LPC sees clients at Uptown Dallas Counseling. Holly is trained in the specialty of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and holds the position of Diplomate in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Holly works with clients to help them overcome challenges in their daily lives that may be preventing them from achieving happiness. She helps clients with stress management, depression, parenting, marriage counseling, and other mental health concerns. If you are looking for a counselor or therapist, explore this website to see if Holly may be able to help you.
To make an appointment for therapy or counseling with Holly at her Uptown Dallas Counseling, you have the option of using the Online Patient Portal to register and schedule.
FRIDAY FUN POST: Weekend Reading Plans
For this week’s Friday Fun Post, I hope to start (and complete!) this book over the weekend:
PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. (Simon & Schuster.) A neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma from bacterial meningitis.
Curling up with a good book and cup to tea is one of my favorite ways to relax and recharge.
Do you read or listen? Paperback or Ebook? Fiction or non-fiction?
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Holly Scott, MBA, MS, LPC sees clients at Uptown Dallas Counseling. Holly is trained in the specialty of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and holds the position of Diplomate in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Holly works with clients to help them overcome challenges in their daily lives that may be preventing them from achieving happiness. She helps clients with stress management, depression, parenting, marriage counseling, and other mental health concerns. If you are looking for a counselor or therapist, explore this website to see if Holly may be able to help you.
To make an appointment for therapy or counseling with Holly at her Uptown Dallas Counseling, you have the option of using the Online Patient Portal to register and schedule.
Building Self-Esteem
One way to measure your self-esteem. A fun, easy exercise.
“Where do you want to go to lunch today?” Do you often answer this question with, “I don’t care” or “I don’t know”? Do you ever spend time thinking about what you want? Tina Gilbertson, MA describes an easy “I like, I don’t like” exercise that can actually help you build self esteem. Try it out, and see what you think.
From the Good Therapy Blog by Tina Gilbertson, MA:
Holly Scott, MBA, MS, LPC sees clients at Uptown Dallas Counseling. Holly is trained in the specialty of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and holds the position of Diplomate in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Holly works with clients to help them overcome challenges in their daily lives that may be preventing them from achieving happiness. She helps clients with stress management, depression, parenting, marriage counseling, and other mental health concerns. If you are looking for a counselor or therapist, explore this website to see if Holly may be able to help you.
To make an appointment for therapy or counseling with Holly at her Uptown Dallas Counseling, you have the option of using the Online Patient Portal to register and schedule.
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
I love this book! If you are looking for something to read, check out John Green‘s The Fault in our Stars.
It appears a lot of other people love it, too:
#1 New York Times bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal bestseller
#9 The Bookseller (UK) bestseller
#1 Indiebound bestseller
New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
Starred reviews from Booklist, SLJ, Publisher’s Weekly, Horn Book, and Kirkus
#1 Wall Street Journal bestseller
#9 The Bookseller (UK) bestseller
#1 Indiebound bestseller
New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
Starred reviews from Booklist, SLJ, Publisher’s Weekly, Horn Book, and Kirkus
Fox Pictures is releasing a movie next year, here’s the IMBD plot summary:
Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous, given that Hazel’s other constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
For more information on the author and this book, here is John Green’s Webpage
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Decisions and Emotions
Chipotle’s Scarecrow video and game app is an effort to influence your decisions and emotions. If you haven’t seen the video, you can view it here:
The video went viral with almost 6 million views on youtube and received wide critical acclaim for the video production quality.
The Week’s Peter Weber calls it “the most beautiful, haunting infomercial you’ll ever see.” Read Peter Weber’s Review to see the rest of his opinions on the advertisement.
On the other hand, Funny or Die has produced a scathing video parody of Scarecrow. You can watch that video along with commentary by Scott Meslow here:
Critics of the Scarecrow campaign believe Chipotle is misleading consumers by displaying an inaccurate view of current factory farming practices. Others believe Chipotle is attempting to make changes to current practices by increasing awareness. Chipotle chief marketing officer Mark Crumpacker states in a USA Today article, “We’re trying to educate people about where their food comes from.”
Human beings make decisions based on emotions. Chipotle’s Scarecrow is a classic attempt at generating an emotional response in individuals that will lead to buying decisions that are favorable to Chipotle. The rebuttal videos and commentaries are attempting to generate emotional responses that will lead to buying decision that are unfavorable to Chipotle.
Where do you stand? Is Scarecrow unethical, or is it exactly the same as any other type of marketing we are exposed to everyday?
Suicide Awareness Program.
Active Minds, an organization dedicated to spreading suicide awareness on college campuses, kicked off its tour of Send Silence Packing on September 10, 2013. The tour is an exhibit of 1100 backpacks that represent the 1100 college students who die by suicide every year. More details of the tour can be found here.
Are you in crisis? Please call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline
at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
Suicide is one of the most frightening possible outcomes of mental illness. If you or someone you know needs help, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) immediately. This is the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a 24-hour service available to anyone in need of help. Never ignore or underestimate remarks about suicide. Take them seriously, and make certain that the person in crisis is cared for. And if you think your friend is in immediate danger, do not leave him or her alone—stay there and call 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Additional Information from Active Minds:
- Half of Us (www.halfofus.com)
- Beyond OCD: Overcoming OCD-The College Student’s Guide (www.beyondocd.org)
- NAMI’s Networking Site for Young Adults with Mental Illness (www.strengthofus.org)
- APA’s College Mental Health Page (www.healthyminds.org)
- The Jed Foundation (www.jedfoundation.org)
- Screening for Mental Health, Inc: College Response (www.mentalhealthscreening.org/college/)
- People Prevent Suicide (http://www.peoplepreventsuicide.org/)
- Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program (www.yellowribbon.org)
- American College Health Association (www.acha.org)
- Campus Health and Safety (www.campushealthandsafety.org)
- Reach Out (www.reachout.com)
An extensive list of web resources can be found here: http://www.activeminds.org/issues-a-resources/mental-health-resources
