The very existence of this blog is symptomatic for a change in paradigm that I think we have been witnessing in the field of mental health: the patient is no longer the carrier of a disease, an object that the scientific practice and discourse will treat, he/she can play an active role in his/her well-being. And I strongly believe that actions and thoughts - and the Cognitive Behavioural approach has shown us they were deeply interconnected - have a great role to play here.
The question becomes, what does healthy mean? This word is heard very often nowadays. Follows the definition given by the Oxford American Dictionary:
The concept can be negatively understood as the absence of disease. "Promoting good health" sounds, from all the entries, to be the most interesting one. It suggests a proactive attitude, which encourages health, maybe even well-being.
Now about thinking, what does the same dictionary tell us?
Here we encounter the concept of mind. What a nice concept! This is an exploding field of research that bears a lot of promises.
It so happens that the mind, at the origin of language, can be both the 'problem' and the 'solution'. Thoughts, that we inherited from the family narrative we were born into, can work as a barrier between us and reality and this is where things get complicated and healthy thinking can be helpful.
It is the purpose of this blog to showcase healthy practices, to deconstruct myths and legends that surround us in an attempt to promote healthier thinking, ways of thinking that try to be as close to reality as possible, using logic and common sense to develop healthy ideas based on reality.
I will be dealing with many different subject matters, with a particular interest for the fields of education and well-being.