The reality of Now
Well, I'm back after a long hiatus. If you've read my blog in the past, I hope you will pick up reading again. I think it's going to be...
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Jeff Brenneman
Jun 14, 20231 min read
It's Been a Good Run
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that LifeWork, LLC will be closing in November 2023. It’s been 13 years of providing the...
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Jeff Brenneman
May 15, 20236 min read
Did I Get That Wrong? Checking the Facts
An amazing skill right here. And one that I sometimes fight against using. I mean, checking the facts means that I have to admit that...
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Jeff Brenneman
Apr 27, 20233 min read
STOP! No, really Stop, the skill
It’s time to wander into the Distress Tolerance skills. As a little intro, DT skills are divided up into two categories: Crisis Survival...
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Jeff Brenneman
Apr 17, 20237 min read
Get Mindful of Emotions
We all have them. They don't really go away when we ignore them. They are completely inside us, so we might want to pay attention. We...
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Jeff Brenneman
Apr 11, 20235 min read
Got a Problem?
*First a little disclaimer note on Problem Solving. If you are just reading this post without knowing other DBT skills, it could seem...
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Jeff Brenneman
Apr 3, 20234 min read
An Opposite Action Can Change Everything
In our series walking through the skills, we are up to Cope Ahead and then Check the Facts. As I read those posts again, however, I...
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Jeff Brenneman
Mar 28, 20234 min read
Want to feel competent, confident?
Building Mastery to feel competent One of my biggest fears used to be being found to be incompetent. It’s not a rational fear. There...
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Jeff Brenneman
Mar 22, 20234 min read
DBT Needs Help, Please Read
Welcome to the LifeWork, LLC blog, Wednesday edition. Normally, we publish on Mondays. I was in Jefferson City (Missouri's capitol) on...
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Jeff Brenneman
Mar 13, 20234 min read
I'd Like to Feel Better
There’s a skill in DBT called ‘Accumulating Positives,’ to build a life worth living. If you struggle with wanting to be alive at times...
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Jeff Brenneman
Mar 6, 20235 min read
I Keep Having HUGE emotions, PlEASE help!
You ever have big emotions? Like, come out of the blue, hit you like a truck and run you over emotions? Well, the PlEASE skill is here...
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Jeff Brenneman
Feb 27, 20233 min read
THINK about things differently
THINK is a skill from the adolescent version of DBT. Jill Rathus and Alec Miller wrote the material for that form of DBT, with a forward...
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Jeff Brenneman
Feb 21, 20236 min read
Standing FAST
First, apologies for this post coming on Tuesday and not Monday. It would have been effective to get this post prepped and scheduled to...
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Jeff Brenneman
Feb 13, 20237 min read
GIVE it a try
Welcome back to the next installment in our Trip Through the Skills Series. We are examining each of the skills taught in DBT and trying...
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Jeff Brenneman
Feb 6, 20235 min read
Asking for what I want and need
Today, we are back into our series taking a trip through each of the DBT skills. We are moving into the Interpersonal skills and first...
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Jeff Brenneman
Jan 30, 20232 min read
Some thoughts on overthinking
Welcome everyone. Very excited to have a guest writer returning to our blog. She will introduce herself again in her post, so I'll save...
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Jeff Brenneman
Jan 23, 20233 min read
And now something completely different
It's January. Over the past couple of weeks over here at LifeWork, we've taken some time to pay attention to the things we accomplished...
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Caleb Reese
Jan 16, 20235 min read
Special Edition, Contributing
Today we have a special post. At LifeWork, we are gathering donations over the next month for the The Violence Prevention Center of...
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Jeff Brenneman
Jan 9, 20233 min read
Loving myself, and you as well
In my experience, there are a few skills taught in DBT that elicit some strong reactions. One of those skills is - Loving Kindness. It...
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Jeff Brenneman
Jan 2, 20234 min read
Wanna be right? Or effective?
It feels really good to be right, doesn’t it? I mean, you get to feel proud and sometimes indignant or superior or better than or maybe...
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