“Scott, how in the world could you know the greatest stressor in my life?” I know. It’s presumptuous. But because of my job, I listen to hundreds of men and women tell me about what’s weighing them down and preventing them from experiencing the kinds of fulfilling lives they desire. When you begin to look […]
Take the time to find what’s right.
In order to love yourself…
Our use of the world wide web speaks to our innate need to be heard, known, and understood. It combines every form of storytelling – images, podcasts, videos, social networking…
Train your mind to live in facts, not fiction.
#marriage #quote #conflict
Do you consider yourself an emotionally intelligent person? Do you believe you’re relationally intelligent? What do these phrases even mean? In Handle with Care, a workbook on building emotional intelligence, the authors define emotional intelligence as “a way of recognizing, understanding, and choosing how we think, feel, and act. It shapes our interactions with others […]
Learning to be present in your relationships allows you to become a person of presence. In other words, we need to train our minds and emotions to have a form of muscle memory where we don’t even need to consciously remind ourselves to live in the moment. Rather, because we’ve practiced being present for so […]
Don’t let the voices in your head leave you with a hollow feeling that a bad experience is more than likely waiting for you around the next bend.
Something to think about as your start your week. #mondaymantra
Dr. R. Scott Gornto, PHD, MDIV, LMFT, EMDR holds a PhD in Psychotherapy, Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy and is a trained psychotherapist, counselor and peak performance coach. He is a Licensed Psychotherapist (Individual, Marriage and Family in Texas and Arizona), a EMDR Trained Trauma Therapist and has extensive training in the behavioral sciences and personal development. Dr. Scott is in private practice and has been practicing in North Texas since 1999. He works with individuals, couples, adolescents (12 yrs old and up), families, groups, entrepreneurs/leaders and businesses from Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Prosper and Dallas and the surrounding areas. Dr. Scott is the author of The Stories We Tell Ourselves™ and is a columnist for the Huffington Post and Psychology Today.