December 2024

31 daily concepts in December 2024.

• 2024-12-31 Therapeutic Alliance Connecting

  Trust supports treatment.

• 2024-12-30 Active Listening Connecting

  Understanding begins with listening.

• 2024-12-29 Affect Labeling Feeling

  Naming emotions may change how they're experienced.

• 2024-12-28 Emotional Awareness Feeling

  Awareness comes before regulation.

• 2024-12-27 Emotion Regulation Feeling

  Manage emotions without denying them.

• 2024-12-26 Affect Feeling

  Affect is the broad landscape of emotional experience.

• 2024-12-25 Interoception Feeling

  The body continually informs the brain.

• 2024-12-24 Behavioral Activation Becoming

  Behavior can help change mood.

• 2024-12-23 Self-Monitoring Performing

  Awareness precedes improvement.

• 2024-12-22 Goal Setting Performing

  Goals guide behavior.

• 2024-12-21 Self-Regulation Performing

  Notice. Adjust. Continue.

• 2024-12-20 Locus of Control Becoming

  Beliefs about control influence behavior.

• 2024-12-19 Extrinsic Motivation Becoming

  External incentives influence behavior.

• 2024-12-18 Intrinsic Motivation Becoming

  Meaning fuels motivation.

• 2024-12-17 Self-Determination Becoming

  Healthy motivation grows from autonomy, competence, and connection.

• 2024-12-16 Attribution Thinking

  Explanations shape future behavior.

• 2024-12-15 Social Identity Connecting

  Identity is both personal and social.

• 2024-12-14 Psychological Reactance Connecting

  Threatened autonomy can produce resistance.

• 2024-12-13 Social Learning Connecting

  Observation is a powerful teacher.

• 2024-12-12 Social Norms Connecting

  Groups quietly shape behavior.

• 2024-12-11 Memory Consolidation Thinking

  Memories strengthen over time.

• 2024-12-10 Neuroplasticity Recovering

  The brain remains capable of change throughout life.

• 2024-12-09 Adaptive Capacity Becoming

  Capacity determines how well adaptation holds.

• 2024-12-08 Stress Inoculation Becoming

  Prepared exposure builds capacity.

• 2024-12-07 Antifragility Becoming

  Growth requires stress that can be recovered from.

• 2024-12-06 Emergence Thinking

  Interaction creates complexity.

• 2024-12-05 Adaptive Tradeoffs Becoming

  Nature optimizes. It doesn't perfect.

• 2024-12-04 Incentives Connecting

  Behavior responds to incentives.

• 2024-12-03 Regret Minimization Becoming

  Future perspective improves present decisions.

• 2024-12-02 Tradeoff Thinking Thinking

  Every gain has a cost.

• 2024-12-01 Utility Thinking

  Value is personal.