iProcrastinate Podcasts
A podcast series about why we procrastinate and what we can do to reduce this self-defeating behavior.
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Worry helps me cope: Another problematic metacognitive belief
A recent study indicates that both behavioural and decisional procrastination ...
A recent study indicates that both behavioural and decisional procrastination are related to maladaptive beliefs known as metacognitions. In this podcast, I relate two listeners' comments to this study and discuss how our thinking can create problems...
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Quirks of the Brain: Procrastination's Perfect Storm
Hey, a second podcast for November 10th. Yes, I'm trying ...
Hey, a second podcast for November 10th. Yes, I'm trying to make up for my absence last week :-) In this short podcast, I discuss some summary statements related to neuroscience that describe what David Rock calls "quirks of our brains." I...
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Old habits die hard: Why do we procrastinate?
In this, the first podcast for November, I reflect on ...
In this, the first podcast for November, I reflect on a listener's questions about advice to new faculty members by Robert Boice, and I answer a few short questions about why we procrastinate and what we can do about it. The emphasis is on practical...
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Not helpful: Thoughts on irrational thoughts
This week I discuss three things: 1) a listener's comments ...
This week I discuss three things: 1) a listener's comments about meaning and decisional procrastination, 2) a useful "mantra" in life - Not Helpful, and 3) some research on irrational beliefs (where I draw on the "not helpful"...
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A procrastinator's story
This week, I'm sharing a letter from a reader of ...
This week, I'm sharing a letter from a reader of my Psychology Today blog, Don't Delay. It's an insightful, well-written (at times painful) first-hand account of coming to grips with procrastination. I comment on this story in relation to other...
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I'll look after my health later: How procrastination undermines our health
Every procrastinator knows the stress associated with that needless delay. ...
Every procrastinator knows the stress associated with that needless delay. The question is, does this relate to increased illness as well? In fact, it's not just the stress associated with procrastination that may affect your health. Treatment...
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Two hundred toenails: Strategies to get going on avoidance goals
Avoidance goals create a focus on avoiding or eliminating undesired ...
Avoidance goals create a focus on avoiding or eliminating undesired outcomes. For example, avoid failing my exam. Approach-oriented goals involve reaching or maintaining desired outcomes; get an "A" on my exam. Although approach-oriented...
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Thoughts on goal pursuit from Viktor Frankl
In his autobiography published (in German) in March of 1995 ...
In his autobiography published (in German) in March of 1995 to coincide with his 90th birthday, Dr. Viktor Frankl reflected on the "Manner of my Work." His reflections are simple and clear, speaking directly to two habits that defeat...
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Tackling Procrastination: Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
While we all desire to reach or release our full ...
While we all desire to reach or release our full potential, we often face deep internal struggles with perfectionism, excessive self-doubt, lack of persistence, self-depreciation and procrastination. This week, I discuss a REBT therapy approach that...
