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Chris Loper

Chris Loper has been writing about self-improvement and helping busy adults with habit formation since 2017. He also writes an education blog for parents and students for Northwest Educational Services. Along with Greg Smith, Chris is the cocreator of Parenting for Academic Success, a series of transformative classes that create empowered parents, confident students, and harmonious families. His most recent endeavor combines his academic and habit-formation expertise to help students thrive in college. Visit SmartCollegeHabits.com to learn more. In 2021, Chris published a humorous memoir titled Wood Floats and Other Brilliant Observations, a book that blends crazy stories with practical life lessons. He lives in Issaquah, WA where he is the owner of South Cove Tutoring.

The 3 M’s and the 3 P’s: Six Shortcuts to Better Thinking

Learning to think better is an essential part of becoming better. It makes you happier and more productive. It leads to better relationships with other people and a better relationship with yourself. But learning to think better is tough. We have to overcome automatic negative thoughts, the tendency to self-identify with our thoughts, and the habitual ways we interpret reality. Plus, via human nature, we have inherited a host of… Read More »The 3 M’s and the 3 P’s: Six Shortcuts to Better Thinking

2 Quick Ideas for Staying Healthy

Coronavirus is presently dominating the headlines, our conversations, and our thoughts – and for good reason. It’s a big deal, and we don’t know exactly how big yet. So given the current situation, I want to offer two quick ideas to help you stay healthy. I’m not here to peddle some pseudoscience cure, and I’m not here to tell you that you shouldn’t be worried about COVID-19. We don’t have… Read More »2 Quick Ideas for Staying Healthy

Interpreting Reality

Our Interpretation System Cognitive therapy is built on the following model of human emotions: We perceive an event or situation with our senses; we encounter We evaluate that event or situation; we interpret Our emotions align with that interpretation; we experience life as we’ve interpreted it. Let’s call this our event-interpretation-emotion system. Here are some examples of how it can play out: Your boss sends you an email saying they… Read More »Interpreting Reality

Three Big Benefits of Slack

Have you ever had a friend text you that they were running late and felt a wave of relief wash over you? Or had someone cancel an appointment at the last minute and you thought, “Thank God. Now I have time for (insert task).”? That was you enjoying an unexpected dose of something glorious: slack. But slack doesn’t have to happen by accident. You can build slack into your schedule… Read More »Three Big Benefits of Slack

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