Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ann Latham writes about true clarity and its power to transform. After writing the title for this article, I started thinking ...

Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it.

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Learning to create mental distance from unhelpful thoughts is a useful skill to practice and cultivate. The technical term for this skill is cognitive defusion, a core clinical process of acceptance ...