Anna K. Schaffner

I share here my writings on the art of self-improvement, on burnout, exhaustion, stress, self-care, negative self-talk, Stoicism, ACT, negative core-beliefs, inner critics, and inner saboteurs.

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Salvation by CBT: How Medieval Monks Erased Negative Thoughts

akschaffner

Jul 14
4 min

Salvation by CBT: How Medieval Monks Erased Negative Thoughts

Jamie Kreiner, The Wandering Mind | Book Review | Medieval Studies | TLS The digital age seems to be one of chronic distraction. Our...

akschaffner

Mar 15, 2022
6 min

Whatever works?

Julia Buckley and Nick Duerden, two journalists suffering from chronic pain and chronic fatigue respectively, have written thought-provoking

akschaffner

Mar 15, 2022
11 min

Lose yourself

Today, we must consider the extent to which the internet and the various electronic devices and apps on which we rely are altering not just

akschaffner

Mar 15, 2022
8 min

It’s all in your head

To illustrate what it is like to be trapped in a particular system of knowledge, Michel Foucault referred his readers to the movement of cel