Feeling Good Book Nuggets
4 May 2008
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This post is my index of book nuggets from Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated, by David D. Burns, M.D. In this book, the author teaches you how to rid yourself of anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other “black holes” of depression without drugs. The author outlines specific skills and techniques to lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life. You can use these skills for the worst tragedies in your life or just making the most of everyday.
My Nuggets
Here’s my nuggets so far …
Core
- Your Thoughts Create Your Feelings
- 3 Principles of Cognitive Therapy
- Process Over Product Orientation
- Chemical Imbalance May Not Be the Cause of Depression
Distorted / Dysfunctional Thinking
Confidence
- “Can’t Lose” System
- How To: Boost Self Esteem
- How To Visualize Success
- Learn to Endorse Yourself
- Secrets of Self-Esteem
- Test Your Can’ts
- Why It’s Great to Be Able to Make Mistakes
Criticism / Critics
Feeling Good / Pessimism
- Count What Counts
- How To Use a Pleasure-Predicting Sheet
- Intelligence Doesn’t Determine Happiness
- Low Frustration Tolerance
- Use Meaningful Activity to Brighten Your Mood
Motivation / Productivity
- 13 Negative Motivation Patterns
- Coercion is a Deadly Enemy of Motivation
- How To Use an Antiprocrastination Sheet
- How To Use the But-Rebuttal Method
- How To Use a Daily Activity Schedule
- How To Use the TIC-TOC Technique
- How To: Use the Triple Column Technique
- Lethargy Cycle
- Little Steps for Housework
- Little Steps for Little Feet
- Little Steps for Meetings
- Motivation or Action First?
- Motivation without Coercion







Hi J.D.
I like how you organized your nuggets. It makes it easy for your readers to find the links they’re looking for.
Great idea!
Hey Barbara — great to hear! I was just revisiting this today. I have some more lists to add.
I don’t know how well this will scale over time, but so far this seems like the best approach to pull collections together and make them available. The only other approach I can think of is to use some social software tools to create lists and collections, but I haven’t experimented much yet.
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