Fiction summary, we identified and challenged core beliefs, we saw how these beliefs do double duty
as they not only lead to negative automatic thoughts, but also create a mental disorder that can interfere
with our ability to evaluate those automatic thoughts objectively.
It's not easy to alter our core beliefs, and doing so takes very system to practice, bland to be patient
with yourself as you modify these deeply held beliefs.
The homework for this section includes multiple techniques for identifying and changing beliefs and
no recurrent themes in your negative automatic thoughts.
Use the down word technique to explore the meaning of your automatic thoughts.
Review aspects of your past that may have shaped your core beliefs this past and current evidence that
may or may not support your core beliefs.
Um, practice leading with the demonstrations that are likely to trigger automatic thoughts related
to your core beliefs.
Keep a daily record of the things that went well and why.
And finally, over time, you can shift toward simply shrugging off inaccurate thoughts and continuing
and on our way.