To Be More Optimistic, Quit These 6 Destructive Habits

Stare down the things that are holding you back.

Karen Nimmo
On The Couch
Published in
4 min readFeb 27
Image by Heiko Stein from Pixabay

“I’m a pessimist,” my client said.

“I’m a glass-half-empty person. Actually, scrap that. Half the time I can’t even find a glass.”

She had come to therapy to address her anxiety which she believed was largely connected to the doom and gloom…

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Karen Nimmo
On The Couch

Clinical psychologist, author of 4 books. Editor of On the Couch: Practical psychology for everyday life. karen@onthecouch.co.nz