{"id":2346,"date":"2010-09-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2010\/09\/therapy-thursday-dont-waste-14.html"},"modified":"2010-09-16T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T10:00:00","slug":"therapy-thursday-dont-waste-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2010\/09\/therapy-thursday-dont-waste-14.html","title":{"rendered":"Therapy Thursday: Don&#8217;t Waste 14 Good Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pocket therapist front cover small.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/import\/imgs\/pocket%20therapist%20front%20cover%20small.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"258\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span><em>I have decided to dedicate a post on Thursday to therapy, and offer you the many tips I have learned on the couch. They will be a good reminder for me, as well, of something small I can concentrate on. Many of them are published in my book, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pocket-Therapist-Emotional-Survival-Kit\/dp\/1599952998\">The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional Survival Kit.<\/a>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<div><i><br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p>A good friend once told me that during the two weeks she was awaiting the test results that would determine whether or not she had Lymphoma, she said to herself: &#8220;Self, it&#8217;s no use worrying during these 14 days, because if the results are negative, you will have wasted 14 good days. And, self (are you still listening???) if the results are positive, you will also have wasted 14 good days. Both ways you lose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>*&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beyondblue1\">Click here to <b>subscribe to Beyond Blue<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thereseborchard\">click here to follow Therese on <b>Twitter<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/beyond_blue\">click here to join <b>Group Beyond Blue<\/b><\/a>, a depression support group. Now stop clicking.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have decided to dedicate a post on Thursday to therapy, and offer you the many tips I have learned on the couch. They will be a good reminder for me, as well, of something small I can concentrate on. 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