Blog — Cognitive Behavorial Therapy

36 Positive Life Quotes About Learning from Mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes. Mistakes are an unavoidable part of life. They are also powerful teachers. While mistakes and failure may create setbacks, if you use them wisely, they can reorient you in the right direction and seed growth, resilience, and innovation.

This collection of quotes highlights the wisdom, insight, and motivation that come from embracing and learning from your mistakes.

And to help you move mistakes off your dreaded-things list, I'll point you toward resources for Reframing Mistakes and Failure CBT Worksheets.

What Is Mental Filtering? Exposing This Cognitive Distortion

Mental filtering is one of the most common cognitive distortions, impacting your outlook by causing a hyperfocus on the negative while ignoring the positive.

If you've ever allowed one small piece of constructive criticism to overshadow lots of positive feedback for a job well done, that’s an example of the mental filter cognitive distortion.

Let’s explore what mental filtering is, its effects, and practical ways to counteract it.

The Right-Wrong Trap: How Black-and-White Thinking Skews Decisions

Black-and-white thinking—also called polarized, all-or-nothing, or dichotomous thinking—is a cognitive distortion that oversimplifies your options and messes with your decision-making.

This post explains how the right-wrong trap can lead to stress, fear, and indecision, and offers tips and worksheets to help you shift toward more realistic, flexible thinking.