If you are like most of us, you’d like to get more of what you want in life and less of what you do not want. You’d like to learn how to tackle more effectively some of the many problems life gives us—and that we give ourselves.

 

But, how the hell do you do it? One good answer, or so we offer in our Rational Living meetup, is a self-help, self-management method called REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy), which is largely based on the answers to three more questions:

Q1. What mainly creates and maintains our feelings, emotions, motivations, and actions?
A1. We do—or more precisely, our attitudes, beliefs, ideas, thoughts, and other cognitive processes.
Q2. When can we do something about our feelings, emotions, motivations, and actions?
A2. In the present. Otherwise known as now.
Q3. How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
A3. Practice, practice, practice! Or, even more realistically, “Work and practice x 3.”

The method we teach and learn in our Rational Living meetup—Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)—is what our late founder Emmett Velten practiced and published about for 45 years as a psychotherapy and self-help system.  We started this Rational Living meetup as a place to turn and a place to learn for people who prefer to apply science and reason to how they live their lives—and who want to meet people with similar interests.

At our monthly seminar and discussion group, which is open to everyone, regardless of life philosophy, we exchange ideas, teach REBT, and learn valuable new skills. Our hope is to benefit anyone who wants to improve his or her life through rational thinking.

What is REBT? It is a humanistic, practical, action-oriented theory originated by Albert Ellis, PhD. It says that how we think and what we believe—our attitudes—are crucial to how we feel and how we act, and it capitalizes on that fact.

REBT emphasizes our (1) taking responsibility for our emotions and actions, (2) acceptance of reality as a method for coping and for readying ourselves to change the things we can change, (3) power to choose, change, and grow, and (4) using methods to reduce our irrational thinking, self-defeat, and poor results, and to promote our rational thinking and resulting motivation toward constructive action and goal attainment. Are you ready to work toward real, beneficial changes in your life?

Yes, “it’s complicated,” as the popular phrase puts it. But a simple way to get started may be to learn how to modify what you believe and tell yourself about things that are going on around you now—or that went on in the past or that might go on in the future. If a practical approach appeals to you, then join us today. Our meetup may help you get some answers that work for you, just as they work for us. The time to start is NOW—so join us in Rational Living today!

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