One-Mindfully (OM) is a DBT skill that helps us tap into and develop our ability to concentrate. OM is sustained attention on the present moment – think of the classic feeling of “being in the zone”. OM is easier to access when you’re naturally interested in something and a lot harder when you’re not. So how do you focus and inhabit “the zone” when the activity or task in front of you is not as compelling?

Dialectics refers to the balancing of opposites- the holding of two or more seemingly opposite perspectives at once. Through DBT- an inherently active modality- we seek to avoid falling for the black-and-white, the all-or-nothing styles of thinking that amplify and prolong our disharmony with this ever-changing world of contradictions.  In dialectics, we seek to adopt a both-and outlook and pull away from an either-or perspective.