Regret: Uses and Misuses

Part of Yale Boom Series

Editor’s Note:  Here’s another Zoominar offered to the “Yale Boom” Classes of 67-73.  This one is sponsored by the Class of ’67, featuring Bob Leahy ’67, ’74 Ph.D., Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in New York.   The author of 29 books, Dr. Leahy will talk about his latest book … all about REGRET.  If interested, act fast.  Register before the event, March 19th at 2:00pm ET.

A Talk ’67 Online Event – Tuesday, March 19 – 2:00 p.m. ET on Zoom

In January our Talk ’67 Zoom featured Yale Medical School Professor Emeritus Dr. Meir Kryger, an expert in sleep disorders, who gave us tips on how to get more sleep and healthier sleep. (Among his tips: Don’t take long naps in the daytime; they’ll only screw up your circadian rhythm.)

But what if, like many men our age, you wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, only to find yourself unable to get back to sleep because you can’t stop thinking about the regrets in your life, either recent ones or those from decades ago, like the romance you blew or that career path you didn’t follow? Dr. Krieger’s advice: Get some cognitive therapy.

Fortunately, we have the world’s leading cognitive therapist in our class, Bob Leahy, Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in New York City, who learned his craft from the father of cognitive therapy, his great mentor, the late Dr. Aaron T. Beck, Professor in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bob is to cognitive therapy what Peter Scardino is to prostate surgery, and he has written or co-authored 29 books that have been translated into 24 languages. And by happy coincidence, his latest book is about regret, titled “If Only…: Finding Freedom from Regret”

He believes we have a choice: our regrets can defeat us or, if we choose, they can help us learn from our past to avoid the same mistakes in the future and finally gain self-acceptance.

Bob will be our guest speaker at the next Talk’ 67. So, if you want to finally get rid of being tangled up in “woulda, coulda. shoulda,” please join us on March 19 at 2 o’clock ET. Between Bob and Dr. Kryger, they’ll get you through the night. Or the day.

We promise: You won’t regret it.

Register here and we’ll send you the Zoom meeting link. After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email with information about joining the event, which we’ll send again on the morning of the event so the information will be at the top of your inbox. All are warmly encouraged to ask questions during the meeting. And if you can’t attend or want to share the event with others, a recording will be available a few days later on your class website or Yale Boom.

Barry Bardo
Class Co-Secretary
805-890-9754
barry@bardocommunications.com

Marty Snapp
Class Corresponding Secretary
510-422-3922
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