BRAVE: Managing Emotions

Emotion Wheel:

Common Thinking Styles:

CBT Hot Cross Bun Model:

Autobiography in Five Chapters by Portia Nelson 

I 

I walk down the street. 

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk 

I fall in. 

I am lost… 

I am hopeless. 

It isn’t my fault. 

It takes forever to find a way out. 

II  

I walk down the same street. 

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. 

I pretend I don’t see it. 

I fall in again. 

I can’t believe I’m in the same place. 

But it isn’t my fault. 

It still takes a long time to get out.  

III 

I walk down the same street. 

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. 

I see it is there. 

I still fall in…it’s a habit 

My eyes are open; I know where I am; 

It is my fault. 

I get out immediately. 

IV 

I walk down the same street. 

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. 

I walk around it. 

V

I walk down another street.