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- Awareness - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2019 from Murray CohenThe dictionary defines “awareness” as “knowledge or perception of a situation or fact”. I define “caught up” as being totally absorbed in an activity or situation without knowing you are totally absorbed ( to the exclusion of everything else going on around you or mentally inside you). ...
Views: 846 - Bad Habits Preventing us from change - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamEven though most of us want to change our life in the most effective way, some of our old habits (mostly bad) prevent us from moving from our ongoing journey. Knowingly or unknowingly we still have some habits which are a hindrance to our success. Each and every one make some mistakes and ...
Views: 455 - Balance Yourself With Your Life Wheel - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2007 from Patricia WeberThe fall season is a time when things change. It’s also a good time to continue to get more balance in our work and life. Have you seen the life balance wheel? You identify areas of your life important to you, and rate them anywhere from 0 to 10. All-encompassing balance can include areas ...
Views: 2367 - Bathroom Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2011 from Shveita Sethi SharmaAccording to Wikipedia, Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the conditioned, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness. It has been defined as: "self regulation of attention, in the service of self-inquiry,in the here and now." ...
Views: 1693 - Be Aware of Narcissistic Personality Disorder Traits When Dating - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2013 from Amy AdamWhen dating, especially if you have ever had a history of being narcissistically abused, it is very important to be aware of narcissistic tendencies. Beware of anyone who ‘love bombs’. ‘Love bombers’ have the narcissistic tendencies of expressing copious amounts of compliments, attention and ...
Views: 1721 - Be Happy Now, Not Later - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2011 from Kimberley CohenHave you ever said, “I just want to be happy”? I hear this quite often in my coaching business as well as when I’m out and about, and I certainly have said these very words more than once over the years. It’s as if joy somehow just disappears, vanishes into thin air, and one is left ...
Views: 1455 - Be Yourself: 5 Ways to Embrace Positivity Every Day - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2015 from Rachelle WilberIn this life filled with criticism and stress, it can be a burden to even try to pick yourself up when you feel trampled under the mess of your everyday struggles. However, if you embrace positivity and take steps to find a new mindset, it can transform your life into one that is worth living. ...
Views: 894 - Become the Master of Your Habits - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2009 from Kim Smith"We first make our habits, and then our habits make us." - John Dryden A coaching client was recently talking to me about her struggle to establish a regular meditation practice. She asked me how in the world I ever got to the point where I am right now - meditating for an hour or more each ...
Views: 2353 - Before Medication, First Try ADHD Self Help - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from sarah labdarAfter being diagnosed with ADHD, educating yourself with the knowledge about ADHD and gaining the support of your family and friends is crucial. Developing manageable solutions to your specific problems will help you through your challenges. While most people who are diagnosed with ADHD as ...
Views: 1303 - Behavior Modification - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2008 from Joan Marie WhelanThe words "behavior modification" sound like a tall order to carry, but in actuality, they’re really no different than "life improvement," "inspired living," "lifestyle enhancement," or "achieving inner peace." Because, when we seek to improve our lives through inspired living, our lifestyles ...
Views: 769 - Behavior Modification or Positive Peer Culture - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Kevin RicheyThere are many choices of treatment types when it comes to behavior modification schools. Many offer the traditional behavior modification mode of rewarding positive behavior penalizing negative behavior etc. The behavior modification programs are typically based on a level system. This means ...
Views: 5625 - Behavioral Health and Sensitivity – Finding Balance - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Christina SponiasGood behavioral health and real balance depend on sensitivity and goodness. Human beings don’t become human because they are able to think. What gives us our humanity is our capacity to feel other people’s pain. We must cultivate goodness in our hearts in order to become really human. ...
Views: 1309 - Behavioral Health and the Consequences of Indifference - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2010 from Christina SponiasYour dreams are very important. They can save your life, help you fight against all mental illnesses and physical diseases, and give you extraordinary mind power. This happens because dream interpretation according to the scientific method is a process that guarantees your behavioral health. ...
Views: 936 - Behavioral Therapy For Autism: An Overview - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from Sandra Kim LeongBehavioral therapy for autism is becoming popular due to its reported high rate of success. Using this therapy, your child quickly learns that his previous inappropriate behavior will be ignored and not encouraged. He finds that only appropriate behavior is rewarded and will be motivated to do ...
Views: 3213 - Being a Stimulating Communicator or an Effective conversationalis - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2019 from Thabet Sava HassanI am often asked by my students the following question: “How can one become an effective and a stimulating conversationalist?”. My response was and still is the same “One must fathom the essence of a conversation and its main components.” After contemplation, I felt compelled to write this ...
Views: 973 - Best Options for the Cure of Panic Attacks - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from Marisue FirquainAnxiety and panic attacks can significantly impact one's normal life, and with out proper treatment these attacks could result in issues together with your self esteem within the future. There are really some options to cure anxiety and panic attacks today. But prior to discovering the right ...
Views: 592 - Better Choices Result in an Enhanced Quality of Life - by Submitted on May 05, 2008 from William G Jr CovingtonOne of the paradoxes of life is that in giving of yourself whether through your time, talent or other resources, you receive. It is in serving other people that the quality of your own life is enhanced. Service becomes a paradigm of the mind as it moves a person from a consumer to a producer ...
Views: 1140 - Boost Your Brain Power - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Sophie RinaldiGood news. Your brain is not unchangeable. You can play with it, even grow new cells, create new circuits, remap attitudes. Suddenly, the new- ageish motto that you can be whatever you want to be, holds new scientifically meanings. Your brain and it's interaction with environment creates your ...
Views: 1783 - Brainwave Entrainment: Why It Really Works - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2012 from Wanina PetlockThe expression of who we are, our personality, is housed in our mind, our life data processor. As we experience life, our brain changes as it learns and adapts to what is happening to us, and how we feel about it. If it didn't do this, we wouldn't survive. Brain matter is malleable or ...
Views: 1843 - Break Through Unwanted Patterns - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from Prasanna GunturiThere are times when life is on a roll, when everything happens effortlessly and seems to fall in place. We feel great and couldn’t have been more happier. It’s as if the planets and stars were aligned just for us. We even think we finally cracked the success formula. Isn’t life just wonderful? ...
Views: 1112 - Breaking Free From Your Past - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2013 from Rita HickmanGive me one moment, I can give you life, not as one may have imagined, not with mortal thought, touch deeper than flesh could ever allow, a delight of senses real and not of this world, in our moment of eternal connection all else watches and waits. Daniel King, Rumi-Nations The first day of ...
Views: 1414 - Breaking the Victim Chain - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2013 from Samantha G MartinThere is a concept that we are all just victims of victims. This intrigues me greatly because it opens up the possibility of breaking the chain to find acceptance and forgiveness; both of which allow us to heal and move on. You will notice that I will not say it excuses abusive or detrimental ...
Views: 1138 - BRINGING FORTH YOUR DIVA DIVINITY - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Jo Anne MeekinsA Diva defined has mixed connotations both positive and negative, depending on how one thinks of themselves and expresses those thoughts to others in words and actions. Webster’s Dictionary defines Diva as Prima Donna [Italian – goddess; Latin – divine, god]. Prima Donna is defined as a ...
Views: 2821 - Can Affirmations End Binge Eating Disorder? - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2012 from Kristin GerstleyIt is proven that affirmations help to reprogram one’s mind. When one repeats an affirmation over and over, the subconscious picks up on it as the present reality. Does this mean that people have the ability to completely turn around their life as they know it? In one word: yes. You can ...
Views: 3425 - Can I get HIV and Aids from Strippers and Lap Dances? - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from Sadie SheafeWelcome to 'Just Ask Sadie'. This is an expert online advice column offered here as a free service. Now you can get honest answers to the questions you've had difficulty finding answers to. I welcome all queries and comments and tackle most subjects. Please Visit: ...
Views: 13940 - Can Neurofeedback Make You Smarter? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2014 from Pat LaDouceurWouldn’t it be great to be able to perform your best when it really matters? Consider these situations: 14-year-old Luis wants to finish his math assignment, but spends all morning in class staring out the window. 13-year-old Kayla loses her homework almost every day. It’s usually at ...
Views: 2227 - Can We Wear Leather Jackets in Snow? A Winter Wardrobe Dilemma Explored - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2023 from Wajahat AliIntroduction As the winter season approaches, https://a1leatherjackets.com/ individuals across the globe find themselves confronting a perennial question: can we wear leather jackets in the snow? The allure of leather jackets is undeniable – their timeless style, rugged charm, and ...
Views: 393 - Can You Adopt These Traits in Order to Live a More Fulfilled Life (Part I)? - by Submitted on May 29, 2009 from Daniel HerznerLiving a successful, more abundant life is something everybody wants. Who amongst us wouldn't want to be surrounded with the things capable of filling our lives with happiness? We have only one go 'round at this thing called life and we each deserve to live it as abundantly as we choose. The ...
Views: 1090 - Can You Control Everything in Your Life or Not? - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Jahiel KamhiI knew him as an angry person for a long time. He used to be angry for weeks or even longer, for the sake of somebody’s behavior, or for the sake of every situation you can imagine. But, he wasn’t a bad guy. When he was angry, he wasn’t furious, aggressive, or rude, just sad and quiet, suffering ...
Views: 1541 - Can You Really Teach An Old Dog New Tricks? - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2012 from Joan JacobsSelf- sabotaging health is very common and mostly associated with bad eating habits, lack of exercise, smoking etc. But more serious and much more hazardous is resistance to change. You can't change your bad habits without dealing with change. Its only logical that you can't modify bad ...
Views: 1434 - Challenges of Identifications - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2011 from Karen KleinwortStress is a hot topic these days, especially with the state of the economy, the rise in unemployment, and the notion our financial nest eggs are not as plush as they once were. In my recent article "Internal vs. External Stress: Can You Identify Which One?” I expressed the importance of ...
Views: 1318 - Change Management: It's All in the Mind - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2015 from Mike JamesSince the mid 1990’s the Standish Group have regularly published their Chaos Report1 looking at the effectiveness of change projects and if we take their findings at face value then we will be aware that the global track record of change in organisations is not very impressive – on average over ...
Views: 1175 - Change The Life By Changing Your Habits - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamThe success you are at now will be the outcome of your habits. Will Durant had said it excellently, We are what we repeatedly do; Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit. But we can’t accept it 100, let me say that mediocrity is a result of average habit. It means we can change ...
Views: 418 - Change Your Habit To Become Useful Always - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamI have seen plenty of entrepreneurs and established business leaders who believe they have to do everything on their own. Yet accepting help from others is not admitting weakness. And the same can be said in reverse. In business, individuals regularly overlook that it is so significant to ...
Views: 476 - Changing Customer Service Behaviours; My Intentions - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2007 from Kevin DwyerWhen people have the right mix of attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control, their intention to change behaviour will be strong. Their intention is only constrained by their actual level of control. In this final of a series of four articles using Ajzen’s theory of planned ...
Views: 1948 - Changing Outer Actions Is an Essential Aspect of Inner Development - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen an action takes place in the world, it has a number of effects both in the world, and in the psychology of the individual carrying out the action. Each action creates a formation, a rhythm, or a solid result that tends to perpetuate and repeat itself on an ongoing basis. Thus, the more we ...
Views: 487 - Character Building - Growing Strong Through Adversity - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2009 from Joan Marie WhelanWhat’s character building all about? Ever heard someone say, “I earned my degree at the School of Hard Knox.”? As a parody of higher education with respect to life, many have achieved inner wisdom and greatness by overcoming the perils of life through sheer willpower and ...
Views: 2083 - Child Behavior: When nothing else works, consider these 7 strategies: - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2016 from Gary DirenfeldParents are saying discipline, consequences, time out and sticker’s don’t work. Parents are presenting as more and more defeated when it comes to managing the behavior of their children. They have a long list of tried that – didn’t work scenarios including many of the more popular parenting ...
Views: 1369 - Children with ABA and Autism therapy, and Special Needs - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2021 from Max FitzgeraldABA therapy has over ten years of experience Teaching and Tutoring our Daughters with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Below are some of the materials we utilize to believe we're successful in their learning and development. These procedures can be employed with any child with or without an autism ...
Views: 689 - Clearing the Clutter: Tips for Simplifying Your Life and Environment - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2015 from Hannah WhittenlyIt seems like today, everyone is stressed out. We have created a culture that takes us from place to place with what feels like no rest in between. How many tiny inconveniences do you put up with on a daily basis? Each one of those seemingly meaningless irritations are draining you of your joy ...
Views: 945 - COACHING Why do people seek it? - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2011 from Elizabeth McNallyLet’s first define COACHING as being a means of support given by someone having expertise in a certain domain. This support will be brought to you in consultations sessions given by email, over the phone or face to face individually or in groups. In some cases, the goals pursued will be known ...
Views: 3741 - Cognitive Therapy: What's in a Thought? - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2011 from Leila McKay, MA, LPC.Have you ever noticed that a single thought can change your mood--can alter the course of your day, maybe even your life? You get up in the morning and look in the mirror and have a negative thought about your appearance. That thought can then become the wallpaper for your whole day! Someone ...
Views: 1441 - Cold Empathy: The Narcissist as Predator - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2014 from Sam VakninBy Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The narcissist cursed - or blessed - with mental X-ray vision. He sees through people's emotional shields, their petty lies, their pitiable defences, their grandiose fantasies. He knows when they deviate from the truth and ...
Views: 6165 - Common Mistakes That Cause New Habits to Fail - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamLearning good habits is not an easy task. But once you develop new good habits and new behaviour you must make sure that you to follow it regularly. However, the reality is that you are more likely to fall into your old habits and patterns rather than sticking to the new behaviour. This is one ...
Views: 700 - Comprehensive Guide Towards Understanding Schizophrenia - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2016 from Evlin SymonScientific breakthroughs have enabled the human species to understand more about the universe and its structure. What science has bestowed upon the human race is the ability to probe into the human mind and explore the fundamental mechanism that lies deep at its core. Extensive scientific ...
Views: 1505 - Compulsive Hoarding Symptoms - by Submitted on May 31, 2011 from Steven QaresmaIt is unclear if compulsive hoarding disorder is an isolated mental disorder although it is usually associated with other mental disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). There are certain attributes that you can link to compulsive hoarding disorder and in most cases, the symptoms ...
Views: 1256 - Conquering Insomnia: Top Tips to Fall Asleep - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2014 from Josh TalAre you suffering from insomnia? Here are some suggestions to help you ease into a good night’s sleep. Top tips to fall asleep -Don’t do heavy exercise within two hours of bed time. Light exercise is perfectly fine though. -Don’t drink any caffeine at least a few hours before bed. Some ...
Views: 1973 - Consciously and Subconsciously Redirecting Your Thoughts - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2015 from Latorria FreemanI have learned that in order to redirect your thoughts, you have to consciously and subconsciously want the same thing. If your conscious mind and subconscious mind are thinking alike, you are able to achieve any goal. In other words, if subconsciously you do not really believe you will complete ...
Views: 1343 - Considering a Lifestyle Change? Don’t Even Think About it! - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockRemember that all-in-one 48 piece exercise gym that you bought a few years ago? You even figured out how put it together, and actually worked out for a month or two! Then the sessions got further and further apart, and finally you had to disassemble the infernal contraption and move it into ...
Views: 3177 - Control Your Anger - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiControl your anger or it will control you. Control your anger as it can cloud your ability to make good decisions and find creative solutions to problems. It can negatively affect your work performance. With insight about the real reasons for your anger and learning anger management ...
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