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- 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 - Outsourcing Processing has Multiple Benefits. - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Rita ThomsonForm processing, data processing is a kind of efficiently storing large amounts of critical data that helps. The paper work to get low and accurate reports and other details helps. Form processing originally structured survey forms, questionnaires, application forms, subscription forms, legal ...
Views: 1551 - The Thoughts You Keep Can Lift You Up or Bring You Down - by Submitted on May 22, 2011 from Kimberley CohenIt can be challenging to maintain a positive outlook when you are in the midst of negative situations and/or people. With the increasing costs of living, natural disasters, wars, company closures, lay-offs, divorces, illnesses, addictions and adultery, to name just a few, it can put a real ...
Views: 1739 - One of the Many Gems of Costa Rica - Playa Flamingo - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Paul ClaytonIf you are looking for white sand beaches and excellent service, Flamingo Beach could be your answer. One of the most luxurious resort areas with Costa Rica vacation rentals fronting the crystal blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, Flamingo Beach offers you one of the best accommodations areas you ...
Views: 1530 - In Need of Bedwetting Solutions? - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Russell MichenfelderThere are lots of hurdles you would confront as a mother and father and one of such type of delicate or demanding cases is bedwetting that is also identified as enuresis. Bedwetting occurs for the reason that children's muscles are not yet developed enough to manage their bladder for the ...
Views: 854 - How To Find Motivation - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from G. StewartI received a few queries into more information about the article '4 Reasons Why Self Improvement Activities Do Not Work; What To Do About It.' So I will elaborate more on this area. Recent questions for the most part seemed to want more explaining in the area of motivation. I noticed that I ...
Views: 1626(2 votes) - Understanding If Your Child Needs Therapy - by Submitted on May 22, 2011 from Team AfroSometimes as a parent of teenage children you can feel like your children are driving you crazy or that your children are crazy. Mood swings may be the norm and odd behavior can seem like a daily occurrence. What once was a happy, outdoorsy 5 year old may have turned in to a moody 16 year-old ...
Views: 1672 - Headache Causes From Foods - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from dani priyatnoHeadache is a common problem that can be encountered by way of anyone from all ages and walks of life. There are many things that can cause headaches causes, one of them from food. Any food that can make a headache ? More than 100 million people suffer out of various types of chronic ...
Views: 910 - How to profit from life's losses - by Submitted on May 15, 2011 from John ChappelearEver notice how everyone's on a low fat diet after the heart attack? Everyone's an ideal spouse after they've been served with papers? Everyone's a financial genius after they emerge from bankruptcy? As executives, we're trained to judge our success on the size of our bank account and ...
Views: 1197 - Which Is Harder: MAKING a Change or SUSTAINING the Change? - by Submitted on May 13, 2011 from Julie DonleyMy aunt and I had lunch the other day. We were discussing weight loss and I mentioned my fear of regaining the forty pounds I have worked so hard to lose when she said, “It’s easy to lose weight; the hard part is keeping it off.” In my many years as an addictions nurse, I have always said ...
Views: 1369 - Frankly, My Dear I wanna be me! - by Submitted on May 13, 2011 from Dianna SandoraThere is a song by Britney Spears that talks about not being a woman or a girl, but being somewhere in between. This song has always resonated with me and while I am 38 years young, I am still learning to become the woman that I know that I want to be. Recently I had the opportunity to ...
Views: 1307 - Who Are You Allergic To? - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Tanisha HallIf you’ve ever dealt with allergies, you know how brutal they can be. An allergy, or intolerance, is defined as: hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity. I swear, that perfectly describes my last relationship!!! So then I started thinking. ...
Views: 1156(3 votes) - The Extensive Use of NLP - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2012 from Dorothy GloverNeuro-Lingistic Programming (NLP) is used extensively throughout almost every industry with arms that are far reaching, delving into area’s that are varied and at times surprising. The power’s that be have discovered the efficiency of this valuable tool, and are using it to their full ...
Views: 1645 - Students identified as troubled or troubling tend to flourish in alternative learning environments - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Dore' FrancesStudents identified as troubled or troubling tend to flourish in alternative learning environments where they believe that their teachers, staff, and administrators care about and respect them, value their opinion, establish fair rules that they support, are flexible in trying to solve problems, ...
Views: 1590 - The News is Too Bad for Children to Watch on TV - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Vincent TreacyThe early evening TV used to have a watershed called the Kiddies Truce on BBC TV. Children were expected to go to bed a lot earlier. Those days will never come back but there are serious issues to discuss about the subject material to which children are now being exposed from an early ...
Views: 1766 - Frontiers of the Mind/Body/Emotion Connection - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Karen BurtonThe Emotion/Disease Connection In cultivating your health, the thought of emotions being a instigator in any part of your health has been a heated debate in the medical community since the beginning of time. Can emotions cause disease? ….and if they can, will alleviating the emotion, cause ...
Views: 1105 - RELAX Into You - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Denise CookYou're working on a project, totally concentrated and someone walks in and says, without provocation, "You need to relax". You look up from your feverish typing and wonder, "What are they talking about? I am relaxed." Or, you're making an impassioned comment about a news report or incident you ...
Views: 1128(1 vote) - ADHD Cure and Treatment - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Steven QaresmaAttention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic disorder, which can affect a child if ADHD cure is not prescribed. Symptoms of ADHD include restlessness, difficult on completing tasks, inappropriate behavior, impulsivity and hyperactive. ADHD must be identified early enough so ...
Views: 1349 - Psychoanalytical history of a violent child - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Pradnya AjinkyaPsychoanalytical history of a violent child By Dr. Pradnya Ajinkya MS Counselling, PhD, P.G. Journalism This psychohistorical approach to the life of Ms. Sanjukta Sen, using the psychological theories of Eric Erikson, Jean Piaget, Mead, Albert, to explain some of the factors behind the ...
Views: 2005 - Got Tall Poppy Courage - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Margie WarrellTo be outstanding in life, you must be willing to stand out. When all you do is try to fit in, you negate the difference your difference makes. Tall Poppy Courage is not about being better than anyone else, just the best possible version of yourself. Growing up on a farm in rural Australia ...
Views: 1293 - The Elephant is in Charge - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Susan Crampton DavisI was shocked when I realized how easy it is to get more of what we want in life if we'd just better understand how to harness the power of the mind. And yet, I am disappointed that more people aren’t talking about how the unconscious mind can make or break progress, because it's really in ...
Views: 1130 - Making Change Easier - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Susan Crampton DavisWho hasn’t set a New Year’s resolution or declared a commitment to change some small aspect of who they are—only to disappoint themselves a few days later? We promise ourselves we will be more patient, positive, or forgiving. We vow to work out or show up on time, but still find ourselves with a ...
Views: 1279 - Solving Problems at the Root Cause - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Susan Crampton DavisPeople have problems; they’re a reality of living life. However, most people are trying to solve problems at the level of the symptom, while the disease goes untreated. I’m going to tell you how to determine if the action you take is only solving the symptom while the root-cause is left ...
Views: 1786(1 vote) - OCD Checkers - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Steven QaresmaObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has on many occasions ruined peoples’ lives by destroying relationships as well as putting them out of employment. Consequently, we should be prepared and strive to control it so that the lives of our beloved ones can be spared. There is no single method ...
Views: 2251 - Stop Being OCD Using Behavior Therapy - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Steven QaresmaIt is important that we learn how to deal with obsessive-compulsive disorder patients with our eyes fixed on stopping them from being OCD. This is not an easy task for it is certain that the afflicted persons are not ready to admit that they suffer from a problem, moreover they are not willing ...
Views: 918 - Moving Your Body is easier than you think - by Submitted on May 04, 2011 from Julie SimonFor many of us, our parents and grandparents got much more physical activity than we get today. They shoveled snow, raked leaves, chopped wood, scrubbed floors, hand-washed garments, hand-mowed lawns, washed and waxed cars and walked miles per day. And for our earliest of ancestors, physical ...
Views: 1369 - 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 - What Happens To Our Brain During Psychic Development? - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Marie JohnsonBecause of my experiences with psychic development, I find an interest in evaluating the effects it has on our brain. There are more things in heaven and earth than we shall ever understand but I believe knowledge is key to hopefully unlocking a small portion of the mind's many ...
Views: 1498(1 vote) - Making Healthy Choices - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2012 from Joan JacobsMaking decisions is one of the most important aspects of our life journey and has a profound influence on the roads we take and what we encounter along the way. We can walk the roads of our life in elegance or pain. Decisions and choices direct us along the path of life and to a great extent ...
Views: 1576(2 votes) - 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 - Procrastination -- How Is It Costing You? - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2011 from Margie WarrellWe all have a put off certain tasks that we may not care to do right away; at times, even I can still be guilty of procrastinating. In fact, I think it's something everyone does from time to time. You can take control and overcome procrastination though. Are you ready to discover ...
Views: 1200 - Transforming Your Ego Into Your Amigo - Learning to Love Your Inner Menagerie of Personas - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Janbreathe@aol.com Janbreathe@aol.comIn the past I have been appalled by the embarrassing antics of my ego. I've felt like a mortified mother in a supermarket with a little monster who was acting out. To that little monster, the mortified mother was "the Momster", trying to control and subdue it with criticism and shaming. I used ...
Views: 1806(1 vote) - Peeling the Layers - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2011 from Maria KhalifeAny idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. ~Napoleon Hill Life Mastery frequently involves repetition. You recognize there's a life problem; you do your level best to deal with the problem; you see the problem appear yet again and you begin to think ...
Views: 725 - Hoarding Treatment - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2011 from Steven QaresmaThere are many ways in treating many psychiatric problems. In patients with compulsive hoarding syndrome many treatment methods were introduced. The first line of hoarding treatment is said to be the cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). CBT is considered to be successful in treating individuals ...
Views: 1369 - Hoarding Help - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2011 from Steven QaresmaIn broad-spectrum circumstances, individuals with mental illnesses need help, be it from their families, friends, or other support groups. Moreover, therapies were designed not only for health care providers but also for people who takes part in the treatment of a mentally challenged person. ...
Views: 1750(1 vote) - The Pros And Cons Of Black And White Thinkinig - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from Ken FieldsBlack and white thinking is sometimes referred to as absolutist or dichotomous thinking. In this kind of thinking, something is all right, or all wrong, all good, or all bad. If you are not a total success, then you are a complete failure. There is no middle ground, regardless of situation or ...
Views: 6776(1 vote) - Overworked, lack of time, your head full with everything you have to remember? - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from Lars GimstedtLearn how to do more using less energy: The e-course ETT - Eliminate the Time Thieves Inefficiency leads to stress We often try to handle stress in our work by learning "stress coping", and there are many courses available in this field. Many of these are useful and necessary. But, they ...
Views: 1484(1 vote) - Introducing Applied Integrated Philosophy Versus Myriads Of Small Fields Of Expert Knowledge - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Peter KellerEmployed Integrated Philosophy, to which this is actually an introduction, is an effort to re-unite things that have recently been more and more tactically portioned down into countless numbers of scaled-down grounds of interests and down into yet smaller and even more domains of expert ...
Views: 705 - Poor sleep and weight gain? - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2011 from Julie SimonEver notice how hungry you feel when you don’t get enough sleep? Did you know that when we are sleep-deprived we eat more because we are actually hungrier? Yes, it’s true. Chronic sleep loss disrupts the body’s endocrine system by triggering increased insulin resistance and a disruption of ...
Views: 1474 - Stink’n Think’n - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2011 from Julie SimonHave you ever thought about how powerful your thoughts are and how quickly they can alter your mood? Truthfully, how often does a thought or series of thoughts ruin a perfectly good day for you? How often do you grab something to eat to calm or soothe yourself because of overwhelming, anxious ...
Views: 1716(2 votes) - Ten Steps for Getting Unstuck - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Leslie CottrellOne of the hardest things to do in life is get yourself unstuck. When navigating changes in our lives whether positive changes or not so positive changes we find ourselves more aware of our cyclical patterns. Going in circles is hard to change. Once those patterns develop, they quickly ...
Views: 1106(2 votes) - Self Sabotage - The Dream Killer - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Rosa LivingstoneSelf Sabotage...why would anyone want to do that??? The dictionary definition of sabotage is "an act or process tending to hamper or hurt" or "deliberate subversion". “Any undermining of a cause, or priority”. So the definition of self-sabotage would be, “Any undermining of your own cause or ...
Views: 1512(1 vote) - How to Stop Cigarette Smoking | You Can Quit Now! - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Michael WestbrookHow to stop smoking! If you need to know how to stop smoking this article is designed to help you quit now and finally put nicotine addiction behind you forever – even if you've tried to quit in the past unsuccessfully. Before we get into methods of quitting, we must first analyze the ...
Views: 1774(1 vote) - Easiest Way to Sleeping Guide - A Sleepy Time Secrets Review - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from Philipe ReviewDuring the newbie, navigating baby's sleep needs could be downright overwhelming, particularly if you're passing up on those all important ZZZs yourself. This sleep guide to the very first year will give you the peace of mind you need and can help your child sleep, well, like a baby. If your ...
Views: 1178(2 votes) - Risks Associated with Drugs Abuse and Addiction - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from David B BarryThe surveys conducted by National Institute of Drugs Abuse (NIMA) indicate that there are some children who are already abusing drugs by the age of 12 or 13. Many individuals start taking drugs for a mere feel good factor, or out of curiosity, but soon they are taken over completely by the drugs ...
Views: 1180(1 vote) - 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 - Stress Reduction - Meditation Is Great For Stress Relief And Better Focus - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2011 from Marika CharalambousWhy is that when we are trying to deal with stress reduction, meditation is not the first option to think about in most cases? People spend thousands of dollars every day in visiting psychologists, psychiatrists and other mind-care pratitioners, but they do little to actually help themselves on ...
Views: 864(2 votes) - Learn To Use Self-Hypnosis To Your Advantage - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Steven QaresmaHave you known of people who are still reluctant to go to a professional hypnotist and try the life-changing effects? People may have a lot of reason why they do not want to see a hypnotist and these are some of them: • Their concerns might be too personal to talk about with a professional ...
Views: 1199 - Understanding Stress - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2011 from George BielayTo understand stress, we need to look at the events that occur, our thoughts about them, and the way we respond. Stressors: Stress-provoking situations are known as stressors. Between major life events (moving, school, job changes etc) and day-to-day hassles (traffic, busy family lifestyles), ...
Views: 1008(1 vote) - How to Prevent Stress - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2011 from George BielayAn effective way to deal with stress is to prevent it altogether. People under stress will often avoid making decisions (for fear of making the wrong one) and procrastinate as a way of avoiding doing something that might be anxious. Below are a few simple ideas to help avoid stress. Decision ...
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