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- 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) - The Relationship between Self Harm and Stigma - by Submitted on May 23, 2012 from Jennifer McLeodSelf injury or self harm, generally speaking, is a wider range of different things individuals do to themselves which is either in a deliberate or hidden way. It includes burning, cutting, banging the body against hard objects, pulling the hairs, scalding, biting, poisoning, and inserting or ...
Views: 1909(1 vote) - The Secret to Emotional Healing - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from Margaret PaulWhat does it mean to emotionally heal? It means that you know what you are thinking or doing that causes fear, anxiety, depression, guilt, fear, anger, jealousy, and so on, and how to learn from and heal these painful feelings. It means that you no longer turn to addictions to avoid loneliness, ...
Views: 5478(2 votes) - The secret to keeping your resolution for a CHANGE - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2013 from Edwige GilbertEvery year on December 31st, people all over the world make New Year’s resolutions. Millions of people wake up thinking, “This is the day I am going to do things differently!” They yearn for a new beginning and hate themselves when, after a few weeks their resolutions fail. Why do they ...
Views: 1048(1 vote) - The two best ways to manage fear - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2020 from Rudiyr ToporSo that fear does not interfere with effective action, you should learn to manage it. There are two fundamentally different ways to do this. WHAT IS "FEAR"? If we want to learn how to manage something, we must understand the nature of this phenomenon. Because "what is knowable is ...
Views: 933(1 vote) - The wisdom of the insecurity - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2012 from Nikola NikolovOne of the most profound aspirations, basic to all human beings, is our strive for security – financial security, security for our safety, life and health, the health of our relatives, for our public image and status, job security, security in our relationship, etc. etc. We all dream of ...
Views: 1058(1 vote) - There's Nothing Simple About Procrastination - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2013 from Jaqui DuvallWhen I started my master’s degree course work in May 2008, I hadn’t been in an academic program for several decades. I dove in with the enthusiasm and determination born of pursuing education as a calling rather than an obligation. I finished my master’s course work in April 2011, passed my oral ...
Views: 1899(1 vote) - Three most effective ways to increase willpower - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2021 from Rudiyr ToporWillpower is a finite resource. And that's good news. Because what is changeable is controllable. If willpower can run out, it can build up. The three most important tools for the development of will in this article. WOMEN SCIENTISTS PUT WILLPOWER UNDER THE SCALPEL Recently I got ...
Views: 675(1 vote) - Three Signs of Positive Change - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2012 from Phillip GowinsWho Am I Anyway? Three signs of positive change! One of the side effects of hypnosis, or any transformative process, is a kind of inner conflict or worry about who we will be when the transformation is complete. The simplest of behavior modifications can have this effect. We get very used ...
Views: 1092(1 vote) - Tips to Overcoming Anxiety - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from cedric riceTips to Overcoming Anxiety Anxiety can rob us of much of the pleasure that life entitles us to. In most cases it can be helped by combining a few changes in your daily routine. Anxiety can be handled like any sickness or disease although I wouldn’t classify it as a mental illness. There are ...
Views: 1577(1 vote) - Too Tough on Yourself and What to Do About It - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2012 from Jane CranstonA behavior common among very successful people is setting high standards for themselves as well as others. Whether the actions are going to be seen by friends or colleagues, or done strictly in private, doesn’t seem to matter, high achievers place the bar at the top rung for almost anything and ...
Views: 1583(2 votes) - Top 5: how to boost your testosterone - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2021 from Rudiyr ToporWhy do men need testosterone, why is it dangerous and how can you raise its level? WHY DOES A MAN NEED TESTOSTERONE? "Testosterone" - as we communicate with each other, we call a whole group of hormones responsible for the formation and functionality of the male body - androgens. They give ...
Views: 865(2 votes) - 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) - Treating Depression Naturally - by Submitted on May 05, 2012 from Rosemary PriceTreating depression naturally.... One of the reasons people might prefer to deal with it this way is because they hate to take medication. Others may have tried this medication before and found it did not work or it had bad side effects. It is also a good idea to take natural things because ...
Views: 2217(1 vote) - Two reasons to do nothing - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2020 from Rudiyr ToporLaziness is a disease that eats up our lives. Laziness has two reasons. By understanding them, you can effectively resist laziness. THE FIRST REASON In the vast majority of cases, the reason for laziness is a lack of vital energy. Laziness is the body's natural response to this deficiency. ...
Views: 680(1 vote) - Understanding How Emotional Reactivity Can Get Us Stuck - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Katrina Holgate MillerUnderstanding How Emotional Reactivity Can Get Us Stuck And How to Get Off of the Flypaper. “So, Doc, what’s wrong with my head?” Latesha looked at me pensively. It sounded like a set-up for both of us. The two months she had spent in bed had something to do with her attending to the ...
Views: 1304(1 vote) - 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) - Unraveling Female Narcissism - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2024 from Darlene LancerFemale narcissists can be harder to spot; first, because they’re less numerous, and second, because their behavior may be less assertive and public compared to male narcissists. Male narcissists outnumber female narcissists nearly three to one. However, narcissistic personality disorder is on ...
Views: 188(1 vote) - VENUS RX’S FALL FOLLIES: All Our Karmic Kinks Are Coming Up for Review - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2018 from joan pancoeTo view all visuals and activate all links, CLICK HERE: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=129 “In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.” RAM DASS Dear One, Welcome ...
Views: 1140(1 vote) - Vibration and Binaural beats making grounds while creating new brain pathways and finidng ways to help those with addiction - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2012 from Angela FriisStress it's all around us, most people feel the effects of it but do we really understand what it does to the body? Let's take a closer look at stress. Stress is linked to a number of illnesses or conditions from which our populations suffers including insomnia, eating disorders (eg., obesity ...
Views: 2821(1 vote) - Waking Up - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2014 from Emily DeCarloIt seems that today, more and more people are walking around asleep, dazed by the perceived perilous economic upheaval and uncertain government moves or regulations. Some are just burned out and would rather tune out instead of facing life with boldness and direct communication and action. It is ...
Views: 1404(1 vote) - What Are Happy Hormones: Importance of Them in Life and How to Boost Them Up? - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2021 from Calida RehabSometimes, everything is going according to your plans. Your relationship with your loved ones is great, and you are doing good at work. Still, you might wake up feeling blue or low. So, why exactly do we feel bad when everything is okay? Hormones! How do Hormones Affect Your ...
Views: 695(1 vote) - What are the Characteristics of Antisocial Personality Disorder? - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from Ari NovickPersonality disorders can be difficult to handle and very dangerous. A person suffering from a personality disorder will tend to have strange or unusual behavior. This behavior might be manifested by poor or inaccurate response, lack of insight, causing trouble for and disturbing people around ...
Views: 2517(1 vote) - What Are Your Priorities? - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2019 from Todd PuntolilloFor many, the need to be right and look good far exceeds the need to learn about, express and find peace and happiness. Change is sought by most through drugs, injections, surgery, flashing cash, driving a hot car or some other kind of instant attractor that might yield the gratification they ...
Views: 815(1 vote) - What Causes Narcissistic Personality Disorder? - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Danica SusanNarcissists are people who are extremely egocentric or self-centered. They are obsessed with their personal abilities and physical appearances. They have this strong belief that they are superior to other individuals. Consequently, their self-esteem is easily threatened by negative feedbacks ...
Views: 1555(1 vote) - What Does A Brainwave Entrainment Session Feel Like? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2012 from Wanina PetlockIt only takes six minutes for your brain to start entraining. Brainwave entrainment is a natural phenomenon that occurs when your brainwaves fall into step with an outside stimulus, usually sound and/or light, changing its dominant frequency to match that of the stimulus' frequency. It ...
Views: 2193(1 vote) - 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) - What If My Children Start Showing Signs Of Narcissistic Behaviour? - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from Amy AdamIt can be very distressing for partners of narcissistic individuals when they realise that their children are also exhibiting narcissistic tendencies. Narcissistic spouses and partners are very good at controlling their environment and people within it.Therefore if you choose to stay with ...
Views: 2961(1 vote) - What is more important: to influence the situation or change your attitude towards it? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2021 from Rudiyr ToporThe Western mentality pushes us to try to control the situation, the East sees wisdom in changing the attitude towards the world. But is it possible to balance these two approaches? WHY IS ONE IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THE OTHER? A person is unable to make the simplest changes in his lifestyle ...
Views: 606(1 vote) - What Kind of Day are You Choosing to Have? - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2013 from Debbi DickinsonWhat kind of day are you choosing to have? It can be so easy for a life event to take control of our mood for the day; that is IF we allow that to happen. We have a choice every moment on the type of day we are going to have. A recent conversation with a girlfriend really drove this point ...
Views: 1260(1 vote) - What Purpose is Your Emotion Serving for You? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2012 from Julia YoungEmotions can be so confusing and most people want to immediately be rid of what they are feeling. As part of the human race we experience emotions and our emotions really do serve a purpose for us. They serve a purpose in our lives, our relationships, our jobs, and our families and they even ...
Views: 2607(1 vote) - What to do with your irritability? - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2021 from Rudiyr ToporCan you become a calmer person? Yes. And I will tell you how to do it. THE FIRST MISTAKE OF THE MISTAKEN Worrying about making a mistake is an EVEN BIGGER MISTAKE. We always worry when we are wrong. And this is the first mistake of the one who realized his mistake. Because experiences are ...
Views: 585(1 vote) - What You Give Power To Powers Your Future - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2012 from Pamela ChapmanAre you someone who has bad things constantly happening to you? Do you possibly wind up meeting horribly evil people who rip you off or stab you in the back? Are you always trying to make ends meet? I hope not. I hope you’re a person who is happy in life, has more than enough, and you’re ...
Views: 1719(1 vote) - What's Humor Got to Do With It? - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from WEE DILTSWhat’s humor got to do with it? Don’t take your self so seriously. You’ll not get out of this world alive. One’s sense of humor involves the capacity to appreciate incongruity, absurdity, an unexpected future, a pleasant surprise, or a startle. Humor helps soften life’s blows. For instance ...
Views: 1299(1 vote) - Wholistic Benefits of Practicing Qigong with Directed Intention - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Federico Garcia-AnguianoThe practice of Qigong has been amply and widely demonstrated to accrue many health benefits over time for the practitioner. Here we give a few examples of these benefits from some of the available published knowledge while focusing on the catalyst of action: Yishi or focused conscious ...
Views: 1831(1 vote) - Why Christianity is Dying While Spirituality is Thriving... - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Dr. Steve McSwain,I published this article first with the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mcswain/christianity-is-dying-spirituality-is-thriving_b_1950804.html The title of this post alone will put some branches of the Christian church immediately on the defense. The fact is, however, I ...
Views: 1889(1 vote) - Why do some people talk to themselves? - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2018 from Kranti GauravWhy do people talk to themselves? It's not what you think.. How many people talk to themselves? As you’re reading this, you might even be saying to yourself, “Who me? I don’t talk to myself.” There are those who think people who talk to themselves are crazy, but nothing could be ...
Views: 1225(1 vote) - Why don't we finish what we started? - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2020 from Rudiyr ToporWhat is the reason for the lack of discipline? WHY ARE WE MAKING A MESS? I came back from a long walk. I climbed the hills around Sloboda all day. I'm tired. While changing clothes, I threw the traumatic pistol on the bed. The thought flashed: “I have to put it in the safe ...” And I was ...
Views: 678(1 vote) - Why is it harder for smart people to understand what they want? - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2020 from Rudiyr ToporDIFFERENCE BETWEEN PURPOSE AND DESIRE The level of intelligence determines not only the radius of your horizons and the size of your sphere of interest, but also the scale of your goals. The more stupid a person is, the simpler his perception of the world and the easier it is for him to solve ...
Views: 625(1 vote) - Why is thinking more important then knowledge? - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2020 from Rudiyr ToporOne day a friend of mine asked me to teach him how to hunt. I politely refused, saying that I could offer him more. In view of the fact that he had a whole month ahead of him in Sloboda, I did not want to deprive him of the opportunity to master the technique of self-study. After all, this is ...
Views: 624(1 vote) - Why is total self-control dangerous? - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2021 from Rudiyr ToporConstant self-control destroys our psyche, depriving us of our will WHEN THE WORLD HAS CHANGED When a person had nothing but a spear and dry tinder in a bag on his belt, he was freer. For thousands, tens of thousands of years, we had one concern: hitting the target with a spear. We easily ...
Views: 687(1 vote) - Why It Matters That Men's and Women's Brains Are Different - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2012 from Lee GerdesIf you've been keeping up with the news, you know that the issue of women's roles is a hot potato right now on two fronts: political, and religious. I want to comment on the current furor from a neurological viewpoint. I believe it's crucial for the future of our world that we acknowledge ...
Views: 2601(1 vote) - Why Symphony Conductors live longer - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2010 from Hal WechslerWhy Symphony Conductors Live Longer. If you read the obituaries for fun and as social history, the #1 occupation producing healthy, long living folks – I mean into their 90s – are musical conductors making ridiculous arm gestures. Can their secret of healthy, long lives, work for ...
Views: 5955(4 votes) - Why Thinking Like A Child is Better Than Thinking Like A Grown-up - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghWhy I Like Kids Better Than Grown-Ups I have a confession to make. For years, I really had little use for kids. I used to have a near magical ability to entertain kids and engage them in a way that other adults just didn’t get. I didn’t enjoy doing it. It was like an elaborate act and it ...
Views: 3271(2 votes) - Why you need to live slowly, or how iamlessness breeds whileness - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2020 from Rudiyr ToporIn response to the destructive acceleration of social life, people began to cultivate a slow life. IN A HURRY, YOU MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH Lately, I often laugh at myself. I make such ridiculous mistakes that it’s time to laugh at them. I remember how my older brother once said to me: “What ...
Views: 607(1 vote) - You cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that got you there… - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2012 from Adele TheronEver been stuck in a situation or a problem but not known how to get out of it? Life throws us lots of different hurdles and hiccups along the way and people disappoint us and we disappoint ourselves. But our biggest mistake is not when we first make that mistake, because our past can determine ...
Views: 2188(1 vote) - Your Best is Good Enough! - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2012 from kristie kennedyAs human beings we are innately wired to gratify the wishes of others in exchange for their acceptance. It is critical that we learn how to love ourselves well enough in order to avoid this disease to please. Only you can honestly answer the question, "What does loving me better look and feel ...
Views: 1321(1 vote) - Your Life Theme, Why it is Invisible: Mini-Quiz - by Submitted on May 10, 2012 from Jard DeVilleThe human tendency to adapt as life changes swirl around us, or to stand pat by holding to the past even when doing so is self-defeating - begins when we are infants. Our personality patterns, values, attitudes, expectations and all the rest jelled when we were deciding who we are, what life is ...
Views: 2416(1 vote) - Why Misery Is So Addictive and How To Free Yourself - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2012 from Janbreathe@aol.com Janbreathe@aol.com"How does one become a butterfly?" she asked pensively. "You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar." -(Trina Paulus) I love that quote! It speaks to our willingness to let go of old patterns and choose a new higher way of being. This is not an easy task ...
Views: 4103(4 votes) - ***Are You or Your Partner Possessive? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from Margaret Paul"I freak out when my husband even looks at another woman. I trust him not to wander, so I don't know why this upsets me so much.""My partner spends too much time with her friends and family. What's the point of being together if she's always gone a couple of nights a ...
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