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- The Differences Between Emotional Maturity And Immaturity - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2011 from George BielayWhy should you care about emotional maturity? Because it can mean the difference between a happy, rewarding and satisfying life and relationship versus a stressful unhappy existence with crises that never seem to go away. This newletter introduces the signs of emotional immaturity, qualities and ...
Views: 31509(1 vote) - How narcissist’s use baiting to get an emotional reaction and why they use it - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2013 from Amy AdamOne of the common narcissistic tendencies is baiting. Narcissistic individuals love getting attention – because attention is narcissistic supply, and it confirms to the narcissist’s ego that he or she is valid, alive and exists. Because a narcissistic personality is a constructed False ...
Views: 24397 - Sympathy versus Empathy - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2007 from Margo KirtikarMany erroneously believe that the terms sympathy and empathy are synonymous. Although both words have to do with feelings, they do express different grades of feelings. But before I go in to the details of explaining the differences, let’s look first at what the dictionary says. Sympathy means ...
Views: 19567(4 votes) - How To Stop Obsessive Thoughts - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2007 from Mark Ivar MyhreIf you want to learn how to stop obsessive thoughts, the first step involves understanding exactly what's happening to you right now. It's like you're spinning on a hamster wheel. Like a treadmill that just runs in circles without ever getting anywhere. Why? Because you lack TRACTION. You ...
Views: 16985(2 votes) - Using Behavior Modification Techniques - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2008 from Jody Johnston PawelMany professionals who dispense parenting advice tell parents to use rewards or create "behavior modification" token systems to teach children a skill, to get children to take on a responsibility, or to curb an unwanted behavior or habit. Often, however, rewarding good behavior with behavior ...
Views: 16699(1 vote) - Is Venting Good for You? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Alan AHave you ever wondered if venting was a useful way to release your emotions? Simply put, is venting good for you? I guess that depends on what you mean by venting. If by venting you mean screaming, yelling, ranting or raving about your problems, feelings and emotions with anger, then no, venting ...
Views: 16251(3 votes) - Improve Your Focus Overnight - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2010 from Catherine FranzHaven't you always thought having a disorderly mind meant something was wrong? Well, I did. That was, until... I read tons of information about the brain, including material produced by the Center for the Study of the Brain. And guess what? Having a mind that is disorderly is a ...
Views: 15983(5 votes) - Why Do People Steal? - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Caroline NettleStealing from others has always been seen as a crime- in fact in years gone by, you could be hanged, or go to prison for years for stealing as little as a fish. Why do people steal, and is punishing them always the right course of action? There are many reasons why people steal. One of the ...
Views: 14482 - High Maintenance Relationships - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Margaret PaulWhat is a high maintenance relationship? A high maintenance relationship is when someone is making you responsible for him or her in various different areas of life. Emotional High MaintenanceWhen a person takes no responsibility for their own feelings of safety, security, worth, lovability, ...
Views: 14169(3 votes) - 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: 13937 - What is character motivation? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2011 from Biki KWe often hear the phrase “character motivation” and wonder what it is. Character motivation is attached to general life. But it is also used in case of writing such as fiction writing, drama, movies, plays and others. So, what is character motivation? Character motivation is what that ...
Views: 11695 - How to Stop Enabling Behavior - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Beverley GlazerWhere is the line between support and enabling? Support means you’re doing something because someone can’t do for themselves -- caring for a two-year-old, or preparing meals for your elderly grandmother, for instance. Enabling is giving assistance that makes it easier for someone to ...
Views: 11432(2 votes) - How to Not Be So Emotional by Using Hemispheric Shift Exercise - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2010 from Liz (Zebe) PearsallDo you cry easily, lose control during disagreements, or feel too emotional during confrontations? Try this exercise to switch hemispheres of the brain. At first, this exercise must be practiced for a minute or two each day or several times a week. After a while, you can test to see if it is ...
Views: 10844(5 votes) - The Negative Attention Addiction - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2007 from VicToria FreudigerHow to Break your Kid’s Brat Habit It seems that we need anger awareness and age-appropriate choices to help our kids successfully manage their anger. A young child's unique and awesome personality is suddenly taken over by what seems like an alien being. Did you ever consider that acting out ...
Views: 10541 - Stop Assuming and Start Trusting! - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from Mandy ZadoorianAssumptions are made too often and ordinarily will not get anyone too far while trying to get to the bottom of most issues that arise. For some, assuming answers, rather than allowing facts to be discovered, can come naturally to an individual. This person may have used this method for so ...
Views: 9869(4 votes) - Change A Habit In 28 Days - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2015 from Jon RhodesI will show you a very simple, but incredibly effective method of making permanent changes to your habits. Physiologists agree that it generally takes about 28 days to change a habit. 28 days of consciously trying to make a change should lead to a permanent change. You must live ...
Views: 9288(6 votes) - Use Positive Reinforcement To Improve Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Royane RealIf you want to improve your performance at something, or if you want to create new good habits, one very successful technique is the use of positive reinforcement. The following story will illustrate how one of my coworkers used positive reinforcement to create new successful behavior. When ...
Views: 9260 - How Your Favorite Color Influences Your Personality - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Nigel CoatesEvery color on the visible light spectrum has a different frequency. It's no coincidence that rainbows always appear to us in the order of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. It is a scientific fact that each color vibrates, or exists with a different energy. As color is ...
Views: 9172(2 votes) - What Does Sobriety Mean? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2009 from Keith BrayWHAT DOES SOBRIETY REALY MEAN? WHAT IS SUCCESS? When people hear the word sobriety, they automatically think of freedom from alcohol. When I was finally ready to accept my life was being negatively impacted by the over and improper use of alcohol, sobriety meant exactly that-freedom from ...
Views: 8962(1 vote) - How can your ego prevent you from getting over someone - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from M.Farouk RadwanOne thing that is very popular about falling in love is that sometimes people confuse being in love with wanting to protect their egos and public image. How would it feel like if people knew that you were dumped? Or how would it feel like if people knew that you weren’t up to satisfying your ...
Views: 8502(1 vote) - Understanding That Change Begins With Me - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Caroline Nettle"Be the change that you wish to see in the world". Ghandi. There is much talk in the spiritual communities about how the world that I see outside of myself is a reflection of the world that is inside me. Part of the journey to peace, love, and happiness, is understanding that I am not always ...
Views: 8350 - How to Overcome Your Inferiority Complex God's Way - by Submitted on May 16, 2013 from Philip JonesI developed a terrible inferiority complex growing up, but not because I was ugly or had some physical defect. No, I had an alcoholic father that abused me with words that created in me very low self esteem. But one day that all began to change. I got saved. And God being the merciful person He ...
Views: 8130 - 3 Reasons Why Making Money Is Difficult for Most People - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2013 from Baridi TZAre you frustrated at why you are not making money the way you would like to? It appears as if things just don't seem to work out right? Yes you work hard, but it seems as if for every 2 steps forward that you take, 3 steps backwards follows. Making money just seems impossible and it's ...
Views: 7707(1 vote) - Controlling Behavior – The Balance between Care and Control - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2010 from Judith EvicciDeeply caring for others invites us to step over the relationship line and tell people what to do with their lives. Another motivation is not so benevolent. The actions others take can directly benefit or harm us. Of course, we care. Controlling behavior means offering unsolicited help to ...
Views: 7306(1 vote) - ***Improve Your Attitude: How to Create New Brain Pathways - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.Understanding your thought patterns and how the brain works provides a frame of reference for creating a healthy attitude, improving your self-esteem and boosting your confidence. Brain Pathways The brain is made up of cells called neurons. These cells have nerve endings called synapses ...
Views: 7259(15 votes) - Why Do People Treat Me Badly? - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from M.Farouk RadwanPeople have multiple identities When you play with a little child you will find yourself talking and acting in a childish way, When someone bothers you at the street you might find yourself shouting at him and when you are with the person you love you might find yourself cheerful and ...
Views: 7149 - ***The Advantages Of Making A First Impression That Is Just Adequate. You Can Still Score - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2014 from Frank HealyYou hear about it all the time. First impressions are lasting impressions, you only get one chance to make a good first impression. Nobody will know how good you are unless you make a good first impression on them. Unfortunately most people see themselves as not good at making a first ...
Views: 7043(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: 6773(1 vote) - The Human Butterfly Effect - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2011 from Wayne KehlThe Butterfly Effect is a scientific theory that essentially says that a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere. Originally part of the Chaos Theory, numerous scientists throughout modern history have concluded that this happens even though these systems ...
Views: 6472(2 votes) - How to Cure the Monday Morning Blues - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Gian Fiero |It's Monday morning. In any office, in any given city, you can find an ample amount of people who are suffering from that dreaded condition called "Monday Morning Blues." The exact origin of this condition is unclear. Does is it start the moment we open our eyes on Monday morning? Or does it ...
Views: 6419(2 votes) - How to Recognize the Self-Sabotage Behavior of Self-Doubt - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 from Troyann WilliamsSelf-doubt is the ultimate self-betrayal because YOU are the one telling yourself that you CAN'T or SHOULDN'T do what you WANT to do! Self-doubt is the most damaging and self-defeating behavior there is because it is criticism that comes from within. Unfortunately, we mask this criticizing ...
Views: 6409(5 votes) - ***Addiction to Video Games - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Margaret PaulEd consulted with me because he was concerned about his 16 year-old son. "He doesn't have any friends. I'd like to spend more time with him but there doesn't seem to be anything he likes to do.""How does he spend his time?" I asked."Playing video games."Betsy ...
Views: 6162(3 votes) - 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: 6161 - Perception vs. Projection - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Linda SimmonI want to discuss briefly the difference between perception and projection because this is something that people sometimes get mixed up. It is important to understand that when and as we access our memories, we change them because we ourselves change. For example, if you have a memory from ...
Views: 6023(1 vote) - Goal Achievement, Subliminal Audios, and Success: 10 Tips - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Scott & Stephen PetulloSubliminal technology involves audio or visual suggestions that your mind perceives at a subconscious level, but not at a conscious level. Remember, your subconscious takes in every detail of your environment, even the ones you can’t consciously perceive; everything you’ve ever sensed, seen or ...
Views: 5973(3 votes) - Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2010 from Sandra HughesOctober is Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month! This month-long campaign provides an excellent opportunity to discuss the helpful and harmful reactions to emotions and other related topics. For those unfamiliar, emotional intelligence is a self-governing initiative to make healthy ...
Views: 5956(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: 5951(4 votes) - 10 Things You MUST Know Before Getting Hypnotherapy - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2011 from Richard HennessyHypnotherapy is becoming more widely known about and accepted every year. Is is in part due to the coverage of celebrities like Matt Damon using it to help him quit smoking and Lily Allen to lose weight. The growth in popularity is also due to the fact that for a lot of people hypnotherapy ...
Views: 5897(5 votes) - ***Core Sadness vs. Wounded Sadness - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2010 from Margaret PaulVery often, in my work with my clients, when I ask them what they are feeling they say, "I feel sad." Often, they do not know why they feel sad.Sadness comes from two very different sources.Core SadnessCore sadness is sadness that is in reaction to something that is happening or has ...
Views: 5884(7 votes) - ***Is It Important to you to be Healthy? - by Submitted on Dec 24, 2009 from Margaret PaulHow important is your physical health to you? Of course, most people will say that they really want to be healthy, but what are you willing to DO to be healthy? And what are you willing to NOT DO to be healthy? In other words, what is more important to you than being healthy?Is more ...
Views: 5836(4 votes) - Can My Thought Processes Be Changed? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Alan AThoughts, for the most part, are conditioned and can be changed. Although blaming the way we think on our parents and how we were raised may in fact be accurate, as adults, it is our responsibility to change the way we think. Our thought processes can be changed through awareness and effort, ...
Views: 5805(5 votes) - Start Now to Change Your Bad Relationship Habits - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Susie and Otto CollinsHabits. We've all got them. Some of our habitual ways are beneficial and others can limit or even harm us. Couples can also fall into habits or tendencies in their relationship. It might be the assumptions you each tend to make about one another. It could be the habitual ways you two usually ...
Views: 5758 - Five Roads to Self Discovery . . . How to Find Your Road - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2013 from WEE DILTSWebster defines Self Discovery as the act or process of achieving self-knowledge. Further, he defines Self Help as the action or process of bettering oneself or overcoming one's problems. Both are all about changing oneself. It’s all about finding ways to change your life. I love this quote ...
Views: 5719(2 votes) - Foods That Trigger Behavioral Problems in Children - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Jaime HeidelAll children behave badly once in the while. It’s normal for children to act up when they can’t have their favorite toy or when they just need a nap. However, if behavioral problems disrupt both classroom and home time and your son or daughter just seems all-around miserable, it may be time to ...
Views: 5711 - 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 - The Power Of Encouraging Words - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2007 from Judy WrightKind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. -Mother Theresa Words can be deadly weapons or protective layers of love. They can bruise and batter a person, no matter how old, in the heart and spirit just like physical blows can cause damage to ...
Views: 5561(2 votes) - ***The Projection Factor; How Clearly Do You See Yourself in the Eyes of Others? Self-Perception vs Self-Definition - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2012 from Don Neviaser,If during a variety of interactions the responses from others seem to be more negative than the messages you intended to convey, or if you sometimes feel others just don’t like you for some reason, perhaps it's time to consider the source. Is it possible your messages and actions are not being ...
Views: 5512(4 votes) - 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: 5477(2 votes) - Ten Ways to Turn Around Your Teen - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Mark GregstonThinking that anything a parent can say, do, or offer to their children as they grow up a will guarantee a smooth and trouble-free adolescence is just plain wrong. I’ve learned that there are no such guarantees in life. Stuff happens in the teen years that is out of our control as parents, ...
Views: 5416(3 votes) - ***Avoiding Your Feelings by Focusing on Your Partner - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Margaret PaulWe all have many addictive ways of avoiding feeling our painful feelings and taking responsibility for them. Some of the ways are obvious, such as using substances and processes. Some of the ways can be very subtle.Leon often struggled with feeling empty inside. Inner emptiness is a symptom of a ...
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