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- Cyberbullying - The H1N1 of Technology: Implications for Intervention - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Holli KenleyIn Part One: Cyber bullying: The H1N1 of Technology- Causation, several causal factors of cyber bullying we examined. Although the issue is extremely complex, three social norms were explored as being strong contributors to the rampant spread of this technological virus: • The anonymity of ...
Views: 2325(1 vote) - De-Cluttering Your Space and Mind - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Randy Kamen GredingerWaking up in the morning to a clean, de-cluttered space brings me a sense of balance and happiness. Even when my children were young I managed to maintain a space where I could sit, if only for a few precious moments and enjoy the calm and peace of a minimalist space. Of course we all know ...
Views: 817(2 votes) - Lessons on Goal Setting from Hermit Crabs - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Cliff FontenotAdopt a strong focus if you want to change for the better. Be it emotionally, physically or spiritually, you’ll face opposition from those who love you the most, your friends and family, all who mean well, sometimes, but pull you down anyway. It’s the hermit crab effect. I’m from an ...
Views: 1254(1 vote) - Branches of Psychology - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Christina XioPsychology as a whole is quite a broad subject so to study it properly it has been divided in to various branches that tell about the different aspects of the human behavior, thoughts and experience. In this article some of the branches are mentioned and explained briefly below. Firstly it ...
Views: 2360 - What Is The Best Way To Meditate? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Carol McMahonThey say practice makes perfect but when it comes to meditation, all bets are off. You can meditate with no increase in practice skill. You can even lose skill over time. As Buddhist tradition says: “After twenty years you can finally say you’ve begun to learn how to sit. Many will take even ...
Views: 1088(1 vote) - Are You Giving Away Your Power? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Sharon Ball“Locus of Control” is a psychology term that identifies our beliefs about the amount of control we have over our life. Having an" internal locus of control" indicates that an individual believes that events are largely controlled by one’s own actions. But if we feel that what happens to us or ...
Views: 2500 - Are You Running on Empty? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Sharon BallAre you running on empty? Going through day after day of what feels like meaningless activities that take up all your time and energy? Everywhere you look there is a fire that needs to be put out? One demand after another from others? Do you feel that you have lost the real you? Is your life ...
Views: 1450 - Psychology Today – Learn Why You Must Urgently Translate The Meaning of Your Dreams - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Christina SponiasThe psychiatrist Carl Jung was the only person in this world who managed to understand the dream logic and discover the symbolic meaning of the dream images. My research, continuing his research, definitively proves to the world that everyone must urgently learn his method of dream ...
Views: 1248 - Five Areas of Healthy Change - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Mary Jane Hurley BrantThere is something wonderfully reflective about a new year: it's another chance to get it right. At the beginning of each calendar year I separate my life into five important areas: physical, emotional, professional, familial and spiritual. I analyze honestly how I'm doing in each category - ...
Views: 1761(4 votes) - Its Not Just About Finding “Mr. or Ms. Right, The "Heart Magic Principles" Help You Keep the Love You Have Found! - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from Maria Andrade,It is certain that finding the right partner is essential for a loving relationship. Yet, we have long held certain beliefs in our society, which don’t help us keep love once we find it! The divorce rate in America reflects this truth. One out of two marriages fail. Here are some beliefs we must ...
Views: 1923 - The Psychotherapy of The Unconscious Mind through Dream Predictions - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2011 from Christina SponiasOnce you master the dream language, you understand that all dream images have a very important symbolic meaning. This is like knowing a foreign language. You’ll be able to understand the symbolic unconscious language which is formed from images instead of words. The unconscious mind is a ...
Views: 1195 - The Meaning of Dreams According to The Scientific Method - Translating Images into Words - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Christina SponiasThe meaning of your dreams when translated according to the scientific method of dream interpretation will show you many truths you ignore. The scientific method accurately translates dream images into words. It is based on the discoveries of the psychiatrist Carl Jung, and on my discoveries on ...
Views: 1620 - CBT: How To Find A Good Therapist - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr GrayEvidence suggests that CBT is currently the most effective treatment for a range of mental health problems including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD. As such it is recommended as the treatment of choice by The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and therefore by ...
Views: 1586 - Mental Health Treatment: Is The NHS Letting You Down - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr GrayThere are more people on capacity benefits due to mental health problems than the total number of unemployed people on job seekers allowance. By 2030 depression will be the world’s most common illness according to the World Health Organisation. As evidence suggests that Cognitive Behavioural ...
Views: 1228(1 vote) - Coping Strategies: Information For Eating Disorder Sufferers - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr GrayResolving your eating disorder means that potentially you will be without a way a coping with difficult and challenging experiences. It is therefore important that you develop alternative coping strategies in parallel with working to resolve your eating disorder. This will feel difficult for a ...
Views: 2140 - Emotions: Important Information For Eating Disorder Sufferers - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr Gray1. The Function Of An Eating Disorder - The Cinema Analogy An eating disorder is a kind of coping strategy, it provides a way of dealing with the difficult things that life throws at you by blocking out, distracting or shielding you to some extend from the distressing thoughts and feelings ...
Views: 1923 - CBT For Eating Disorders - Maximise Your Chances of Success - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Dr GrayBefore you start your CBT Counselling treatment programme there are a number of things you can do to maximise your chances of success. 1. Prioritising yourself and your recovery For CBT Counselling to enable you to overcome your eating disorder you need to be a keen and active participant ...
Views: 1687 - Dirty Media - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Mohammad hassam HanifMedia A Dirty Truth... There are approx 6,692,030,277 of population breathing in this world, means same numbers of brains are working days and nights, if I am not wrong each brain works differently. Let suppose half of population thinks constructive and another half thinks against. Due to ...
Views: 1016 - Dad’s Broken Heart - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Randy MerglerDuring the many years I’ve worked with families and kids, I’ve met a lot of dads who are walking around with broken hearts. They are men who did the best they knew how to do, within their marriages, as fathers and spouses, and are now divorced. Everyone gets married with the highest hopes, and ...
Views: 4661 - Dad’s Powerful Influence - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Randy MerglerAn abundance of research in the past 10 years has shown repeatedly that involved fathers play a vital role in the well being of their children. Studies have confirmed that fathers have a distinct, necessary and irreplaceable role to play in child development. Fathers bring a quality to ...
Views: 1869 - What Kids See Onscreen Looks Terribly Real - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Randy MerglerTry and remember some of the first movies you saw as a child. What images come to mind? For many baby boomers, it might be something from Walt Disney, or perhaps the Hardy Boys. One of mine is the scene from Bambi where he is at the edge of the forest waiting for his mother who, as you ...
Views: 870 - What Parents Say to Kids - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Randy MerglerWhat Parents Say to Kids Despite working with divorcing families for quite some time now, I’m still amazed at some of the stories I hear. Dad and the kids just returned from a week and half visit to grandma and grandpa. A great time was had by all. While the three of them were ...
Views: 926(1 vote) - Lessons of the Albatross - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Stacey CurnowLast night a friend and I were talking about some challenges in his life and I remembered a line from a poem by Robert Bly: The albatross that lands on the mast began flying a thousand years ago. A long time ago, back when we were pure positive energy, we didn’t doubt for a minute that ...
Views: 1079(1 vote) - How to Be a Completionista - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Stacey CurnowSometimes the "incompletes" in our lives can add up and we can start to feel overwhelmed. There are big incompletes -- our long-held dreams, our unpursued passions -- and then there are the little incompletes -- the stuff we see every day that niggles at us, the "to-dos," the lists of tasks we ...
Views: 1046 - Send the Gatekeeper a New Memo - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Stacey CurnowThe Reticular Activating System (RAS for short) is a tiny part of the brain with a big and important job. It controls consciousness and acts as a filter. At any given moment you have approximately 2 million bits of sensory information available to you. You're only capable of absorbing about 150 ...
Views: 1021 - Ways of Increasing Creativity - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Lynn DormanCreativity – that oneness with our creative muse - is a great feeling. It allows us to feel free and to be productive. But how do we get that creative feeling going? And if we have it going – how can we increase its productivity? Creativity is often written and spoken about as coming ...
Views: 1162 - Remind and Remember - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from Eddie CorbynAll In Your Mind Through the experience of living our life, we pick up many misconceptions about what life is and what it means to have a life experience. In this series of articles I will share with you what I believe and what I know beyond belief about what life is and isn’t and what the ...
Views: 1391(1 vote) - How Do I Deal With My Emotions? - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Daniela RoherThere are times in life when we get overwhelmed by our emotions – anger, hurt, sadness, shame, guilt, rage, desperation, terror. They seem to be so powerful and overwhelming that they control us instead of the other way around. They monopolize all our thoughts and energies, not allowing us to ...
Views: 1802(2 votes) - Shame is one of the roots of anorexia and bulimia. - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Dr. Irina WebsterShame plays an important role in developing eating disorders because shame is a controlling device. Basically all people with anorexia or bulimia can recall being shamed or ashamed several times before their disorder began. Shame is complex. It extends from small things like parents or ...
Views: 1502 - Cyberbullying - The H1N1 of Technology: Causation - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Holli KenleyPart One: Causation © Holli Kenley On January 14, 2010, a bright young 15 year old high school student named Phoebe Prince took her own life after enduring a lengthy period of relentless cyber bullying. As reported by Kennedy ( 2010), the activity directed towards Phoebe was designed to ...
Views: 1747 - Enhance Your Impressive Personality - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Lim Kin KwanIf you want to develop a vibrant personality, is an important aspect of attractiveness and the most important would be quality called inner charisma or charm. Charm is the personality that comes from inside. This is usually known as 'Personal Attractiveness' and what the film makers and big ...
Views: 4629 - The psychology of love - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from M.Farouk RadwanWhy do people fall in love? Why do we become attracted to certain people and not others? Why do we sometimes fall in love at the first sight? What is love all about?? Before studying psychology i used to think of love as something supernatural, unpredictable and that follows no rules. Later ...
Views: 1854 - SUPEREGO AND DIVERSITY - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Mikel MartinezSUPEREGO AND DIVERSITY Sigmund Freud discovered the superego as a psychological structure juxtaposed to the ego, but at the same time faced this. The father of psychoanalysis died in 1939. It's been 70 years. At this point there are who ask: "About the superego ... what is fantasy and what ...
Views: 2964(1 vote) - The psychology of boredom explained - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from M.Farouk RadwanEver wondered why things that used to be very interesting seem boring now? Do you remember the excitement you felt the first time you started using a computer or browsing the internet? Why do you feel bored now even though you are doing the things that used to make you excited? The answer ...
Views: 2754 - Review: The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist's Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2011 from Norm GoldmanAuthors: Gary Small, M.D, & Gigi Vorgan Publishers: William Morrow (An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) ISBN: 978-0-06-180378-9 Dr. Gary Small is a psychiatrist who is the director of the UCLA Memory and Aging Center at the university's Semel Institute for Neurosciences & Human ...
Views: 1796 - SHYNESS AND LURES - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2011 from Mikel MartinezSHYNESS AND LURES Lure is a word often used in hunting and fishing; it refers to anything that attracts "with some fallacy" . It happens that the timid move in a world of lures or signals that trigger his social anxiety. The social fear is neither continuous, nor appears in all ...
Views: 1791 - Psychiatrist vs. Psychologist: What’s the difference? - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2010 from Bhumika ShahA Boca Raton psychiatrist provides different mental health services than a psychologist. There are many different options for individuals seeking the services of a mental health professional. People feeling depressed, anxious, or simply not themselves may call upon the services of a ...
Views: 746 - Resilience - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Stacey CurnowIf you were to gather up the day's news you would invariably come to the conclusion that the world needs saving, right? Well, I expect it will need saving tomorrow, too. And in the meantime, I am going to reflect on what it means to "do something" in the face of great suffering. Yes, the ...
Views: 1099 - POWER TRAITS - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Mikel MartinezPOWER TRAITS There is power in the money and the political class. In this article we travel to that part hidden and unspeakable of power that is part of power and that largely determines its performance. 1 –A MALE ROLE There are people who by birth are destined to be in the power, ...
Views: 3291(1 vote) - How to Make Your Gurus Head Spin: Tell Him About Feedback - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Carol McMahonThe temple was crowded; the Indian stick dance about to begin. I stood chatting with a meditation teacher, formerly an engineer. His own practice, he complained, was heavily burdened by a wandering mind. He wasn’t alone here. The same complaint echoes down through the centuries. “Restless ...
Views: 1086 - The Psychology Of Abundance - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Michael BloxtonThe world of self help, personal development, and self improvement is often challenged by people as it relates to psychology and psychiatry especially when it comes to depression. Some feel the boundaries of the various self help teachings stop short of encompassing individuals who suffer from ...
Views: 3618(1 vote) - Domperidone for Breastfeeding - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2010 from Scot KingBreastfeeding is wonderful way to nourish and bond with your baby, but it is not always as easy as it seems. One issue that many mothers face at some point or another is a change in milk supply. This can be a scary time, but there are many options available for mothers in need of help. If you ...
Views: 723 - Notes From the Bottom of a Well - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2010 from Stacey CurnowBefore you start reading this article, I'd like you to sit quietly for a few seconds. Take in a full breath, let it fill your lungs, and then release it slowly. Repeat this simple breathing exercise and include the words from my favorite meditation: Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing ...
Views: 1071(1 vote) - SAFETY DISTANCE - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2010 from Mikel MartinezSAFETY DISTANCE When a stranger comes to us or the syndrome of the elevator THE ELEVATOR One day we go into an elevator with other people who we do not know. The limited space forces us to tolerate the physical contact and we are uncomfortable. A person turns to avoid a face to face, ...
Views: 2762(1 vote) - Tips to Help Parents Guide Their Children with ADHD - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2010 from Andri DukkLife for a child with ADHD can be frustrating and difficult, as you know if you are the parent of such a child. You want to help your child as much as you can. There is plenty you can do to help your child, and the key to doing that is to become educated on the topic. You can help make life ...
Views: 844 - FROM DREAMS TO MAGIC - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2010 from Mikel MartinezFROM DREAMS TO MAGIC The dreams have been a great importance in the discovery and development of founding myths of the pre-monotheistic religions. FROM THE SIMPLE TO THE COMPLEX In some biblical texts 2,500 years old and in modern psychology we can find materials that will lead us to ...
Views: 1988(1 vote) - Group Psychotherapy - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2010 from Lyuben GeorgievIf you think about this, you will realize that each of us lives in some group environment - family, school, workplace and other organized group activities. This is the environment in which we have grown and have evolved as human beings. Groups help people learn about themselves and improve ...
Views: 908(1 vote) - "The timid on the s. XXI" - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2010 from Mikel MartinezTHE TIMID ON THE S. XXI The Latin root of the word timid means "be afraid". The people have used this word to designate the timid because they are presented in society as people fearful. The timid do not sell well to himself, but at short distance they earn much and may be dazzled by ...
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