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- THIS WORLD HAS NO COLOR - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2010 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaOne will gasp in disbelief when one is told that various colors seen in this world of objects are actually non-existent. Every object is basically colorless but when it is exposed to solar rays these objects absorb certain colors from the rays and reject others. It is only on this basis that we ...
Views: 4021(5 votes) - How To Create Binaural Beats - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2010 from Edward HaycockIn this article, I am going to explain how to create binaural beats and how you can use them to enhance meditation. You most likely already know that different states of consciousness are associated with different brainwave frequencies. What you may not know is that by modulating brainwave ...
Views: 8696(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: 10835(5 votes) - Ego–Gets deep as you delve. - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2010 from Pratima JagadeeshOff late I see lot of folks tossing around the word EGO and they present the word seeming to have comprehended the meaning around it. But often it seems to me, as an unknown factor and sometimes a complex concept to apprehend. What is Ego? was my question, and I was startled with the ...
Views: 1033(1 vote) - Get Gossip Out of Your Life - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2010 from Kristin RobertsonGossiping can suck the zest out of your spirit. Gossip is mean-spirited and little-minded; its goal is to make the gossipers feel superior to the gossiped-about. It is seductive, addictive and a way of bonding with other gossipers, all while pulling you down to the lowest spiritual common ...
Views: 2887(3 votes) - Mindfulness in the Workplace - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2010 from Christy MattaMindfulness is spilling into areas beyond medicine, healthcare, psychology and neuroscience. It’s moving into programs in education with children and college students, parenting, athletics, the legal profession and business. Studies of Mindfulness in a business context have shown that ...
Views: 3443(5 votes) - Positive Mental Attitude – Exploding the Myth - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2010 from Willie HortonWhat’s the difference between positive thinking and positive mental attitude? Because, as far as I can figure out, positive mental attitude is just a fancier name for a way of thinking that is becoming increasingly discredited. Your attitude is created by your subconscious mind – the part ...
Views: 2274(1 vote) - How to Break Away from Frustration and Worry - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Willie HortonIn business – and often in our personal lives – frustration and worry go hand in hand. We get frustrated that our efforts are not receiving the acclaim that we believe we deserve and we get worried that, if things continue like that, we’re either not going to be the success we want to be or, ...
Views: 2882(2 votes) - Abnormal Brain Structure in Schizophrenia - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Byron RichardsThe post-mortem analysis of the brains of patients with schizophrenia compared to normal brain shows severe dysregulation in the matrix outside of brain cells that holds them together in key regions of the subconscious brain associated with learning, memory, and the processing of stress. The ...
Views: 1522(3 votes) - How to feel good about your looks - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2010 from Mohamed FaroukWith mass media reinforcing the importance of looks by presenting handsome actors and magazines displaying the pictures of super slim models you might be asking yourself, how to feel more confident about your looks? One of the major causes for lack of self confidence is the poor body image ...
Views: 1892 - Anarcho-Psychology - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2012 from Dr. Dan EdmundsOne of my clients, a thirteen year old boy, related to me about his prior time at a residential treatment center. He said that many of the staff would call him and the other children by obscene names, that he often felt bullied, degraded, and ‘like I never was a human being.” The father of this ...
Views: 2660(1 vote) - Empathic Connections; What Do You Do When You Know Something Is Wrong But Don't Know How You Know? - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2010 from Stephanie AltProbably the most important lesson I have learned in developing my intuition is to trust and act on “knowing without knowing why”. Most often this empathic connection; an acute feeling sense, happens between family members and close friends. But it can also happen with our pets. A few nights ago ...
Views: 2841(12 votes) - NAMI “Hearts and Minds” Education Program is Launched - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2010 from Christine ArmstrongThe National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched a new health education program to promote sound “mind and body” health practices among individuals who live with serious mental illness.The "Hearts and Minds" initiative takes aim at risk factors like high blood pressure, high ...
Views: 1180 - Effective Ways to Cure Anxiety Attacks - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2010 from Andrew HunterIt appears that with with the multitude of real and mental situations nearly anything could possibly cause a panic attack in the right context. There isn't a magic bullet to stop panic attacks due to this, however, there are many reliable methods to learn how to keep anxiety and panic disorders ...
Views: 1116(1 vote) - How your friends infleunce you - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2010 from M.Farouk RadwanDo you think that if you were living alone on an island you would have been doing the same things you are doing now? A very big part of our behavior, actions and thoughts are highly affected by the people around us even if this is not apparent to us. Peer pressure or the pressure a person ...
Views: 1364(3 votes) - Creativity and Madness - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2010 from Paul HoodMuch has been written and discussed about the relationship between creativity, particularly creative genius, and insanity, mental illness. Shakespeare wrote, in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: “The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all compact.” Still, there is to this day no ...
Views: 3029(1 vote) - Change Your Life – Starting Today - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2010 from Willie HortonIf you’ve got everything that you want out of life and want for nothing at all, in any aspect of your life, do not read this article. Everyone else – read on! From my experience in dealing directly with clients for the last fourteen years, or through my online workshop, I reckon everyone ...
Views: 1849(4 votes) - The Neuroplastic Fantastic: The Power of the Mind to Change the Brain - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Drew GerberBack in the 1980’s, the Dalai Lama asked a group of world class neuroscientists if the mind could change the brain. It is a critical question. Does the brain direct us, or do we direct the brain? Are we genuinely free? Or are we stuck with the way genetics and early childhood wired our brains, ...
Views: 2153 - Understanding Why Pornography Addiction is a Brain Disease - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2011 from Gordon Bruin“One ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them. One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the shadows lie.” -J.R.R. Tolkien Pornographers are acutely aware of the information that I am going to give you. They will do whatever they can to keep ...
Views: 16875(4 votes) - Have you learned your ABC? - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2010 from Nigel LewisABC THEORY. Have you learned your ABC yet? The American psychologist Albert Ellis (1913–2007) developed rational-emotive therapy (RET), which is a directive, confrontational psychotherapy designed to challenge and modify clients’ irrational beliefs thought to cause their personal distress ...
Views: 1812(1 vote) - The Influence of Life Experiences On Personality During Adulthood - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from Joseph ColemanThere are many theories surrounding the effect of one’s behavior on his/her personality. The more humanistic approach as stated by Clinical psychiatrist Carl Rogers in his theory of personality explains that human behavior is “exquisitely rational” (Rogers, 1961, p.194). Rogers went on to ...
Views: 16394(1 vote) - Do we have Five Streams of Consciousness That Run Us? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Hal WechslerAre There Five Streams of Consciousness That Run Us? You probably know Home sapiens come with a switchboard between our left and right brain to process new sensory information. Remember its name and you win a prize – Corpus Callosum (Latin for firm body). You and I hold conferences and Q&A ...
Views: 1501(1 vote) - Aging and the Functional Areas of Information Processing and Memory - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Lora MorrowWhile recognition of stages involving cognition in the developing child are universal--although much disagreement exists regarding the nature and substance of those stages--the study of cognitive change in adulthood becomes mired in the various definitions and philosophical views proposed by the ...
Views: 4727(3 votes) - Curing Neurological Disorders: The Missing Factors - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Lora MorrowAuthor's Note: I wrote this article in 2000. The references herein may seem somewhat dated, but I believe most of the information is relatively timeless. I welcome all critique, and I value constructive criticism more than I do praise. On March 30-31, 2000, the National Institutes of Health ...
Views: 3774(3 votes) - Extreme Abuse Surveys - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2009 from Neil BrickThe Extreme Abuse Surveys (EAS) were created to develop a qualitative and quantitative base of data regarding the accounts of survivors of extreme abuse [1]. Four researchers from Germany and the United States, Carol Rutz, Thorsten Becker, Bettina Overcamp and Wanda Karriker worked together to ...
Views: 2808(3 votes) - New Years Resolutions - First Steps to a Better Life? - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Clare MannAs the New Year approaches, thousands of people make New Year resolutions, determined to change their lives or aspects of them. By the third or fourth of January, many have broken them and by the middle of the month, most have forgotten them completely, yet alone used them as the impetus to ...
Views: 3155(8 votes) - “The Dark Depression Cloud of Later Life” - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2009 from William Cottringer“The Dark Depression Cloud of Later Life” By Bill Cottringer “The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.” ~Doug Larson Later life often brings a dark cloud of depression that can be very worrisome and quite difficult to deal with, ...
Views: 1718(2 votes) - Recovered Memories - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Neil BrickRecovered memories have been defined as the phenomenon of partially or fully losing parts of memories of traumatic events, and then later recovering part or all of the memories into conscious awareness. They have also been defined as the recollections of memories that are believed to have been ...
Views: 2983(4 votes) - Spectator or Participant? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from William StoneOf course, we are all participants in our own lives. But sometimes we live life from a distance, watching it go by without making any vigorous moves to keep from getting stuck, or to reach a goal that requires some extra effort. It is almost like we are a spectator of our own lives, just ...
Views: 3666(3 votes) - The Myth of Finding Your Purpose - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2009 from Clare MannThe era of personal development in which we exist, echoes the message 'You are here to find your purpose'. The implication is that once we find our true meaning and purpose for living, we unlock the key to health, abundance and happiness. Anyone responding to that call finds themselves on a path ...
Views: 2506(5 votes) - A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ON BLACK MALE SEXUALITY & RACISM IN AMERICA, PT 1 - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2009 from Sadie SheafeI am the first documented Social Scientist and Clinical Sexologist to conduct in-depth research into the sexual behavior and sexual practices of Black People in America, As a result of this research I theorize that the sexual practices of black people are virtually unknown because they are ...
Views: 12236(7 votes) - Anxiety & Depression. Badabing Badaboom. - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Bill WhiteAnxiety and depression are fast friends. We know that all too well, don’t we? And that statement brings some questions to mind (literally). When we consider the dynamics of anxiety and depression, can presentations along the depression spectrum be generated by anxiety? Can anxiety be ...
Views: 1623(4 votes) - Improving Accuracy in Mental Health Assessment and Treatment - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2009 from Steven A. FrankelDecisions in mental health treatment are often relatively subjective and clinical judgment is prone to errors. But must it be that way? There is a solution, but, since this problem characterizes all of our work, finding it can be challenging. To start with, the clinical decision maker and ...
Views: 1065(3 votes) - How to Wake up Your Inner Psychotherapist - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2009 from Jean Boyd“Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance." Benjamin Disraeli People seek personal growth for many reasons, such as: self-esteem, spirituality, success, and individual power. We want to feel good, find the ...
Views: 1140(4 votes) - What Images Are You Projecting In Your Mind? - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2009 from Kimberley CohenI love how photographers can capture the magnitude, beauty, force, serenity, innocence, mystery, and inspiration of just about anything in life as they tell a story. There is something magical about photographs where images seem to come alive, where you can feel the essence within the ...
Views: 1328(4 votes) - Filling in the Blanks - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2009 from Amy PearsonWhen Nancy Pelosi became the first female speaker of the House, a reporter asked her how she would manage such a big job. Her response, “Are you kidding? Being the Speaker of the House can’t be more difficult than raising five children.” As a mother of twins about to turn two, I can see where ...
Views: 1030(6 votes) - Spheres Of Influence - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2009 from Ken FieldsNo man is an island, no woman either for that matter. We are all influenced by our surroundings. Our consciousness is really not our own, but belongs to the environment in which we exist. The appearance of an individual self is an illusion in much the same way empty space appears to be solid ...
Views: 6715(4 votes) - Avoiding Your Feelings? Find out Why and What to Do About It - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Ron FrederickWhy do people tend to avoid feeling their feelings? It has everything to do with our early experience in life - what we learned and what we didn't learn. As I talk to people across the nation, most people agree that they didn't really learn how to make good use of their feelings when they were ...
Views: 2316(3 votes) - Patience Impatience - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Bill WhiteA friend of mine loves to eat, and his food choices have traditionally been very poor. Over the years he’d become overweight, easily fatigued, and a lot less mobile than he used to be. Six months ago he had his annual physical. And though he’d always had cholesterol problems, this time around ...
Views: 1717(1 vote) - You're Not Suicidal, Homicidal, or Crazy... - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2009 from Bill WhiteYou’re visiting a friend at his 20th floor condo. He takes you out on the balcony for a marvelous view of the city. Suddenly you feel the urge to take a flying leap. You’re walking down the sidewalk and coming your way is a woman pushing her baby in a stroller. You can’t help but wonder what ...
Views: 1943(1 vote) - The Torrid Affair (Self Love) - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2009 from Gerri Ratigan"Teach only love, for that is what you are." Course in Miracles The Affair I'm having a torrid affair! I'm in love! And what an amazing human being this person is! How could I not have recognized how wonderful she is?? She has always been right in front of my nose too! ...
Views: 929(2 votes) - Three Ways Of Thinking Outside The Box - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2009 from Steve GillmanWe should always be looking for ways of thinking outside the box. It isn't that we will always find a better solution through more creative or non-conventional solutions. But we sometimes will. Maybe that doesn't sound inspiring enough, so let me explain. Suppose you get in the habit of ...
Views: 1653 - The Superior Colliculus. It's Not Ridiculous. - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2009 from Bill WhiteI guess when it comes to the anatomy and physiology of panic attacks and anxiety I’m kind of a geek. The stuff just fascinates me. What can I say? However, beyond the pure wonder of it all, a good portion of my interest is grounded in really wanting to comprehend that from which I’ve suffered ...
Views: 1619(1 vote) - The Way She Walks - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Dr. Mona SpiegelHer shoulders catch my eye. Thrust back with the confidence of the young, they bridge a petite body which looks firm and healthy. Her white blouse reflects the bright sun while her chin-length brown hair swings rhythmically from side to side, mimicking the cadence of her walk. Her head is tilted ...
Views: 1177 - The Golf Psychology of Going on a Pre-Shot Routine Journey with your Right and Left Brain - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Andrew FoggAs a golf psychologist, I am especially interested in the importance of separating the conscious and unconscious elements of the pre-shot routine and the actual striking of the ball. In an ideal world, we should use our conscious rational mind, sometimes referred to as our Left Brain, for ...
Views: 1301 - Mental Foursomes Practice with Golf Hypnosis for Better Golf in your Mind's Eye - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Andrew FoggPracticing golf in your mind, mental golf if you like, is just as effective as playing golf and physical practice on the range, if you want to play better golf. As I've written many times before, it also works a lot better when accompanied by golf hypnosis and other golf psychology techniques. ...
Views: 1418 - The psychology of Gossip - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from M.Farouk RadwanThe person who is laughing out loud, capturing the attention of everyone in the room while gossiping about someone who is not present is not as happy as he seems. From the outside he seems strong, popular, interesting and in control but if you peaked inside his mind at the time he was ...
Views: 8758 - The Personal Fable of Adolescents - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Reece ManleyOne of the developmental phenomenon widely observed in youth is the personal fable. This concept holds that adolescents believe themselves to be special and unique making common experiences personalized to their understanding. Adolescents often behave as if they are immortal, taking wild ...
Views: 27298 - How To Be Happy Now? - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Santosh RamachandranHappiness is a choice one makes for herself or himself. Well most people think that they will become happy if they get all their desires. But what happens is, when we get some of our desires, we become temporarily happy and then we add more desires to the list. So now we have some of our desires ...
Views: 980 - Assessing Your Nonprofit’s Culture – Seven Questions To Ponder - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2009 from Sharon MikrutHave you ever taken a careful look at the culture of your nonprofit organization? Is the culture positive or negative? Do people enjoy working there, or would they rather be somewhere else? The culture of an organization impacts staff retention, client satisfaction, and the organization's ...
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