“Gratitude is not a condition, it’s a decision. It’s a decision we make to look past the apparent problems in our life and find the good.”
Date Posted: May 10, 2017
Categories: Positive Psychology
Written By:
Sudeeptha Grama
Objective: To find out the impact of terrorism on mental health and behavioral patterns like Jealusy,Agression and hate of men and women in Pakistan and Indian people due to terroism.Place and Duration of Study: It was conducted in Karachi and Mumbai (Pakistan and India) over a period of five ...
Nov 14
Categories: Anxiety, Dissociation, Health Psychology, Mental Health in Asia, ...
Written By:
Dr. Hayat Ali Yousefzai
”When people are inspired , they have more brain real-estate” – Says Julia Volkman of BrainBasics in this excellent article on ...
Jun 24
Categories: Happiness, Learning Difficulties, Positive Psychology
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
A lot of the work that we do as therapists involves helping clients to become more comfortable with and aware of their ‘less-than-comfortable’ emotions – and indeed some of my articles before this one have addressed the importance of learning to become more open to negative ...
Apr 7
Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology, Self-Care / Self ...
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
I wake up this morning and don’t feel quite right - I can't quite put my finger on it at the moment, but already I have a niggling feeling this is going to be a difficult morning.My daughter was up all night with a runny nose and ended up sleeping most of the night in my bed - I on the ...
Feb 10
Categories: Happiness, Positive Psychology, Self-Care / Self Compassion
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
Think about the last time you had a really good conversation with a friend. How did this conversation make you feel? What thoughts did you have while you were having it and what emotions did you leave the conversation feeling? Now think about the last time you had a negative conversation- ...
Feb 6
Categories: Positive Psychology, Relationships & Marriage, Workplace Issues
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
In ” Why Inspiration Matters” ( Psychology Today, 2011) , Scott Kaufman discusses the power of inspiration as a real driving force towards helping us ...
Oct 24
Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology, Workplace Issues
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
Self- compassion is always an interesting and well deliberated topic in my therapy room- and it comes up ,with most clients, at least once across the sessions that I see them for. Central to the Buddhist tradition of non-duality, its often embodied in the form of a lotus flower ; a reminder of the ...
Oct 16
Categories: Emotional Intelligence, Positive Psychology, Self-Care / Self ...
Written By:
Anoushka Beh
Pia Mellody, one of the founders of the co-dependency movement, cites problems with self-esteem as being one of the five primary symptoms of co-dependency (Mellody, Pia, 1989). In an amazing example of prescience, Pia did not propose that every person who is co-dependent suffers from low ...
Sep 9
Categories: Codependency / Dependency, Positive Psychology, Self-Esteem
Written By:
Brian Scott
Have you ever obsessed about the one critical comment someone made to you despite the fact that they also made quite a few positive remarks? For some reason you keep ruminating about that one negative remark. You think about it over and over, perhaps looking for a way to argue better against it or ...
Sep 18
Categories: Happiness, Positive Psychology
Written By:
Brian Scott
"The joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days" ~ Ecclesiastes
Positive Psychology is an exciting and relatively new area of psychology. It aims to study scientifically what makes us humans happy and how we can improve our general level of happiness, well-being, and health. ...
Jun 19
Categories: Positive Psychology, Self-Care / Self Compassion
Written By:
Brian Scott
Over the past 15 years, as part of a program of self exploration and development, I developed the habit of journaling on a daily basis. As part of that practice I started to record my ideas, memories etc on a voice recorder. Not only did this practice provide an abundance of ideas for my ...
Nov 11
Categories: Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, Positive Psychology, ...
Written By:
Brian Scott
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Masturbation vs. Relationship Sex, what is the difference? Do you need to be ...
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The story of the two wolves: Managing your thoughts, feelings and actions
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Special Needs Schools for Children, Teenagers and Adults in Singapore
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Differences between Psychologist, Psychiatrists, Counsellors, and Social workers
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Demystifying the process of change in Counselling- How you get better
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An Introduction To Art Therapy: A Brief Guide to Art Therapy as an intervention ...
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Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder and it's Treatments
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