During a divorce, parents might experience intense emotions towards the other estranged parent. Often, unknowingly, one of the parents emotionally harms a child during and after the separation. For your child’s emotional and social well-being, it is essential that your child has a secure attachment to both ...
Date Posted: June 21, 2018
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Attachment Issues, Child ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Identifying toxic relationships and abuseToxic relationships often harm our self-esteem and leave us feeling drained of energy. When we learn how to recognize toxic relationships and abuse we can move away from them. If we have a history of being abused, we may not recognise that we are caught in a cycle of abuse. After reading this article, ...
Jun 21
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Adjusting to Change / Life ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Life can be especially lonely if you are going through a recent break-up or divorce. Break-ups and divorce sometimes break our hearts and leave us feeling depressed or lonely. An unexpected or sudden break-up or divorce can be an end to our hopes and dreams for a future with our loved one. We might find ourselves having a difficult time ...
Jun 21
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Attachment Issues, Divorce / ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Sadness is an emotion that slows us down and teaches us that we made a mistake, or that something or someone hurt us. Usually, when we are sad, we are still able to get out of bed and maintain our daily routines. Depression is a deeper emotion that often feels like darkness or heaviness. We find ourselves unable to go about our ...
Jun 21
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Depression, Emotional ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Being rejected is a sign that you have pushed yourself out of your comfort zone and have tried to achieve something. Rejection can sting and hurt our self-esteem if we don't manage it properly. We can use rejection to learn and gain what we originally set out for. Here are some pointers on how you can use rejection to your ...
Jun 21
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Everyone views the world through the lens of their own reality. In a sense, we all live in a different universe. Though we may be experiencing the same events, the way we interpret the event may be different. When we are depressed, anxious or grieving, we have a tendency to forget that things will get better. When all you ...
Jun 21
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Standing in the train or lift can be a scrutinising experience in Hong Kong, as well as other international cities. We all like to look at our peers to socially compare ourselves to them, and them to us. This increases or decreases our false sense of self. The false sense of self is the self that is attached to external validation, meaning ...
Jun 21
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Adjusting to Change / Life ...
Written By:
Dr Monica Borschel
Often frustrated, disappointed, or angry? Learn how shifting your expectations can create more peace and well-being.Let's talk about expectations. You've recently moved to a new country, or perhaps you're an expat already well adjusted to living abroad. Do your expectations influence ...
Jun 5
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Anxiety, Emotional ...
Written By:
Robert Oleskevich @ Hero's Journey Therapy
According to English dictionary the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. Showing gratitude is sometimes a required or expected thing, and at other times a spontaneous “ thank you” to someone who has unknowingly made our day. On most occasions, we show gratitude to bring some of ...
Apr 17
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Written By:
Dr(Prof) R K Suri
We live in a fast-paced age. The world is a smaller place because of technology, internet, and airplanes through our skies.This advancement has lots of pluses. The speed, the technology, helps. Speaking for myself, I can conduct sessions anywhere I am to attend to those from varied places or ...
Mar 26
Categories: Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues, Adjusting to Change / Life ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
It's the end of January and, as it may be the case for many of us, the New Year Resolutions we so keenly committed to 30 days ago, may have already become a memory of the past.Perhaps you signed up for a new fitness ...
Feb 4
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Life Purpose / Meaning / ...
Written By:
Dr Oberdan Marianetti
Dear Dr. Park, I'm single and have been living with a Korean man for the last 5 years. He has a wife and children in Korea. His marriage was arranged by the man’s family, which means it is a family issue and he cannot divorce of his own free will. He doesn't love his wife, but he can’t part from her because Korean society ...
Feb 3
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adoption / Reunion Issues, ...
Written By:
Dr.Park, Jinseng
A new year slogan says, “The best is yet to come!”I like that. In my experience, and in the experience of a great many people, it can be true or inspiring a lot of times.
Jan 5
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Depression, Family Problems
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
We live in the word where we went through many good and bad experiences which may relate to our family, friends and some time with the people around us having no specific relationship with us. These experiences affect us in many ways, for example, some experiences hit hard on our hearts and few ...
Apr 20
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
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Thin body obsession now a days is too practiced phenomena, it is really common to criticise the obese and over weight person in our society. The criteria of beauty is related with the body shape and thinness is the attraction of beauty, we all ignore the shiny skin, shiny hair, height, hair color, ...
Feb 4
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
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“I don’t want to eat, I will become fat if I take my meal” that was the reply of my 9 years old daughter family when I ask some probing questions like why are you skipping your meals. She confidently replied if I became fat, girls in my class call me names as they call others ...
Jan 4
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
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