Arguably one of the most significant contributions of psychology is that our understanding of ourselves is more defined by what we believe in our heads than by the actual external world that we experience.
Category Archives: Positive Psychology
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Man has tried to be unnatural. We are not willing to be natural; all our culture and civilization have been nothing but an effort to be unnatural. We should not be as we are; we have to be something else. This race to be something else, something different, has destroyed all our spontaneity and naturalness. […]
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“Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.” – Santiago Ramón y Cajal Neuroplasticity is the capability of our brain to change and rewire itself in response to experience and learning. As we grow older, though the rate of neuroplasticity might not remain what it was when we […]
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Mindfulness is the intentional practice of becoming aware of the present moment, without any judgement. The term has been tossed around, by motivational speakers, app creators, websites, businesses, doctors and so many more with such ease that the term has almost lost its original balminess in the minds of many. But when practiced with intent, […]
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Back in 1964, on a day just like any other at Spruce Elementary School in San Francisco, the teachers were told by their principal that psychologist Robert Rosenthal and his team would be conducting a new IQ test on the children. Such was the nature of this test, that it could predict which students would […]
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Art, like morality,springs from a sense of deficiency in the existing state of things and it makes an attempt to rectify this deficiency by providing us with a representation of an ideal world. The achieving of this ideal world is what all of us must strive towards. One of the most important aspects of art […]
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In his 1992 book, The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, Gary Chapman outlines the five ways to express and experience love. He calls these ways ‘languages of love’. Let’s look at each one of them! Words of Affirmation Solomon, author of ancient Hebrew Wisdom Literature, wrote, “The tongue has […]
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Imagine this – an airplane has to make an emergency landing; it doesn’t go well and the plane breaks into three parts upon landing. The passengers are now fully aware that they can’t stay inside for much longer and must get out before the plane bursts into flames. What happens now? Planet A: Passengers ask […]
Positive Psychology
What Are The Psychological Needs Of Our Seniors? It’s Important To Know This During This Pandemic!
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Late adulthood is the stage of human development which usually begins at the age of 60 and ends with one’s death. Considering this is the last phase of one’s life, an in-depth understanding is required so that the society can generate efforts to make this part more fulfilling and meaningful. It is not only the […]
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From the eternity of time, we’ve been taught how happiness, joy, pride, excitement are positive emotions among others. And how sadness, hurt, anger, fear are the bad boys, among a whole lot of others. We were always asked to seek the positive gang and stay as far as possible from the negative emotions. I stay […]