Category Archives: Positive Psychology

If everything were to be on autopilot right from the start then making new habits stick won’t have been such a task. But it is. So here are a few tricks to help ease the process. 

Emotional intelligence taps into a fundamental element of human behaviour that is distinct from your intellect. There is no known connection between IQ and EQ; You simply cannot predict EQ based on how smart someone is

Identical twin is genetically identical. They always have, for instance the same color eyes. Fraternal twins have, on average, half their genes in common. Sometimes one twin is green eyed and the other blue eyed.

It was with wonder and awe that I sat listening to the teen complaining about- what else- the kind of discipline her school was trying to drive among the middle schoolers. Mind you, this was an International curriculum school- that which anyways allows for much laxity when it comes to the age-old norms of what […]

When we hear that a couple lives 3000 kms away or 11 time zones apart, our first instinct to offer sympathy. But have we ever looked at the bright side?

Think of anger like mental vomit. You don’t suppress vomit, you don’t throw up on somebody else. You simply go to the washroom and vomit. And after you have, you will feel fresh, unburdened and healthy.

In early research studies, It is found that grittier kids at the national spelling bee practice more than thier less gritty competitors. These extra hours of practice, in turn, explained their superior performance in final competition. These findings made a lot of sense. As a math teacher I had observed a huge range in effort […]

Negative emotions are not something you need to avoid or fight. Think of them as a power you’ve been blessed with, a power that lets you detect a possible problem in your life and guides you towards healing.

In the last two years, being positive has attained new significance… …yes, all of us shuddered listening to the term positive – Covid Positive! Once, we are Covid positive, we are robbed of all our positivity. Considering the social quarantine, medication, and painful recovery process, we become negative. Our psychology gets impacted severely which we […]

An often ignored but crucial part of living is how to complain constructively to those who hurt us.