Nandita Kochar When things do not go as we planned, we try our best to change the situation for the better. At least that’s what we like to tell ourselves. However, research on learned helplessness shows that if we believe that the situation is out of our control then we give up and simply accept […]
Category Archives: Positive Psychology
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Make sure to read Part 1 first! E (evaluation): After therapists have used the “W” and “D” set of questions, they would move on to “E,” or “Evaluation.” An easy question to use that evaluates what clients are doing is, “How is that working for you?” When therapists ask this or a similar question, they […]
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Rationale Choice theory is the track on which the train of Reality Therapy runs. WDEP system, a technique belonging to Reality Therapy, stands for wants – doing – evaluation – planning. Each of the letters in the acronym represents a cluster of ideas and possible interventions that operationalize the underlying theory: choice theory. The […]
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Another emotion we have examined extensively one that is common in life but rarely mentioned by name in organisation – is Compassionate Love. This is the degree of affection, caring and compassion that employees feel and express toward one another.
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There are methods in Buddhist practice devoted to cultivating loving-kindness and compassion. Here, the meditators try to generate an all pervading sense of benevolence, a state in which love and compassion permeate the entire mind. The led pure love and compassion be the only object of their thoughts: intense, deep, and without any limit or […]
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Being able to communicate effectively with your co-workers ensures not only that you workplace does not turn sour but also that you are able to get your work done successfully. Here are some tips on how to achieve the same!
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Don’t get into too many doings and addictive thinking. Create a pause; fill the pause with silence and deep communion with the Beloved of your heart.
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Forgiving ourselves is a process which doesn’t finish overnight. It might take some days or months or even years. Let’s see how to do it better!
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If we study the life of successful persons we find that they have very strong power of positive emotions in their character and that helps them to go on scripting a successful life which is not measured by material gains alone
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What are the criteria that qualify an act as good or bad? Buddhist ethics is not just ways of acting, But a way of being. A human being endowed with loving kindness, compassion, and wisdom will spontaneously act in an ethical way because he or she is good at hear