Roll the dice to relieve the monotony
Do you ever feel you do the same things over and over again and it feels like Groundhog Day? Why not take a leaf out of the Dice Man’s book and roll the dice and…
Breathing for health – Noise removal breathing
One of his techniques which I have used in the past and recently discovered again is called ‘Noise removal breathing’ Win hypothesised that for every situation in our lives there is a different breathing pattern….
When We Are Fools to Ourselves
Accessing our own higher mental processes is often difficult. Psychologists have found it easy to manipulate the reasons we give for decisions, judgements or actions. Worse than this, even when we’re not actively being manipulated,…
Schopenhauer’s Extreme Self-Help for Pessimists
“The worst is yet to come.” — Schopenhauer German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer was such an extreme pessimist that he thought we live in the worst of all possible worlds and happiness is an illusion. This…
What is Happiness?
Because happiness is something most of us aim for, how we define it has important implications for how we conduct our lives. To see why, compare these two competing definitions of happiness: 1. Happiness is…
37 Stress Management Tips
Stress is a fact of life, but being stressed out is not. We don’t always have control over what happens to us, says Allen Elkin, Ph.D., director of the Stress Management Counseling Center in New…
Mental Self-Defense Strategies
I have designed some activities to build self-esteem that I would like to share from a series of lessons I am designing on “mental self-defense strategies”. Dream Busters ~ Recognizing Resistance~ Tweet Pin It
Examining Human Behaviour: Learn About Quandaries
How many times during an ordinary day, do so many of us repeat actions even though they are illogical and irrational? Sometimes we might laugh when a friend commits such an error of judgment or…
Revolutionary Treatment of Depression
It seems incredible that a successful form of psychological therapy could be based on telling people their thoughts are mistaken. And yet that is partly how cognitive therapy works. “The founding father of cognitive therapy…
