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Handling life crises
Most of us will experience several crises during a lifetime. Insanity as a result of sudden shocks that life provides can manifest in different forms. In this article we examine… Read more
Shattered dreams
Both on television and in the media, we increasingly witness little girls to be beauty queens before they learned to walk. Some parents have high ambitions for their children. Of… Read more
How do you recognize a good advice?
In difficult situations we sometimes need a good advice, but all advice is not as good. In this article we investigate the "psychology of good advice". What is the hallmark… Read more
To build a confident personality Part II
A lot of evidence indicates that emotional control and focus on a greater meaning, far beyond one's own personal life and worries, are important aspects of mental balance. In this… Read more
To build a confident personality Part I
Identity and identity crises belongs to being human, and especially being human in a post-modern era. In many ways our personality is fashioned in harmony or disharmony with our interpersonal… Read more
Sanity and Insanity
What is insanity and what is normality? Often we understand insanity as the opposite of rationality. Here we meet Sophiya. She is an accomplished consultant, but when she loses her… Read more
Addiction: The Horizon Problem
There are many mental disorders that involve our inability to assess instant gratification in contrast to long-term consequences. This article is about impulsivity versus reflection and planning in relation to… Read more
You are not your emotions (!)
Many people are controlled by their emotions, whether they realize it or not. Emotions have of course a function, but all too often we think that emotions are telling us… Read more
Avoiding road rage with the teachings of Eckhart Tolle
By reading Tolle’s teachings, one realizes that it is often practical and prudent to act on our thoughts, but other times it is enough just to accept, recognize and observe… Read more
Substance Abuse and Addiction
The biological models for understanding drug abuse focus on organic brain changes due to substance abuse, and how this fosters an adjustment to the drug and further causes a physical… Read more
The dangers of magical thinking in New Age
I believe that the hyper-individualistic culture in America, which reached its zenith in the “me decade”, fostered regression to magical and narcissistic levels. I believe that the breakdown of more… Read more
What is the key to eternal happiness?
Have you ever wondered why happiness is so elusive and no-matter how much you zip around, work and accumulate things; happiness always seems to be unattainable. Even if we do… Read more
Freeing oneself from ego
What exactly is the ego? The Eastern wisdom traditions assume that the ego is a mental construct that constantly need confirmation in order to feel whole and valuable. Most people… Read more
Of chattering minds, toxic emotions and insatiable egos
Many of our thoughts are automatic and often repeat themselves without our conscious influence. It creates mental noise and causes distress and depression according to Eckhart Tolle. What then, is… Read more
The composition of phobias
Fear in the face of danger is of course a normal reaction. But when we react with fear in situations that are not really dangerous, we sometimes call it anxiety.… Read more
Act Now to Treat Depression before It is Too Late
The main symptoms of depression are loss of interest and lack of energy. Around 25% of women and 15% of men will experience depression requiring treatment during their lifetime. If… Read more
Re-creating memories
When you recall the past, the resident memories carry the emotional content of the moment. A tremendous exercise in control is required to isolate the event from the emotion. Some… Read more

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3 Steps to Break Your Painful Relationship Patterns
“Until you heal your past, your life patterns and relationships will continue to be the same; it’s just the faces that change.” – Unknown First of all: honey, you are… Read more
Stay Funny, My Friends
Within scientific circles, humor is often treated as a “non-serious” topic. According to the article “The Importance of Humor Research” by Peter McGraw in Psychology Today, many scientists fear that… Read more
Psychology Around the Net: June 15, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net covers ways you can be “good” at therapy (no joke), highlights an 11-year-old Montreal boy who created a video game to help kids… Read more
Honoring Stepdads on Father’s Day
It’s June. With Father’s Day approaching, the question again arises on the internet about whether to honor the Stepfathers and how. I wish the day would be renamed to something… Read more
Best of Our Blogs: June 14, 2019
Father’s Day is this Sunday. For some, the holiday is a joyous occasion to celebrate the men in our lives who earned our love, trust and respect. But for others,… Read more
Shame, When You’re Too Ashamed to Talk About It
Daily we all experience a variety of emotions. Certain things make us happy, others sad. We may see certain people and feel love, or see other people who make us… Read more
Podcast: Sexual Abuse: The Last Stage in Recovery
While searching for a way past her own childhood sexual abuse, Rachel Grant learned that many people don’t understand what, exactly, sexual abuse is and how to… Read more
3 Tips to Motivate Yourself Toward Improving Your Life
A healthy balance between acceptance and achievement can be difficult to find, but it’s possible. Need some life tips for getting started with self-improvement? Understanding how to stay motivated,… Read more

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