What Are You Saying?: A Key Step to Your Positive Attitude
Part of reaching beyond your limitations to your success is asking yourself questions that will help you identify your limitations, so that you can reach beyond. Some of us are not aware of what we are even saying to ourselves. What are you saying?!
The World's Greatest Lie...
"Everyone believes the world's greatest lie..." says the mysterious old man. "What is the world's greatest lie?" the little boy asks. The old man replies, "It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, an
The Measure of a Man
Since the end of the Industrial Age, men have lacked proper male role models. Pampered by our cushy white-collar jobs, our hands had become soft and our will has turned to mush. We have become the proverbial 'yes man' of the corporate world lacking a
The Empathic Healer
Are the days of the empathic healer numbered? Is the empathic healer an endangered species? - a question raised in the title of a thought provoking book by Harvard psychiatrist Michael Bennett (2001). In a fast paced world seeking quick fixes to all
Understanding the Aggression of Children: Fawns in Gorilla Suits
The Metaphor A fawn at the edge of the woods watches with a wary eye. Any sudden movement is likely to startle and send the fawn scurrying into the woods. If, however, you dont approach and be still the fawn may ever so cautiously move a step closer.
Can We Simply Ignore our Personal and Collective Past?
There is nothing new in this trend of elevating scientifically and empirically derived knowledge and devaluing what can't be quantified and studied using the scientific method. The same people who would argue that the personal history of the individu
What are the Lessons of the Christmas Truce of 1914?
A Scottish man, Alfred Anderson died in November of 2005, at the unbelievable age of 109. But perhaps even more remarkable is that he was apparently until his death the last survivor of the Christmas Truce of 1914. Only 18 years old at the time he wa
Developmental and Child Psychology
Imagine a child of one and half years of age playing with his toys, this child would not interact with other children except may be scream if one of the child takes his toy. At this age the child does not have the capacity to take into consideration
Commit To Be Happy
Commit To Be Happy Today, why not made a personal commitment to be happy, in spite of what life hands over to you. You have to admit that there are too many things over which you have no control. The only thing you can do is to stop allowing them to
Social Psychology: The Psychological Explanations of Social Phenomena
The various aspects of social psychology could be examined within the wide concepts of intelligence, gender, advertising, consumer culture, stress and psychological issues that define society. Considering consumer behaviour, social psychology uses co
