Many teenagers report being frustrated with their parents because they feel that their parents do not listen to them. Honestly, they are probably right at times. Most people have poor listening skills. These are not skills we are taught in school or at home. Most people tend to be focusing on how they are going […]
If you are wondering why it is taking so long to get that dream job or that deeply satisfying relationship, I can tell you that thinking about its absence is keeping it away. So if you think about it, if you are wanting a deeply satisfying relationship, but keep noticing the absence of it, or […]
On Friday, September 18, 2020, we lost an American legend and a person who taught all of us some very important lessons. The person we lost was Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg at the age of 87. While the politicians are arguing about who and how her place on the Supreme Court will be […]
We have many stereotypes about groups, such as people who enjoy sports, and about people from different ethnicities, financial status and education status, such as did they go to college or not. Most teenagers have been taught these stereotypes and feel that they need to conform to the stereotypes even if they disagree with the […]
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The thoughts won’t kill you… but they sure do feel like they are killing you in the moment. We often call them racing thoughts. Often, they happen at night when we’re trying to sleep, and it feels like our mind is running endlessly on a carousel of memories, images, and fears. When these thoughts happen, […]
Painful past experiences. We’ve all had them. Broken relationships. Abuse from the people who were supposed to watch out for us. Traumatic moments and events. The list keeps going on and on. With each painful past experience, you developed ways to help you survive, get through, to overcome the hurt you were going through. You […]
My home is my “comfy zone” and I am pretty sure that we can all relate to that, it’s where we land after a full day of flying around and working. But now as the preventive measures for Covid-19 have been bestowed upon us, my home has now also become my full-time office, […]
Why is it so hard to be happy? Why is life so difficult? Why do we suffer so much? And what can we do about it? ACT-Acceptance Commitment Therapy is all about taking action, but its more than any action. Its about values-guided action. When you become clear on what really matters to you and what you […]
Establishing a connection is essential for many reasons. Whether that connection is with yourself, others, or nature. According to psychologists, making a connection is extremely important for our overall sense of self, our emotional and physical health. Dozen of clinical researches have shown that people are generally ‘happier’ when connected in any form of relationships. […]
