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10 Signs of a Spoiled Child: Are You Overindulging Your Kid?

By Michelle Liew, B.A.|2020-06-01T21:01:49+03:00April 25th, 2020|Categories: Personality, Psychology & Mental Health|Tags: childhood, parenting|

"To give or not to give" is a question that mystifies almost all parents. So how much should you give your little one before he or she becomes a spoiled child? Bratty behaviour is off-putting, but how can you prevent it? You don't want to shortchange your child either. Balance, as always, is the key, [...]

How to Create Safety Signals to Cope with Anxiety

By Sherrie Hurd, A.A.|2020-06-01T21:08:30+03:00April 21st, 2020|Categories: Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement|Tags: anxiety, coping, fear, mental health|

There are many ways of coping with anxiety. But there’s one we may not notice. Safety signals can be quite an effective tool for dealing with anxiety. As a child, I had many safety signals. When trouble was coming, I ran to retrieve them and I held them tight. But until now, I never really [...]

8 Emotional Manipulation Tactics and How to Recognize Them

By Sherrie Hurd, A.A.|2020-06-01T22:07:31+03:00April 20th, 2020|Categories: Dark Personalities, Personality, Psychology & Mental Health|Tags: abuse, behavior, manipulation, mental health, relationships|

Physical or verbal abuse is easy to recognize because you can see it or hear it. However, emotional manipulation tactics aren’t always obvious. At some point in our lives, we’ve either witnessed emotional abuse, or we’ve been victims of this heartache. I can attest to being a survivor of a couple of decades of this [...]

What Is the Story of Your Life? How You Tell It May Reveal Who You Are

By Lottie Miles, M.A.|2020-06-01T22:10:46+03:00April 18th, 2020|Categories: Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement|Tags: perception, verbal communication|

You might not often get a chance to tell the story of your life, but when you do how would you tell it? Recent research has shown that the way you tell the story of your life has an impact on your personality and your well-being. In this post, we take a look at how [...]

Elderly Loneliness and Its 4 Causes and Effects

By Lottie Miles, M.A.|2020-06-01T22:13:23+03:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Psychology & Mental Health|Tags: aging, communication, loneliness, mental health|

Loneliness can affect people at any stage of their lives. However, as we get older, the fundamentals of life and death mean we become more vulnerable to loneliness. From retirement to bereavement, ill health, and physical distance from loved ones, common causes of loneliness can mount up as we age. But what do we mean [...]

4 Differences Between Antisocial and Introvert: Which One Are You?

By Becky Storey|2020-06-01T22:16:45+03:00April 16th, 2020|Categories: Introvert's World, Personality, Psychology & Mental Health|Tags: behavior, communication, empathy, introversion|

Introverts are almost always mistaken for being antisocial. The immediate assumption is that they don’t want to be around others because they don’t like anyone. Their reclusiveness is seen as hostile. Antisocial and introvert could appear similar at surface level, but they aren’t the same at all. Antisocial people could be introverted or extroverted. Being [...]

How Defensive Pessimism Can Help You Cope with Anxiety

By Sherrie Hurd, A.A.|2020-06-01T22:17:30+03:00April 15th, 2020|Categories: Personal Development, Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement|Tags: anxiety, perception, positive thinking|

Stop telling people that everything is going to be fine. Sometimes it isn’t, and this is where defensive pessimism helps us cope with that fact. Not everything in the world goes according to plan. Some things go terribly wrong. For optimists, this can be devastating. You see, optimistic people, while their happiness is usually pretty [...]

Why Emotional Awareness Is Important and How to Build It

By Jamie Logie, B.Sc.|2020-06-01T22:19:18+03:00April 15th, 2020|Categories: Personal Development, Psychology & Mental Health, Self-Improvement|Tags: emotions, empathy, intelligence, relationships|

Emotional awareness - or emotional intelligence - will not only connect you better to others but also to yourself. The ability to be aware of the emotions of others can go a long way in creating better connections. Being able to empathize with another person is at the cornerstone of building real intimacy and connection. [...]

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