Throughout our lives, we are ruled by our basic instincts. Whether we act on them or not is beside the point. It’s that gut reaction that tells you not to trust someone, or that feeling that tells you something isn’t right. According to the Enneagram of personality, there are three basic instincts that people have [...]
A pathological liar is incredibly skilled at lying. They can keep up with their twisted stories and do it so smoothly that it will be almost impossible to notice. This can be a habit or simply insecurities, but ultimately, lying makes them feel better. Although everyone can tell little lies here and there, a pathological [...]
Summertime is probably the most popular time of the year. What can be better than warm sunny days filled with the subtle atmosphere of joy and carefreeness? If you ask a dozen of random people whether they like summer, you will hardly find one or two who will give a negative answer. Yet, there are [...]
Everyone works so hard to make good first impressions that it can often be misleading as to the type of person they truly are. These false first impressions can lead to us feeling let down or fooled by people we thought were friends or those we felt were important. We are constantly around people, and [...]
INTJ personality type is one of the rarest in the Myers-Briggs classification. These contradictory traits may explain why this type is so misunderstood. The Myers-Briggs personality test is where you find out what kind of characteristics you have depending on different preferences. There are 16 different types, one of the rarest is INTJ personality type, [...]
Everyone dreads difficult conversations. However, science can offer us some good tactics for dealing with them and achieving a great outcome. Sometimes we have to have difficult conversations we would rather not have. They may be with a colleague, lover, neighbor or child. Something needs to be expressed, but we fear the reaction. We’d rather [...]
Anxiety can be the result of many abusive behaviors and traumatic experiences. Verbal abuse can also play a huge role in this illness. Sticks and stones may break your bones and words….they can hurt you too. Verbal abuse is demeaning, disrespectful and just plain wrong. Have you ever had someone in your face yelling at [...]
When we lose our cool in a conflict, nothing gets resolved and we can feel guilty for our loss of control. But it is possible to learn how to remain calm. People disagree. This is an inevitable part of life. However, minor disagreements often escalate into something much worse, largely because we don’t work out [...]
