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Simple Lifestyle Tips To Keep Your Memory Sharp
We all have lapses in memory from time-to-time. Maybe it is forgetting to switch out the laundry from the washer to the dryer, so we have to run it through…
Rest and Relaxation: 4 Pointers for a Spectacular Getaway
Sometimes, you just want to get away from it all. Taking time for recreation is absolutely necessary in order to function properly in your day-to-day life.…
6 Signs of a Manipulative Relationship
  At my most recent check up, a pretty nurse prepared me for the visit. Her fine face was decorated by a dark circle encompassing her eye –…
Answers To: What is Scientology
     Scientology is different, mainly because one doesn’t have to believe in it to have it work. No tricks of logic are needed to…
Exercise therapy for depression
Exercise therapy for depression Exercise can improve your health. This is a well known fact. While enhancing physical health, it has become widely…
Treating Abuse and Trauma
  Eliana Gil - Treatment of Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse If you think it happened, it probably did. Many times clients are ambivalent…
THE ENABLING PARENT
  A while back, I jotted down some thoughts about a person I called “The Other Parent”.  Since then, I’ve been collecting…
Elder Abuse, Alzheimer’s and Our Aging Population
While taken seriously enough to be a legally reportable offense categorized alongside child abuse as either a misdemeanor or a felony - elder abuse does not…
MOTHER LOVE Female Abusers
The following is the first of a three-part series of articles: It was in a high school literature class that I was first introduced to the Oedipus…
The Magic of Dreams
  ‘…I was by the cosmetics, standing before the mirror and try to pull off a tiny piece of dead skin from my face. Instead of coming…
Emotional Wounds: The Stack of Hurts and Resentments in her Mind
Men and women are different in how they process and store emotions.  There are always exceptions to this rule, but I’m about to describe how the…
Massage Therapy and Improving Mental Health
When you hear the term “addiction”, you might think of drugs, extreme sports participation, Fanatics of sports teams, alcohol, pharmaceuticals,…
Coping with Guilt
GUILT Guilt is a ubiquitous and inescapable aspect of being human.  There is evidence that infants and toddlers experience guilt and the…
Sibling Abuse - Children Abusing Other Children
Even though there can be life long debilitating psychological effects, sibling abuse may be the most ignored - if not accepted - form of domestic (i.e.…
Group Therapy for Adults Abused As Children
Group therapy can be the most nurturing and also the most challenging form of therapy.  It is highly effective.  While it doesn’t replace…
Emotional Abuse - What it is and why it is so important to recognize
Sticks and stones may break my bones but … bullying and name-calling can emotionally scar me forever.  Not the original ending to the classic…
I and Me are different realities
   Is there a difference between the Me and the I? Are they one and the same? Are they both just you? There is much written and discussed, in…
What is Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy is having personal counseling with a psychotherapist, is an intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained and qualified…
A Great Glance At Dianetics !
      There is always a lot to say about Dianetics. Since 1950 it is the most revolutionary and complete book about the mind and…
Am I beautiful?
What is beauty?  Beauty can be described as something or someone who gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind. The fact…
Is your cell phone affecting your brain activity?
It seems that everyone has a cell phone these days. What would you do without one? Many people would have a hard time performing their daily routine without…
Dig deeper into your workout
Exercising will increase your health, your energy will by higher, your muscles will be toned, your organs will enjoy a constant blood flow and you will be…
What Defines A Good Parent?
Someone who is honest, loving, kind, leads by example, thoughtful and disciplines are just a few traits that might describe a good parent. Nearly all parents…
A New Year, A New You!
2011. Do you remember when it was 1999 and everyone was talking about how crazy it was going to be call it the year 2000 and now ten years later we are in the…
Save Sexual intimacy for the boundaries in Marriage
A new study conducted recently analyzed the effects of waiting to be sexually intimate until marriage  and that of becoming sexually active early on in a…
Exercise improves mental health
Exercise is great for many reasons. Exercise improves circulation, muscle tone, the condition of internal organs, heart rate, joint mobility, stability and it…
Nightmares into happy dreams
  It is no new news that the human mind is an incredible tool but research shows a new approach to use the power of the mind to change nightmares into…
The Man Who Revolutionizes Psychoanalytical Therapy
The medicine to conquer our own miracles is in each and every one of us. We all have the tools to gain power, love, success and spiritual advancement using our…
Why Watson's Little Albert became the most distorted study in the history of psychology
Among all psychological studies, Little Albert study (article's URL is below), conducted by Dr. John B. Watson, APA (American Psychological Association)…
What Do You Know About Health And Happiness
     Let us first find out, what does it actually mean, when we    say 'happiness" and "health". There…
Compartments of the Mind
From the book; The Joys of Live Alchemy Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Do you remember that nursery rhyme? Well, how about we find out…
Treating IBS with CBT and Hypnotherapy
The debilitating condition Irritable Bowel Syndrome, known as IBS, now affects up to 8 million people in the UK, and the medical profession are still unable to…
Coping with the loss of a beloved pet
Have you, or do you know someone who has lost a beloved pet? This is what I call ‘grief in spades’ because many people do not understand the…
What to Do When Your Child is Afraid of Dogs
Whenever Laura sees a dog, she shrieks and clings to her mother's leg. Thomas runs the other way. And Samuel just freezes, wide eyed in terror.Each of…
What is Energy Psychology?
Dr. Fred Gallo (1999), one of the leading figures in Energy Psychology (EP), defines the term: " .... as the branch of psychology that studies…
What is Eurythmy Therapy?
Eurythmy - "harmonious movement" - came into being in 1912 through the work of the Dr Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist, philosopher and educator.…
Psychological Reversal
Do you ever find yourself saying right when you mean left? Or constantly typing two letters in a word the wrong way round? Do you even suffer from a…
What is Anthroposophical Medicine?
At the beginning of the last century a group of doctors, mainly but not entirely from a homeopathic background, took a particular interest in the philosophy…
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Ritualized Sexual Abuse
  There is ritual sexual abuse and there is ritualized sexual abuse. The terms are sometimes interchanged, but for the purpose of this article I am…
Cognitive Dissonance and Child Abuse
Cognitive dissonance is a stressful state of mind that occurs when a person is holding either two beneficial or adverse options simultaneously and the…
Adult Bullies
 “All cruelty springs from weakness”  (Seneca, 4BC-AD65)  There are those who say that bullying is behind all forms of…
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Understanding Yourself - Ever Wondered What Other People Think Of You?
Have you ever wondered what other people think of you? It would be interesting won't it if everyone was open with their thoughts - although this could…
News Articles
Trusting people make better lie detectors
Trusting others may not make you a fool or a Pollyanna, according to a study in the current Social Psychological and Personality Science (published by SAGE).…
CognitiveOS Hypnosis, the missing link
The CognitiveOS Hypnosis, a mind therapy developed by Luca Bosurgi during 20 years of clinical experience, is a healing strategy based on working with the…
The psychology of food cravings
Swimsuit season is almost upon us. For most of us, the countdown has begun to lazy days lounging by the pool and relaxing on the beach. However, for some of…
Children who lose a parent to suicide more likely to die the same way
Losing a parent to suicide makes children more likely to die by suicide themselves and increases their risk of developing a range of major psychiatric…
Self-esteem declines sharply among older adults while middle-aged are most confident
Washington, USA - Self-esteem rises steadily as people age but starts declining around the time of retirement, according to a longitudinal study of men and…
Women's soccer -- get fit while having fun
Over a period of two years, 30 scientists led by Associate Professor Peter Krustrup, University of Copenhagen, have investigated physiological, sociological…