“I know I’m wrong but I’m too proud to apologize!”
Does this apply to you? if so then you are probably holding your anger and the argument just goes on forever. These are issues we deal with in anger management strategies. Three things could be happening , someone’s refusing to admit they’re wrong, someone is refusing to apologize even when they know they are wrong or someone, we won’t mention whom, is hanging onto their anger by refusing to accept another’s apology.
If you are in this kind of stalemate, then you may not have ever learnt how to apologise. If you want to know how
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Are you single right now? If so you may be feeling that yearning for love and appreciation and wanting that elusive romance in your life. This is the time to enlarge your circle of friends, I know that can be hard to do sometimes.
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Whenever I tell people that I am a psychologist, I just wait for that reaction from them, they usually back off, put up an invisible shield and run. I marvel at how that word invokes such suspicion and fear. I suspect that thought “I must be really crazy” should really be delegated to those primitive innate fears like a fear of snakes or spiders and hasn’t been categorised yet as a modern urban new fear.
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Chocolate keeps stress at bay
When I read that, I thought that research has got to be funded by a big chocolate company!
Sure enough, Nestle, headquartered in Switzerland has come up with scientific studies to show that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced the levels of stress hormones in highly stressed people.
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If you are living on the Northern Beaches in Sydney, NSW, its easy to come to our offices in Manly. There’s free council parking in the building and its just a hop, skip and jump to great cafes for a bite to eat. You could even stroll over to the ferry wharf too to see what the fish are up to.
Today is such a clear day, not a cloud in sight and the water is so aquamarine, a perfect day to crystallize your thoughts.
Face to face counselling is so much easier to embark on if you know who you are dealing with and start to get comfortable with.
Its going to be a beautiful day in Manly. The sun is bright and shining, its reflecting gold on the the little boats on the harbour.
So it’s the beginning of a new year, and if you haven’t taken stock of your current life and still reeling from the festivities of Christmas and New Year, you still have a chance because the Lunar New Year is coming up on February 13th.
This is a great time to project your wishes onto 2010 and ensure it to be a successful one.
Positive psychologists have found a strong correlation between people’s happiness and their sense of meaning in life. Therefore, it makes sense that a happy person has worked on or found their life purpose. For most of us, this is usually an ongoing project.
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There’s a lot to be said for basking in the sun, despite the dire warnings of skin cancers from over exposure to the sun. Underexposure , a common thing when the winter months arrive is the flip side of the coin.
Millions of people in colder climates suffer a noticeable mood drop as the seasons change. Plagued by fatigue, lethargy , increased appetite , cravings for starches and sweets, weight gain, social withdrawal and feelings of depression, these individuals fit the criteria for Seasonal Affective Disorder. (SAD) [click to continue…]
We often find, at the end of a long stress filled day, that the mind goes into hyper-drive and continues to hash and re hash the minutiae of the moment. How often do we wish we could turn off the information overload? The ancient Asian sages , 2,500 years ago discovered a secret - Meditation.
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I thought Kevin Sinclair’s summary was a concise and informative article , easy to follow if you want to start to relax. and only have 5 minutes to practice.
Great for people who live a hectie life.
Learn How To Use Breathing To Relax
By: Kevin Sinclair
It is really not necessary for you to be in a permanent state of stress. By using breathing techniques you will be able to relax both your body and your mind. Yoga will assist you to understand the natural state that your body and mind much prefer to be in, namely a position of relaxation.
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A research study by the University of Melbourne found that women smokers were twice as likely to develop depression than non smokers.
This finding was over a ten year period and only 20 women were involved in the study, but it indicates that further research into the relationship between depression and the effects of nicotine are warranted.
The campaign against smoking has been going for a while yet teenagers are still taking up the habit and the already addicted are finding it extremely difficult to beat. Maybe this new finding will be another reason to kick the habit.
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