Millions of people, especially in the United States, are currently suffering the symptoms of depression, and have even gone as far as taking prescription antidepressants that may have harmful side effects and dampen the quality of their life in other ways in the hopes it will just go away.
The fact is, many prescription antidepressant drugs […]
Abusive behavior can take many forms: emotional, physical, financial, sexual etc. Those who engage in it often fail to recognize the effects that such behavior has on themselves.
For instance when one chooses to be abusive towards someone else they are in turn undermining their own integrity, self esteem and self worth.
Although in the heat of […]
When was the last time you closed your eyes and simply paid
attention to the inner world in you? As you close your eyes and
pay attention to your inner self, insight is awakened. You are
able to become conscious of what infuses our external world.
Each of us has individual awareness or ways we interpret the
world around us. […]
As you begin today, make a promise to YOURSELF —
about how you’re going to view the folks around
your work station… commit to a positive thought
process as you encounter others throughout the
entire working day.
Simply ASK yourself…
How can I praise others? See their ACTIONS as
positive? Give a ‘pat-on-the-back’ for a […]
Social Anxiety Disorder is a Psychiatric disorder that attacks one out of every eight Americans. Those who have the disorder can become physically sick in social situations. This disorder can devastate more than your self esteem, it can destroy your marriage, finances and many other aspects of your life. The disorder is characterized by fear […]
Nature vs Nurture theories have wasted a lot of energy of human
beings. Plato is considered first to realize that you are made
of not only flesh but also an intellectual soul.
The issue may be much older…
In Greek Mythology, when gods created man, they endowed him with
divinity. However, the man started challenging them. They feared
his potentials […]
We tend to think of finding the right relationship as being a
hunt for another person, and it is. But it depends first of all
on being ready yourself. The best way to do this is to develop
your emotional intelligence skills. It’s all about relationships
and emotions, after all.
You could meet the most “right” person in the world, […]
When my Mother died 28 years ago, all I wanted to do was come home from the cemetery, climb into bed under my “blankie,” cover my face with the pillow, and never come out. I didn’t want to see anyone or be with anyone. My Mama had just died, and as far as I was […]
Breaking up, getting divorced and the death of your partner are among the biggest loss events in life.
There are three important things to remember:
1. Grief is the reaction to a loss event;
2. Grieving is the normal, natural, and necessary process that restores us to wholeness;
3. Grieving is a wholly feeling experience.
Grieving is as unique as your fingerprints. […]
Everyone’s life is like a thread. There is a beginning, a middle, and an end. Some threads are short, and others are very long. But all of them do end. No thread on this earth goes on forever. A person is born, lives for a time, and then dies.
And I believe relationships are the same […]