Decisions: how does lying to ourselves impacts them
Making decisions by listening to our hearts I have noticed that I feel sadder and more discouraged when I am not listening to my heart, than when I fail to…
Protected: SHARE Lv: Anti-“oppressive”
The anti-oppressive therapeutic approach Most likely, denial, avoidance, and other defense mechanisms lead to self-defeat or take us down the wrong path in life.These strategies are employed to avoid pain.…
Protected: How therapy works? Relationship vs Authority, and Acting Out
Acting out in therapy. Definition Acting out: to behave badly or in a socially unacceptable often self-defeating manner especially as a means of venting painful emotions (such as fear or…
Protected: Practicing gratefulness or being grateful? Three important differences
Grateful, greedy, resilient. Self-confidence and resilience, as discussed in our posts on the 18th of October 2021 and the 5th of April 2022, is about being tolerant of negative affect. However, in…
A new approach to the concept of resilience
Resilience: etymology According to the etymology of the word, resilience means: "act of rebounding or springing back,", "to rebound, recoil,". In physical sciences, the meaning is "elasticity, power of returning to…
Protected: How to balance acceptance and boundaries in childcare.
Boundaries and managing conflicts As part of our culture, we set boundaries when children display negative behaviors, in an effort to discourage such behaviors. They can range from returning anger…
Protected: Freud’s only mistake. International women’s day
International Women's Day: Difference vs Inequality A few days ago, we celebrated International Women's Day. Most of us focused on promoting our progress towards equality. But no one focused on…
Emotions and self awareness
Definition of term Self awareness The goal of self awareness is to make the hidden parts of ourselves visible. But what are the best methods for doing so? Perhaps we…
Protected: The truth about self-worth. Inspirational quotes.
What is self-worth? Using the above inspiring quote by Evangelos Papanoutsos, we will explore the concept of self-worth and discover what it really means. Our understanding of it may be…
Love is beautiful
Inspiring quote about love by Maya Angelou Maya Angelou is the first black woman to be featured on a U.S quarter. She was a poet, writer, and human rights activist…