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Daily life therapies All of us need therapies. Life is full of stress provoking situations. Human beings are prone to stress from various sources, the most common being education, work, interpersonal relationships, work relationships and financial troubles. Most often we end up doing the following in trying to deal with the stress. These are actually […]
A sense of entitlement It is a belief that one deserves privileges and special treatment. It can be in any arena in life. Sense of entitlement in social relationships is the bane of our society, creating on its way unequal relationships, where one feels entitled to deference and respect and the other is relegated to […]
Assertiveness Assertiveness is staying steadfast on to one’s own ideas and ideals. Taking a stand and having the courage to admit it and live by it, saying ‘No’ when it is seems wrong to self . How much of this is good? Too much assertiveness breaks relationships. Too little, breaks you! All around us we […]
Power of being positive? We all have read thousands of interesting sayings under this head. Many are really inspiring too. But I have here a different take on this matter. Positive behavior does not always lead to positive outcomes for many reasons Its considered to be soft It is considered the way out for a […]
Some more thoughts We all know that the world is full of people who hold very different views… but why are we all the time trying to convince others to think in the way we do? When someone says “I love you…” do they really mean it or does he/she love the feeling […]
It is clear now; working diligently at the routine duties of the job are critically as important as trying to reach the zenith in a career. More people will love and revere you for this achievement Why do people keep saying I did this; I did that? If one has to reiterate so many times, […]
Self aggrandisement Often we see advice columns telling us to love ourselves, forgive ourselves; give ourselves praise and a treat…and stop demeaning or hating ourselves. I would like to point out the opposite things here. Do not love yourself too much, do not treat yourself to all the goodies and do not forgive yourself all […]
Raising children When we were children, there were a score of occasions on which we would laugh our guts out. Mother would laugh too along with us. We were just middle class large family who could hardly afford any personal play things. Still we played hard and enjoyed ourselves. Not one day did our parent […]
Some thoughts See positive things in life… we are told; but what if positive things happen only in the not-so-important and sometimes irrelevant situations and in all things we value, only negative results occur? It feels great that when the virtues you have not noticed in yourself are pointed out by others Compromise on everyday […]
Perspective taking Psychology defines it as ‘the process by which an individual views a situation from another’s point-of-view’. Simply speaking, ’ putting oneself in the others shoes’ to judge any situation. We human beings are taught to take the point of view of others before jumping to conclusions on anything. Right from childhood, conflicts are […]