Tag Archives: emotions

What Child Abuse Does to The Brain

March 2, 2012 – 12:44 pm

Child abuse is just as prevalent as it ever was, but now that the psychological effects of abuse are being studied in more depth, we are gaining more understanding about the effects of abuse on a person’s life, both as a child and an adult. Child abuse can lead to an adult who practices the same [...]

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Don’t Let Work Aggression Spread to Your Home

February 17, 2012 – 3:16 pm

Today we’ll highlight an issue that affects most of us: balancing workplace conflict with our home life. We’re all guilty of letting our frustration at work spread to our homes, but do we always notice it? And what are the effects?Here’s an interesting article from Scientific American that might open your eyes. “If you think that [...]

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A Fast and Easy Way to Send Your Love

January 30, 2012 – 2:34 pm

We’re always on the look out for new resources that can help you achieve greater relationship happiness in your life. Whether they’re books, forums or programs, our colleagues in the field of relationship psychology have a lot of interesting new ideas to share. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we wanted to share with you this [...]

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So you believe to be a rational decision-maker? How wrong can you be?

January 20, 2012 – 4:19 pm

New research is turning our old assumptions on human nature on their heads…like the belief that humans are rational decision-makers. They are emotional decision-makers…and this new framing opens a world of new possibilities for understand our behavior.

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New Year’s Resolutions Doomed to Fail?

January 2, 2012 – 5:00 pm

Isn’t it wonderful how we submit to the pixie dust of year end’s magic? besides running here and there to present our best image, our best table and food, our best dress, house, etc, we also enter into a magic territory when it is necessary to design vital goals for us. Because? Just because now, [...]

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