psychology

10 Effective Techniques to Help Recover from Emotional Abuse

Occasionally, you come across people who derive pleasure from belittling others and making them feel miserable. An emotionally abusive and manipulative person will take every opportunity to continually make your life difficult. Emotional abuse can have an adverse effect on you if you allow them to. For example, it can erode your self-confidence. If you are suffering from constant emotional abuse from your boss, colleague or spouse, your trust in your own perceptions and instincts wear out and you may develop a feeling of inferiority in the relationship. When you allow someone to subjugate you through emotional abuse, you may…

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4 Tips for raising an Emotionally Healthy Child

It can be tough raising happy, emotionally healthy children in a world that is so full of emotionally unhealthy people. Children spend at least twelve years in an educational system that is, unfortunately, ill-prepared for teaching our children how to manage their emotions effectively and how to deal with stress. In a world so sorely lacking in good advice and positive role models for children, the responsibility falls on parents more than ever to equip their children with effective mental skills and strategies to encourage resilience and staying power when the going gets tough. Here are a few tips on…

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What Parents Need To Know about Learning Disabilities

Your child will learn many things in life — how to listen, speak, read, write and do math. Some skills may be harder to learn than others. If your child is trying his best to learn certain skills but is not able to keep up with his peers, it’s important to find out why. Your child may have a learning disability (also known as LD). If your child has an LD, the sooner you know, the sooner you can get your child help. What is an LD? Learning disability is a term used to describe a range of learning problems.…

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7 Reasons We Should Learn To Enjoy Our Own Company

7 Reasons We Should Learn To Enjoy Our Own Company   Let us first establish a fact:   Being alone is not the same as being lonely   Being alone is a voluntary act, where you detach yourself from the physical world, for a short duration, in order to spend some quality time with yourself. There are definitely some of us that simply don’t like to be alone. We feel like need to be around people all the time, to stay updated with the world and to keep ourselves occupied. With the emergence of social media, we now enjoy the…

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10 Simple yet effective ways to Build Your Mental Strength

10 Simple yet effective ways to Build Your Mental Strength   Your mind is always one step ahead of the body.   Building your mental health is as important to you as building your speed, strength and stamina – it’s your mind that will give the orders to your body to find that extra last burst of energy in every situation. So how do you build your mental fitness? Let us look at 10 ways of achieving a fit mind!   Establish goals.   The human brain is naturally predisposed to reach for and achieve goals. And not just one…

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Marrying into a joint family? 5 common situations you’ll face, and how to deal with them!

Marrying into a joint family? 5 common situations you’ll face, and how to deal with them!   Marriage sets a new course of life for you; may it be your routine, your choices & preferences, or even the people you interact with. At times, this sea of changes comes with a sea of people, especially if you get married into a joint family. Joint family brings with it a lot of love & support, but at the same time gaining the trust of each of them and building a strong bond with each individual can be challenging. So if you…

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