Tag: Psychology
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Social demands interrupt the search for one’s identity. Paradise, once lost, is rarely found again.
Part X. Shape the Future Owning Your Influence From the first moment we are conscious of our own existence, we pick up on how the world works. Because we are born feeble, we endow our parents with the burden of preparing us for life as they already know it to be. They show us not…
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first and foremost – build a good relationship with your needs
“When you point a finger at someone else, there are three pointing back at you, and when you point at yourself, there’s three pointing at them.” THERE’S A FLY IN MY SOUP In every life, we are constantly confronted with situations where a stranger will do something acutely irritating or discomforting: perhaps they’ll turn up…
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Contact our pet’s veterinarian if the vitals are out of range.
How to Check Your Pet’s Vital Signs Sleeping more than usual, coughing, sneezing, excessive panting, labored breathing, dry or itchy skin, sores, lumps, and head shaking are easy to notice, and so are frequent digestive upsets or variations in bowel movements. They are symptoms. Preventive medicine relies on daily observation. Record your pet’s weight daily,…
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Chants from Ancient India | 11 Powerful Mantras to Cleanse Aura, Negative Energy + Bring Abundance
Chanting promotes a feeling of connection to oneself and others. A spiritual discipline to improve listening skills and sensitivity. An enthralling practice that deepens our relationship with our source and those around us. Descanting together provides a powerful sense of oneness, a feeling lost in our ever-increasingly separate and busy lives. When we intonate mantras, our mind expands our…
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In our brief labor in this world, we can move the rock by, and with the aid of, choice.
We tell stories about choice for many reasons. We want to learn or teach; we want to know others or have them know us; we want to understand how we got from there to here. We take the choices that for some reason or other have lit up like stars across our memory, and we…
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Understanding the difference between Love and Lust can be tricky, leading to most of one’s time spent indoors.
Signs of Lust include spending time in the bedroom with them instead of being around people. Lust entails the desire for constant sexual fulfillment, leading to most of one’s time spent indoors. Sex drive is a spectrum: there is no universal “normal.” Regardless of gender, many things, not just hormones like testosterone, pheromones, and androgens, influence the desire…
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Religious practices, traditions, and customs are not meaningless. They are reasonable
On co-opting religion, banknotes’ slogan “in God, we trust” shows a preference for a particular ideology edging out others. Why not in Mary we trust? Or in the Holy Spirit, we trust? Or even in Jesus, we trust. In July 1955, Ike, President from 1953 to 1961, signed House Bill H.R. 619, requiring the inscription…
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A word of caution. Always stay present! If you see little embers fall on the ground, tamp them out immediately
The ancient Egyptians and Romans used Sage, an herb with several promising health benefits, to treat digestive issues, memory problems, and sore throats. Dried sage was burned as a way to heal, protect, increase perspicuity, and boost defense against disease. Native Americans and other indigenous peoples have burned sage, for centuries, as a spiritual ritual…
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Going Steady | Vintage 1950’s Dating Guide for Girls and Boys
A 1950’s high school girl considers dating exclusively, and a lot of folks have something to say about that!Interestingly, a study in the 1940’s showed a majority of young peers approved of going steady, while a majority of parents disapproved of the practice. The term ‘going steady’, was commonly used to describe exclusive dating in…
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Maslow placed authoritarianism at the bottom of the pyramid
Maslow’s “hierarchy of societies” placed authoritarianism at the bottom of the pyramid, with laissez-faire capitalism higher and New Deal welfare statism highest. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) was an American psychologist who developed a hierarchy of needs to explain human motivation. His theory suggested that people have a list of basic needs they must meet before moving up the scale…
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Did you know that Agoraphobia is not a fear of open spaces as commonly believed?
Fear starts in the part of the brain called the amygdala. Smithsonian Magazine states, “A threat stimulus, such as the sight of a predator, triggers a fear response in the amygdala, activating areas involved in motor functions implicated in fight or flight. The self is the root of all fear. To inhibit or suppress fear is not…
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concrete demonstrations of intimacy open the connection to the less verbal
To fight in honor of or for someone or something. 1. Many men who left to fight for their country did not live to return to it. 2. To struggle to gain or secure someone or something. You must fight for your girl if you’re in love with Vanessa. How do you fight with someone?…
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