Tag: psychology
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Thanksgiving’s Underlying Message Of Gratitude Helps Willpower Around Food
As millions upon millions of Canadians and Americans look ahead to Thanksgiving with trepidation about overeating, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D., a brain and cognitive scientist specializing in the psychology of eating, offers this timeless wisdom: Thanksgiving, with its underlying message of gratitude, can help, not hinder, willpower around food. In fact, says Susan — who…
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4 Aspects Of Your Life You Can Improve By Listening To Jazz
Music is known to have a strong effect on most people. It can compel its listeners to move along its rhythm and dance. It can also provide stimulation to the brain, which can improve a person’s bodily performance. This positive impact can double for the person performing the music. Can you image the impact that…
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What Are Mind Control Religions?
In most western-world countries, laws protect consumers from fraud and unethical business practices. But to date, there are no laws on the books that recognize destructive mind control, much less prohibit the use of it by cult-like groups of religion. However, if my colleague Steven Hassan, the pioneer of exit counseling for cult members and a…
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Hypnotherapy
So many of my clients bring interesting cases to me, everyone is different and so therefore interesting in their own way. But one case that stands out was a client who had “misophonia” – which meant that she experienced a heightened feeling of anxiety or “fight or flight response” in response to certain sounds –…
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Ways To Retrain And Put Your Adult Brain Back In Charge
The human brain is a wonder of the universe, but our understanding of it can seem contradictory, says Steven Jay Fogel, author of the book Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living. “On the one hand, we’re often told of those crucial years that our brain develops in childhood, when we’re rapidly…
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University Of Pittsburgh Professor Asks Teachers To Decentralize Race
H. Richard Milner, a professor, noted researcher and expert on race in education at the University of Pittsburgh believes that “education is the key to addressing inequity and racism in society” and if we are not “working in education to combat racism, we are complicit in maintaining inequity and the status quo.” Are teachers prepared…
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A Basic Visual Guide On Helping Your Children Through Divorce
For children, divorce can be an extremely upsetting and stressful time. Their world changes and it’s confusing. They may feel uncertain, scared, angry, hurt and depressed. As a parent, you can make the process less stressful for your children by being aware of ways to make the process less unsettling for them. Your understanding, patience…
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1,969 Words on Having Experienced Domestic Abuse
Dear Silo, In light of the [RayNFL domestic abuse controversy, I decided to write to you about my experience of domestic abuse. My abuser was my husband. We had children. We had good jobs. People told us how happy we looked. I had to look happy. He demanded my loyalty. He demanded I speak publicly,…