(Kurt Smith) No, you’re not hearing things — that voice telling you you’re not good enough, you should do more, or that no one likes you is usually coming from inside your own head. Too often our biggest critics are ourselves and that nagging inner voice can create a great deal of worry, self-doubt and trouble in a person’s life.
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Molecular Imaging Finds Link Between Low Dopamine Levels and Aggression
(Eurekalert) Study shows people who have lower levels of the brain chemical are more likely to be aggressive when provoked in competitive situations
Awakening the Spirit of Love: Inner Environmental Alchemy
(Ulonda Faye) Do you ever wonder, if we truly know love? What I know, about love, is it touches you in deep ways. And, just like grace, it never leaves us in the same space. Often, we are looking for instant gratifications in life, and sometimes this is attempted through the circle of love. However, true love is neither limited nor forced.
Theory of Mind: The Key for Interpersonal Connection
(Exploring Your Mind) Theory of mind facilitates human social connection. Thanks to theory of mind, you can deduce the intentions, thoughts, and desires of other people and adjust your behavior accordingly.
The World’s Strangest Social Rituals
(Stillness in the Storm Editor) Social rituals exist for a good reason, as a way for the individual to gain acceptance in a culture. For the individual, they show them the norms they need to embrace in order to be included in a social group. These norms establish a basic ruleset that helps guide social interaction. […]
The Manifestations of Delusional Disorder
(Exploring Your Mind) Delusional disorder represents a great challenge for the sciences that study the human mind. It hasn’t been classified precisely yet, and experts still don’t know what causes it. As a result, there’s still a lot to learn about the best ways to treat it. Read on to discover all about the manifestations of delusional disorder and how we can treat it.
Destructive Pride in Borderline Personality Disorder
(Exploring Your Mind) In many cases, the destructive pride characteristic of borderline personality disorder is nothing but a mask that hides an extreme fear of criticism. In this article, we’re going to tell you all about it.
The Neocortex: Its Structure and Functions
(Exploring Your Mind) What’s the neocortex and why is it such an important area of the brain?
Declaring Your Purpose, According to a Psychologist
(Pratibha Anand) According to the Dictionary of Word Origins, the word “purpose” comes from the Latin word proponere, which means “to declare” or “to put forward.” The word “declaration” invokes such a sense of strength for me.
How to Transform Failure into Success
(Suzanne Kane) If you’ve lived a few years, you’ve experienced failure. More than once, most likely, and probably many times. For every success, the backstory usually involves a string of different approaches of varying degrees of promise before arriving at one that worked. While some are cowed by failure and cannot see beyond it, others find ingenious solutions arising from failure. How do you transform failure into success? Here are some thoughts.
The Dawn of Consciousness, Symbolically Depicted in Lion King
The Dawn of Consciousness, Symbolically Depicted in Lion King
How I Stopped Chasing Happiness and Started Enjoying My Imperfect Life
(Mai Pham) “I want to live my life without stress and worries. I don’t need to be rich or famous. I just want to be happy.” ~Unknown
10 Strategies for Discovering and Living as Your True Self
(Rebecca C. Mandeville) If you find yourself continuing to act out old patterns and roles that no longer serve you, this is more than likely interfering with your ability to create mutually rewarding, respectful, and reciprocal relationships. Below are my ten strategies for getting in touch with your true self so as to create an integrity-based and emotionally rewarding life.
Pattern Mapping: Your Choices Map Directly on to Your Nervous System — Intellectual vs Somatic Beliefs
(Justin Deschamps) As anyone who’s tried to change a habit knows, it’s a lot harder than we might think. We’d like to believe that we can use the power of our conscious mind to override a habit, instinct, fear, or emotion. To be sure, the conscious mind has this power to a certain extent, but it’s more akin to the relationship between an architect and a general contractor. You have to “install” an intellectually worked out way of thinking into the body itself, which usually requires taking action.
How to Become Spiritually Awakened (Intriguing Direct Way)
How to Become Spiritually Awakened (Intriguing Direct Way)