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6 Facts About Hypnosis And How It Can Make Your Life Better
What comes to mind when you hear the word hypnosis? An illusionist with a pocket watch? For me, it is the terrifying teacup scene from the movie Get Out! There are hundreds of thousands of myths around hypnotherapy, and today we are going to disprove some of them and see how it can be useful to us.
A High Protein Diet Can Keep You Away From Depression
Are you tired of looking for the healthiest diet? The one that helps you lose weight and that doesn’t involve eating broccoli every day. Have you tried everything? Intermittent fasting, high protein foods, the Mediterranean diet, and nothing seems to work. You probably haven’t tried a diet for your brain.
The Psychology Behind A Serial Cheater
Infidelity is such an awful and difficult thing for everyone involved to understand. If you’ve ever been cheated on, you know how heartbreaking and confusing that experience can be. You wonder how your partner could do that to you knowing the pain they were going to cause you. You wonder why do people cheat, if it was your fault, if you weren’t enough or if it was because of something you did. These questions are not easy to answer and many psychologists have been studying this behavior to find some pattern.
The 8 Definitive Ways To Earn At Least $ 1,500 A Month Writing Online
It’s already 2021, if you don’t know how to start making money writing online that’s totally on you. Currently, there are many alternatives that you can try to have extra income per month. And the best part? They require a total investment of $ 0. You just need the desire to work hard and pursue your dreams …
You’re Not Lazy, You’re Just Unsynchronized
I believed that I would never be able to find a rhythm of life that would allow me to work hard and get enough rest, the days just don’t have enough hours! I was resigned to living with fatigue and dark circles as long as I didn’t want to be homeless, but two Spanish doctors (father and daughter) saved my life.
What’s It’s Like To Be A Young Black Film Maker
Filmmaking is really, really scary. If you have this idea and you’ve got to bring it on screen in no way and something that will hopefully resonate with people with that, there’s the risk of being criticized. There’s the risk of it not landing. You’re not working. But if you believe in a story enough, it’s important to have the courage to tell that story.
When Help Isn’t Available To Everyone
We are not doing enough for the mental health of the LGBTQ+ community. If you’ve ever thought that accessing mental health counseling or services is difficult, imagine doing it while being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, or while discovering your sexual identity. Although it may not seem like it, the numbers and statistics show that it is still a very hostile field for this community to find professional help free of stigma.
#StopAsianHate — Psychology Behind Racism
What is happening in the United States so that people have had to start marching in the streets promoting the #StopAsianHate hashtag?. Since the pandemic outbreak due to Covid last year, there has been a worrying rise in Asian hate crimes, some that look like tales from horror movies. But is the situation really that bad?
These Books Taught Me To Master My Mind After They Blew It
Reading novels and fiction is great, but some educational books can be more mind-blowing than fiction. I really love reading books that teach me something, and at the same time make me feel like I’m reading an epic odyssey.
Why My Therapist Recommended Me To Reconnect With Nature
I know you are all excited to go back to concerts and festivals, but I can’t wait to go back to parks, forests, and mountains. Surrounding myself with nature has become a conscious action that I must seek, it is no longer an instinct or an internal force that pushes me. And yes, the pandemic had a lot to do with it. For several months we couldn’t even go out to the park, so I had to bring nature to my apartment. Before I knew it, I became a mom of 24 plants and flowers.
The Psychology of Happiness: Scientific Facts for a More Positive Life
Absolute, only at the bottom of a jar of Nutella…. Weall spend our entire lives trying to achieve happiness, but it is difficult to define its meaning, fully grasp this ephemeral, intangible, weird thing we all hanker after.
My Children Have Dyslexia, How Do I Engage With Them?
As parents, one of the things that terrify us the most, in addition to changing diapers for the first time, is that our children have some difficulties. Being a parent is not an easy task, but being the parent of a dyslexic child is a bit more complicated.
How To Make Big Changes with Little Habits
The key to facing big changes is simplicity. Make any goal an easy peasy with this psychologically proven method. Ifnature has taught us anything, it is that change is unavoidable. The changing of the seasons, rivers that swell into oceans, even the galaxies that are constantly transforming, an endless cycle of death and rebirth. So why is it so hard for us to find motivation for big changes? Although sometimes it is not a problem of inspiration, they just scare us.
Why Do I Write About Things That Hurt?
Did you know the Arabic word for writing تحرير also translates to freeing?. Know why? Well, you’ll just have read on, won’t you…. We always see how people deal with their demons by doing the things they enjoy the most (Dominos and wine anyone?), as a way to heal from traumatic experiences. Musicians make hits with their most painful heartbreaks (looking at you Taylor), others travel, some do bungee jumping, whatever makes your juices flow. Muckbangs?
Schizophrenia Was My Greatest Teacher
It was a time when certain personal, family and emotional problems developed that I did not know how to handle. Many things happened that caused me to end up having a psychotic break and I was admitted to a psychiatric clinic; I went through a long and difficult recovery. I spent a year without being able to concentrate or read, or study, and with constant hyperactivity that did not leave me peace or quiet for even a moment.
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Mindsmatter is written by Bola Kwame, Jack Graves and Emma Buryd. De-stigmatizing mental illness one day at a time. www.linktr.ee/Mindsmatter
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