I recently read an article in Wired, which illustrates how we can rewire ourselves and change behavior with feedback in real time about our actions. The link is at the bottom of this blog. This article illustrates a topic in my previous blog, Transforming Our Internal Universe on changing our brains and how we can [...]
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Transforming Our Internal Universe: Changing our brains with the power of thoughts, emotions, and the body.
June 19, 2011
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When we achieve congruence in speech, thought and action, we function at our peak, because our whole being is fully engaged, with all parts of ourselves working harmoniously and co-operatively toward a goal or a state of being. However, how do we synchronise these three parts for peak functioning? This comes through the integration of feelings, [...]
Read morePsychological Defense Mechanisms: What for?
October 28, 2010
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Our minds have various wonderful unconscious tools they use to help protect us from danger by providing temporary shelter from a threatening reality. These tools are called Defense Mechanisms (DMs). With DMs, we can protect and distance ourselves from anxiety and various emotions or impulses that could overwhelm us as we strive to keep our self-image [...]
Read moreEmotional Resilience – Coping with adversity
September 9, 2010
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Some call it ‘mental toughness’, others will talk about ‘emotional resilience’. In essence, these words describe our capacity to face adversity and to cope with stress, and our ability to bounce back to our usual state of balance after some severe or emotionally challenging events. “What doesn’t kill you makes your stronger” said Nietzsche. In [...]
Read moreSelf Care….not just a holiday activity
August 1, 2010
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It’s midsummer and there’s still plenty of time to plan a break from work and enjoy some well-deserved rest. While you’re at it, you might also take some time to think about ways you can maintain some of that relaxation and self-care in your everyday life even after you go back to your usual routine. [...]
Read moreStressed! What to do about i?
June 24, 2010
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“If you live everyday as an emergency, you pay the price” Stress is a physiological (body), behavioural and mental response to a perceived or real threat. It implies you feel in danger. Some stress is necessary and good: in healthy doses it makes you more alert, focused, and productive. It improves your performance and awareness [...]
Read more6 negative, 3 positive— the daily spectrum of our emotions
May 31, 2010
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we have 6 words for negative emotions, and only two for positive, a third would be ‘curiosity’. But that’s our choice. That fact is observable. But it is no more ‘true’ than using a single word for “snow”, when we all know there are so many subtle distinctions that can be articulated in Inuit. And [...]
Read moreThe fortune teller error
May 23, 2010
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The Fortune Teller Error – anticipating that things will turn out badly and feeling convinced that your prediction is an already established fact. This thinking error is also called “jumping to conclusions” and is based on making negative interpretations even though there are no definite facts to yet predict that negative things will happen. The [...]
Read moreTransitions
April 14, 2010
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Whenever we change jobs, relationships, homes, countries, or any familiar state, and we move from an old to a new situation, we lose the security of the known and as we let go, we have not yet attained the benefit of the new. It can be an uncomfortable feeling, that of taking a leap of [...]
Read moreOn forgiveness and moving on…
March 20, 2010
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We have an innate sense of justice. When wronged by others, and the injustice is severe, we feel pain from bitterness, resentment, a lot of anger, even hate. This can wreck our lives: when treated badly by one person, we may start resenting all people. And as for revenge: do unto others what is worthy [...]
Read moreA Simple Exercise in Reconnecting with Your Self
March 19, 2010
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“An essential skill when time is scarce and tension is high, because a busy head cannot calm a busy mind.” Do you feel highly stressed, with your mind overactive, parts of your body tense, and your thoughts spinning out of control? Do you have a feeling of dissatisfaction or pain that you can’t quite pinpoint? [...]
Read moreLetting go
March 8, 2010
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… is a process of feeding the mind to the direction we want to go. We are always aware of something, thinking of something. Most of time, the mind is filled to the brim with all our nagging problems, about self, environment and others. Since we can’t create a vacuum, nor empty our mind at [...]
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