Category: Psychology

  • Why It’s Brave to Go at Your Own Pace

       By Patricia Marin February 1, 2018  You’re standing with a group of friends who are ready to do the next big thing, and it’s your turn. The problem is, you’re terrified. You made a resolution to be braver this year, but there’s an awful feeling in the pit of your stomach. Your friends keep saying that…

  • Stop Overthinking: 7 Easy Ways to Kick This Bad Habit

    LIFE & WORK SKILLS   JULY 24, 2018  Overthinking is like doing jumping jacks — lots of movement but going nowhere. And it’s just as exhausting. We’ve all been there: Everyone overthinks situations from time to time. Sometimes, it’s beneficial to think things through; by looking at a situation from all angles and weighing the options, we…

  • 50 Positive Affirmations You Should Tell Yourself

            Living Well April 22, 2018 Every now and then, there are days when you just need a little pick-me-up. You can blame it on the weather, on the wrong side of the bed, that horrible thing that your co-worker said, etc… However, this doesn’t mean you should talk down to yourself and allow those negative thoughts…

  • Be More Productive: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time

    You know the drill: You get into work bright and early, hoping to get a jump start on your day. But meetings and happenstance start to pile up, and before you know it, it’s 5:30 and you’ve barely gotten anything done. So you have to burn the midnight oil — and wake up early again…

  • Feeling Blue? That’s OK!

    Dinsa Sachan is a science and culture journalist based in New Delhi, India Perhaps we should consider realigning ourselves with the Romantics, who as a group found solace in freely expressing emotions in poetry. In his ‘Ode on Melancholy’ (1820), for example, John Keats wrote: ‘Ay, in the very temple of Delight, / Veil’d Melancholy has…