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How to Spot Your Emotional Triggers. Dr Mariana Plata

How to Spot Your Emotional Triggers. Dr Mariana Plata

Learning your Emotional Red Flags is a Way to Boost your Emotional Intelligence. Have you noticed how certain topics evoke in you a variety of emotions? Mainly unpleasant ones. Some might make you angry or envious. Guilty or sad. Or, unlike your friends or close ones, it truly bothers you when people ask you about […]

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5 Steps to Surviving a Narcissist's Smear Campaign By Kaytee Gillis LCSW-BACS

5 Steps to Surviving a Narcissist’s Smear Campaign By Kaytee Gillis LCSW-BACS

KEY POINTS When ending a relationship with someone who has a demonstrated need for revenge, be prepared for them to turn on you. Due to the nonphysical nature of smear campaigns, most protection orders cannot offer much protection. Disengaging and choosing what to defend against will decrease the likelihood of things escalating with a vengeful

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Raising Your Perception with Respiration and Perspiration by Dr.E. Paul Zehr, PhD

Controlling breath to affect brain activity may help healthy aging. Posted February 19, 2022 |  Reviewed by Kaja Perina KEY POINTS Breathing and movement are key parts of being alive as a human animal in the world. Respiration affects mood, memory, and sensory perception. Mindful practices like yoga, martial arts, and moving in walking can help couple

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Self-esteem among narcissists is ‘puffed up, but shaky’ By Dr. Nick Haslam

Self-esteem among Narcissists is ‘Puffed up, but Shaky’ By Dr. Nick Haslam

Self-esteem among narcissists is ‘puffed up, but shaky’ The combination of a narcissist’s high but easily undermined self-worth might seem paradoxical. pixabay, CC BY Nick Haslam, The University of Melbourne Like a grotesque mask reflected in a pool, narcissism has two faces, neither of them attractive. Narcissists have an inflated sense of self-worth, seeing themselves

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Psychopaths versus sociopaths: what is the difference? By Dr. Xanthé Mallett

Psychopaths versus sociopaths: what is the difference? By Dr. Xanthé Mallett

Psychopaths versus sociopaths: what is the difference? Television serial killer Dexter may be more of a psychopath than a sociopath due to his methodically delivered kills. Pimkie/Flickr, CC BY Xanthe Mallett, University of New England Psychopath and sociopath are popular psychology terms to describe violent monsters born of our worst nightmares. Think Hannibal Lecter in

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How to use habit science to help you keep your New Year’s resolution by Dr. Wendy Wood

How to use habit science to help you keep your New Year’s resolution by Dr. Wendy Wood

More than 80% of people who make New Year’s resolutions have already given up on their goals by February. While there’s a lot of resolution advice on the internet, much of it fails to highlight the crux of behavioral change. To make individual decisions – whether it’s what to wear or which gift to buy for

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8 ways to Manage Body Image Anxiety after Lockdown by Dr. Tracy Tylka

8 ways to Manage Body Image Anxiety after Lockdown by Dr. Tracy Tylka

8 ways to manage body image anxiety after lockdown by Dr. Tracy Tylka Being able to socialize again may bring enthusiasm and a sense of normalcy – but it may also increase anxiety over how your body might have changed. I am a psychologist who has studied body image for over 20 years, and I’ve seen how

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