The 5 Love languages

The five love languages are: Words of affirmation Acts of service Receiving gifts Quality time and Physical touch.

Identifying a toxic corporate culture

A toxic workplace goes beyond a job you hate. It not just affects one’s career growth but also hampers peace of mind.

Resilience at your workplace

The most resilient teams and people aren’t the ones who don’t fail but the ones that fail and bounce back from the failure and thrive.

Domestic Violence: The patriarchal curse

Based on a BBC report from back in 2013, there are around 309,546 crimes that were reported by women, out of which 118,866 came under the category of domestic violence.

Sleep hygiene

Having continuous uninterrupted sleep is important for physical as well as mental health. It increases productivity and improves the overall quality of life.

OCD: myths and facts

Obsessive-compulsive disorder affects around 2.2 million adults. It is not predominant to any gender in specific; it affects both genders equally.

New Moms, Baby blues and Postpartum Depression (PPD)

Postpartum depression or postnatal depression is a complex mix of physical, emotional, or behavioral changes that happen to women after childbirth.

Hypnosis

A study conducted by Siegal detected a decrease in activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate which is in charge of the brain’s salience network

Dopamine Detox: sham or genuine?

Instead of rushing into the short-term reward-inducing cycle by breaking and resetting it. By allowing ourselves to feel lonely or bored we regain the ability to regain control over our lives and address compulsive behavior.

The secret of long-lasting relationships

People differ dramatically and so do couples and relationships. Books and movies create a wonderful image of a happily ever after. But that isn’t just achieved automatically, you need to work together to live and grow together.

Why do some people pretend to be ill

Munchausen syndrome is a psychological disorder wherein the individual acts to be ill or intentionally creates symptoms of illnesses in themselves.

Inability to recognize faces

Coping with face blindness can be a task, as the disorder may lead to clinical depression or anxiety. This can often interfere with personal and professional relationships.

Dramatic people and HPD

People with HPD tend to be ego-syntonic meaning they feel nothing is wrong with them or the way they behave.

Who are you attracted to?

An evolutionary reason behind why we like someone similar to us is because familiarity provides safety and certainty.

Sleep Paralysis

The activation of the lateral amygdala, thalamus, structures in the pons and anterior cingulate give the individual a sense of intrusion; i.e., this is when the “demon” is about to appear or appears and the individual is left to feel unguarded.

The Good and The Evil inside us

Dark triads have a positive correlation with being young, being a male, having immature defenses, selflessness, and religious immorality. People with these traits would practically do anything to get their way not feeling any remorse about harming others.

Self-Harming Tendencies and overcoming them

The reasons for committing acts of self-harm are excessive. Sufferers often tend to see and feel self-injury as a way of temporary stress relief. They refuse to deal with their emotional distress and resort to physical pain.

Why Crime fascinates us

Research revealed that many adults define their fascination with the crime genre as a guilty pleasure. The desire to see inside the mind of a killer can be a powerful attraction.

Intuition; Your Inner Drive

Recent studies by Sonia Choquette, a spiritual leader, show that one's intuition is much more likely to improve one's decision-making process by approximately 10 %. Essentially, follow your intuition; the decisions you make may just be 10% better.

The path to Self-actualisation: Your highest human need

“There is now emerging over the horizon a new conception of human sickness and of human health, a psychology that I find so thrilling and so full of wonderful possibilities." –Abraham Maslow, Toward a Psychology of Being Self-actualization has various interpretations depending on the theorist’s definition you choose to

The Process of Missing Things and People

Missing someone or longing for something is an inner recognition of the loss or absence of someone or something very near and dear and genuinely significant to the individual. It is an emotional and affective value that can remain a memory that catches attention and thought.

7 Happiness sins: Tweaks you need to make in order to stay happy

Happiness first occurred as a genetic variation but persisted because it helped us stay alive. The sensation of happiness is fuelled by the release of dopamine (the feel-good neurotransmitter).

The Mind Unraveled: Freud, Jung, and Murphy's perspectives

The subconscious mind and unconscious mind is said to be the driving force of human behavior. The actions you do and the words you speak are all rooted in the unconscious and subconscious.

Self-Validation: The path to self-confidence

hose with low self-esteem and consequently low self-validation generally have a lower quality of life. They often have negative feelings about themselves more often than others.

Why do we dream: Understanding different perspectives

Interpretation of dreams has always been a fascinating topic for everyone. There have been so many thinkers, psychologists, and researchers who have different views about why we dream and what they mean.