‘Psychology’ Archives
The Seven Laws of Self-Healing
The Seven Laws of Self-Healing These are the basic principles regarding the use of Prana or Chi in self-healing. These simple laws underpin the energy and healing work in Pranic Healing. 1. When energy flows through the body properly, you are in a state of health. This is the most fundamental truth about prana, the body, the mind, and [...]
Psychology and Spirituality
Psychology and Spirituality "Psychology” or the “study of the soul” originated as a science less than one hundred years ago in the European and American culture attempting to answer the same questions man has been asking ever since the beginning of time, “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” “What is my purpose in life?” “Why do [...]
How to Manage Anger in Your Relationships
How to Manage Anger in Your Relationships Whether it is irritability, impatience or outright rage, anger is an emotion that everyone identifies with. Very few people know, however, how to manage this feeling in their relationships. It is estimated by psychological surveys that the majority of people suppress their anger (70%) or express it [...]
Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Stress, Anxiety and Depression Stress can be defined as a physical, emotional or mental tension. 63% of Americans work more than 40 hours per week (according to a study done by Expedia). 40% of Americans work more than 50 hours per week (according to a study done by the National Sleep Foundation). We work 2.5 more weeks a year than the [...]
Branches of Psychology
Branches of Psychology Psychology comprises a number of different kinds of enterprises, so different that they may seem to have nothing in common. One psychologist is engaged in vocational guidance and spends his day talking to high school students, studying their academic records and their test scores and, from these, showing the student how [...]
Freud
Freud Freud Sigmund (1856-1939), was an Austrian physician who revolutionized ideas on how the human mind works. Freud established the theory that unconscious motives control much behavior. He thus greatly advanced the fields of psychiatry and psychology. His work has helped millions of mentally ill patients. Freud's theories have brought new [...]
Behavior
Behavior Behavior is the way human beings and other organisms act. Many people use the word behavior to mean conduct--that is, how a person's actions fit society's idea of right and wrong. But in psychology and other behavioral sciences, behavior is regarded as any activity of a person or other living thing. This article reflects the more [...]
Let Your Mind Wander
Let Your Mind Wander Until recently daydreaming was generally considered either a waste of time or a symptom of neurotic tendencies, and many psychiatrists claimed that habitual daydreaming was evidence of maladjustment or an escape from life's realities and responsibilities. As with anything carried to excess, daydreaming can be harmful when [...]
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence The phrase emotional intelligence was coined by Yale psychologist Peter Salovey and the University of New Hampshire's John Mayer five years ago to describe qualities such as understanding one's own feelings, empathy for the feelings of others and 'the regulation of emotion in a way that enhances living'. Their notion is [...]
Dreams
Dreams Dreams have always held a universal attraction. A lot has been said and written about them. Although most dreams happen spontaneously, dream activity may be stimulated by external influences. 'Suffocation' dreams are connected with the breathing difficulties of a heavy cold, for instance. Internal disorders such as indigestion can cause [...]
