Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Edward Lemay and Michele Gelfand
Imagine that you’ve had a heated argument with a co-worker, and you call up your husband or wife to talk about it. Your partner can react in one of two ways.
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- Written by: Sonia Choquette
A common childhood fear is fear of the dark. Many children become terrified of the dark and can't go to sleep in a darkened room alone, convinced the "bogeyman" or some other night creature is waiting in the shadows to get them. I had a client whose son was terrified...
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- Written by: Alan Fiske
Some emotions you seem to recognise the moment you feel them – you know when you’re angry, surprised, embarrassed or jealous.
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- Written by: John Robbins and Ann Mortifee
Despite the degree to which sexuality permeates the culture, the collective guilt of history can still be felt. We have been socialized to be suspicious of pleasure, to live removed from our bodies, and to maintain a tight rein over our feelings. In a culture riddled with guilt...
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- Written by: Dan Mamlok and Sandra Chang-Kredl
Disturbing events related to cyberbullying in recent months and years have raised great concern among parents, youths and educators regarding the everyday lives of children in online spaces
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- Written by: Nikki Martyn and Elena Merenda
Disappointment is a natural human emotion that occurs after a perceived failure.
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- Written by: Jamie Gruman
During the holiday season, we are faced with social commitments that sometimes means spending time with people who grate on our nerves.
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- Written by: Elena Merenda and Nikki Martyn
Imagination and play encourage children to think through hypothetical situations and create new worlds
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- Written by: Mark S. Tremblay and Mariana Brussoni
New research from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Health Measures Survey reaffirmed the dramatic decline in Canadian children’s fitness seen over the past 35 years
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- Written by: Jo Aldridge
Most children look forward to the Christmas holidays as a time for fun and families. But for some young carers – children who provide care for someone in their family who is ill or disabled – the Christmas holidays are a mixed blessing.
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- Written by: Mary Catherine Lundquist
Family caregivers and people with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease are at risk for increased stress during the holidays
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- Written by: The School of Life
Beneath most fights is an attempt to get the other to respond to your emotional reality and sense of justice.
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- Written by: by Kelly E. Johnson, M.D.
I have asked people to list all of their important possessions, from top to bottom, and they all invariably come up with similar lists. Houses, cars, furniture, stocks... and other material goods usually rank highly. Then I tell them that they have overlooked the number one valuable commodity in their life...
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- Written by: Alan Seale
“Relationship” can be defined as “a state of connectedness between two or more energies through a physical or a non-physical space.” Everything exists or happens in relationship to something else. Nothing exists or happens in isolation.
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- Written by: Luke Zaphir
Constructivism is an educational philosophy that deems experience as the best way to acquire knowledge.
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- Written by: Michael R. Nadorff and Mary Dozier
What if you could do something that would help restore memories in some of the people you love?
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- Written by: Angela Incollingo Rodriguez
December is considered the most fertile month, a time when there’s the greatest likelihood that children will be conceived. Some experts even pinpoint Dec. 11 as the most fertile day.
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- Written by: Joyce Vissell
One of my favorite quotes is, "If you have room in your heart for one enemy, your heart is an unsafe place for a friend." I do not know who originally spoke or wrote that statement, but I do know it contains a volume of wisdom.
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- Written by: Amy Froide
In a recent interview with Vogue, actress Emma Watson opened up about being a single 30-year-old woman. Instead of calling herself single, however, she used the word “self-partnered.”
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- Written by: Jude Bijou
The question often is, "How can I call it quits with my partner in a constructive way?" First, end a relationship because you are following your inner knowing, not because you’re in the midst of an argument, emotional meltdown, or have specific topics that need resolution.
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- Written by: Sarah Finnie Robinson and Arunima Krishna
How can you talk about the science behind climate change with relatives who are disengaged, doubtful, or dismissive of it at holidays?
