All Entries in the "Self Help" Category
Women Self Help Group – 5 Reasons Why You Must Join One Today
In our society today, there are a lot of groups that have been established to help in different ways. This means that these groups are usually geared to a certain goal depending on the reason why it was put up in the first place.
Today, there is such a thing as the women self help group [...]
Positive Psychology – What Is It And Is It For Everyone?
In the recent past, there was a feeling that the Science of Psychology was concentrating too much on mental illness and less on the more positive aspects of good mental health.
In the event, the movement of Positive Psychology sought to tap into the positive traits of the human experience – namely happiness, individual virtues, personal [...]
Best Self Help Books – Where To Find Them
Do you want to break away from unpleasant emotions like sadness, pain, and anxiety? Do you want to earn money fast and easy? Do you always want to have a killer body? Whatever you want to achieve in life you can now seek advice from self help books.
That’s right! Self help books are numerous and [...]
Are You Prey To Binge Eating? How Yoga Can Help?
Binge eating is the kind of disordered eating that causes a person to eat uncontrollably, large quantities of food.
Binge eating is usually done in secret from others and is a source of shame and self loathing for many.
It is perceived as the ultimate lack of self control, and is associated with shame and depression.
After an [...]
Family Values – Why They Are So Important To Inculcate
“Family Values” is a term so high jacked by politics and politicians in recent times that it has come to be viewed in an almost negative light; as a convenient cover, a means to push a particular agenda.
And yet when you think about it, there are some family values that are universal to all of [...]
Link Between Obesity And Sexual Abuse Seen
Dr. Wendy Scinta, in her practice of medical weight loss, has observed that more than half the women she treats, have some sort of sexual abuse in their past leading her to link obesity and past sexual abuse.
It is a scenario she sees typically, women lose weight, reach a plateau and then pile back on [...]
How Can Bibliotherapy Help You?
Those of us who look upon books as friends will readily understand the concept behind bibliotherapy; the concept that reading books is a healing experience which has been recognized as dating back to the 1930s.
We have a natural inclination to identify with others and their expressions of art and literature, which is how reading material [...]
How To Set The ‘Me-Time’ In Life?
As we move on with our lives it is clear at some point we feel we haven’t achieved anything. The programmed lives that we lead is neither enriching nor satisfying. It’s just life.
Sometimes it’s a nine to five life sometimes a part-time life and sometimes it is an ‘I am working this weekend!’ life. We [...]