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Asking for what you want, and setting boundaries around what you don’t want, is a key life skill. But sometimes in our enthusiasm to practice this skill, we over do our own assertiveness and end up with a partner who shuts down, gets angry or feels resentful. Here are four tips for developing your assertiveness [...]

Have you ever noticed how some people get knocked down by life and never really recover, while other people get knocked down and come back stronger than ever. The difference between the two? Resilience. People who are resilient learn from their failings. They find ways to rise from the ashes of failure and they don’t let it [...]

Does God exist? According to a poll currently being conducted on the Alpha course website, 92% of people believe there isn’t a God, 7% of people think there is a God and 1% have answered ‘probably’. So if the majority of people believe there isn’t a God what is the meaning of life? Is it success and power? [...]

It nearly always happens this way. After twenty minutes of rowing my arms are aching, my heart beat is racing, my legs feel slightly numb. I say to myself, “maybe I’m too tired to make the full forty-five minutes today?” My internal dialogue is trying to give me an excuse not to finish the workout. Then I [...]

ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2010) — New research from the University of Reading says that children, especially boys, who have insecure attachments to their mothers in the early years have more behaviour problems later in childhood. The analysis by Dr Pasco Fearon, from the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, looked at 69 studies involving [...]

Apart from the Briggs Myer Indicator I tend to ignore these types of psychological questionnaire, but this is close to how I would describe myself. You are Spirit You are resilient, hopeful, and inspiring. You have a lot of emotional, physical, and mental energy. You nurture and nourish yourself. You know that you need fulfilment and [...]