Worried About Your Child? It’s Okay To Check On Them

Have you ever thought about checking up on your child? Were you ever worried about them enough to go through their personal things? In her book “Laying Down The Law”, Dr. Ruth Peters says that it’s okay to do so if you are worried about your child’s behaviour. She suggests that sometimes you have to [...]

Mr Sulu Helped Me Quit Smoking: The Importance Of Role Models

In 1978 Fred Beeman attended a Star Trek convention in Denver, Colorado. By chance he met George Takei (Mr Sulu) in the gymnasium and struck up a conversation with him. He asked George if he minded if he smoked (this was 1978!) to which George replied “Yes, in fact I do”, and then went on [...]

Can I Avoid Being Pessimistic?

On his first day in office President Obama signed an executive order to freeze pay for all White House staff, and another to suspend all trials at Guantanamo Bay with a view to closing it. Obama also reviewed an $825bn economic rescue package, and met with military chiefs to discuss Iraq and Afghanistan.

Not bad [...]

How Do I Avoid Feeling Like A Failure?

Have you ever felt like a failure? How did it make you feel? Did you feel energised and motivated to do better, or did you feel embarrassed, ashamed or even anxious about trying new things?

Sadly I doubt that anybody at school taught you how to cope with failure. ‘Failure Management’ certainly didn’t appear on [...]

Should I Make New Year’s Resolutions?

It’s that time of year when you may be thinking about a New Year’s resolution or two. Is this a psychologically healthy thing for you to do? In his Blog Sam Sommers PhD discusses the positive and negative aspects of this yearly exercise.

In order to protect yourself from feelings of failure you may blame [...]

Why Is It So Hard Being A Teenager?

These are some of the comments I found while researching this subject:

I just don’t understand adults. I try to make my parents proud of me, but I find it impossible. My parents are more concerned about work, paying bills and never having enough time to themselves. Teenagers are so disrespectful and poorly behaved compared [...]