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One of the greatest gifts we can give one another is to truly “look” without judgment or criticism, at who the other person is. I have met many people with serious injuries whose appearance may be different from what is considered “normal”. These differences so often result in the injured person being judged. What is [...]

Email can play a role in how we deal with conflicts. We just need to know when and how to use it wisely. Here are some tips for using email in dealing with conflicts: Use emails in conflicts: When there needs to be a record of the interaction. When dealing with conflicts where the emotional [...]

ScienceDaily (July 29, 2010) Does the 21st Century male still have to be a macho man? Are there penalties for not being macho enough? Corinne A. Moss-Racusin, a doctoral candidate in Rutgers’ Department of Psychology, explored the consequences for men (and women) when they acted modestly in job interviews. She co-authored, with graduate fellow Julie E. Phelan [...]

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 [...]

The idea of brainwashing first came into the public domain during the Korean War as an explanation for why American soldiers appeared to defect to Communism. Brainwashing consisted of the notion that Chinese communists had discovered an effective method of causing deep and permanent behavioural changes in their prisoners. The idea has also been depicted [...]

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 [...]