Archive for the ‘Psychology’ Category

How To Keep Your Brain Sharp

As we age, our brains are slowing down a bit. Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to avoid being forgetful. They could be in the form of relaxation or adding certain foods to you diet.

  • Chilling Out: Our brain remembers better when we are relaxed. Take a few minutes each day to breathe deeply or meditate. Researchers believe those things are good because they are developing new connections for your brain cells.
  • Focusing on the Future: According to a study, regular planning or looking forward to an upcoming events could reduced a 50% risk of Alzheimer’s disease. But your calendar doesn’t need to overflow with events, you can set a goal of having a weekly coffee date with a friend and keeping it will do. Those things can keep us motivated. A person who have a purpose in life or who are working on long-or short-term goals appear to do better. Keep your brain looking forward. (more…)

How To Feel Happier In A Natural Way

We’d get ourselves to a doctor if we feel ill but if the feeling is emotional like being worried, sad or hopeless, we are likely to resist seeking help for months or even years. According to a survey by the pharmaceutical company Eli Lily, it takes 6 years for people to get treated for mood disorders.

Suffering in silence is a bad idea and failing to seek help for anxiety or depression is downright dangerous. The longer you wait, the worse things can get. Untreated anxiety can turn into depression and vice versa.

Getting a diagnose is your first step to feel like yourself again. You can ask your physician for a referral to a psychologist or a psychiatrist or you can call your insurer to provide you a list of mental health providers and I can assure you that you will be glad that you did. You can also do this to a friend who is struggling emotionally. (more…)

Tips on How To Make Your Work Better

Hate your job? Even though every day at work gets us down, still, we can’t just quit our jobs. What we can do is to make our work better by doing these little things:

  • Go to a doctor as soon as health problems arise such as depression, stomachaches, stress headaches or chronic fatigue. Don’t ignore them, especially if you just got promoted.  Research shows that newly promoted employees  are 20% less likely to visit their doctors for checkups. This is because promoted workers have more time constraints that leads to fewer doctors’ visits and poorer health. (more…)

Your Sleeping Position Can Reveal About Your Personality

sleeping.jpg”>sleeping” src=”http://www.oneminuteblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sleeping.jpg” alt=”" width=”250″ height=”167″ />There are 6 most common sleeping positions that can indicate your personality type.  This means that our body position in bed could tell something about who we are and not just what else is happening in our lives.

According to Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service, “We are all aware of our body language when we are awake but this is the first time we have been able to see what our subconscious posture says about us. What’s interesting is that the profile behind the posture is often very different from what we would expect.”

The study also associate some sleeping positions with health risks such as aid digestion, spur on snoring and restlessness. The following are the 6 common sleeping positions and their correlated personality traits and health implications: (more…)

How To Become an Optimist

With today’s global recession, people need to be more positive than ever before. This is the right time to show optimism or nurture positive-thinking, especially if you’re a glass-half-empty person. A person with more positive attitudes had better-functioning immune systems that free him from illnesses.

Don’t think that optimism is an inborn trait because it is not, in fact, people can learn to be optimists. You just have to follow the following advices below:

  • Focus on things that make you feel optimistic. Try to tune in to what you’re thinking and feeling in the moment. If you’re feeling good, try to comprehend what brought you there and how to get there again. Bank those positive feelings to draw on when you’re feeling low. Always remind yourself that there’ll be sunshine after the rain. (more…)

10 Lesser-Known Sources of Your Stress

stressMost of us are dealing with a lot of stress every single day and some of them are caused by money, kids, job, health and our on-and-off relationships. You might be surprised with the lesser-known stressors in our lives that we are not aware of.  These unexpected factors can be the caused of our day-to-day worry and anxiety.

Here’s the list of secret stressors and find out how to deal with them.

  • Your Dog: Pets can be a source of your stress called “pet-induced anxiety”. If your pet is starting to interfere in your sleep, destroys your house and generally causing you anxiety then it is time to take action. You can hire a dog trainer, seek advice to your vet or find your pet a new place to live in. Remember, pets should enhance your life not to make it worse. (more…)

Tips To Get Your Kids Clean Their Own Rooms

cleaning-the-roomIt is not unusual scenario if your kids have messy rooms, in fact, it is a very typical argument between the parents and their kids. But let’s be honest, it is frustrating.

So if you are tired of dealing with the same arguments everyday, you have to make a different approach that will make your children clean their own rooms. (more…)

Are you a Winner or a Loser

winner-or-loserTo solve a problem

  • Winner: He would say, “Let’s find out.”
  • Loser: He would say, “Nobody knows.”

When making mistakes

  • Winner: He would say, “I was wrong.”
  • Loser: He would say, “It wasn’t my fault.” (more…)

How Stressed Are You?

Here’s another way to kill time. Uh uh… I found this Psychological Test on the Internet that tells the level of your stress. Thank God, I have a fair stress level :)

Try this one and who knows it might help you. Just click the image below.

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Don’t Grow Old – Grow Up!

By Dorothy Carnegie

oh grow upI find this book very interesting. I know most of us never grow up and here she is giving us some advice on how to become more mature as we grow old. I think I will get a copy for myself. By the way, this blog is not affiliated or connected with any Dororthy Carnegie organization.

* This is Dorothy Carnegie’s summary of her book, from 1956

Part One:

Responsibility – The first step toward maturity

  1. Don’t kick the chair. Be willing to account for yourself; don’t blame others.
  2. Damn the handicaps! – Full speed ahead. Don’t make a handicap an excuse for failure.
  3. Five ways to ditch disaster:

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