In my professional practice as a counsellor and psychotherapist I meet many young clients who have this question in their mind when they are contemplating marriage. “Will I lose my individuality and freedom once I am married? Will I lose …
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Do you fight a lot with your partner? 5 effective ways to defuse the situation and to patch up. It is very common in couples to have a lot of small and not so small fights, bickering, arguments, conflicts etc. …
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When life throws lemons at you make a lemonade out of it. It is easier said than done isn’t it? What if you find that life throws lemons at you repeatedly and you find yourself in very similar situations again …
Confirmation bias is the tendency to look for; to select information; to interpret information in such a way so that it aligns with or it confirms one’s own preconceived ideas or beliefs. What it means is that, when we believe …
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Congratulations!! You are now aware of your behavioral pattern of saying hurtful things to your partner during a conflict which you generally do not mean. How do you not say hurtful things to your partner in a conflict? How to …
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Why do we end up saying the harshest of things during a conflict to our partner? We have all done this at some time or time or the other. In the heat of the moment, during a conflict with your …
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What is locus of control ? Locus of control is your perception about what influences or controls the outcome of what happens to you or your behavior. Internal locus of control When a person believes that they have significant influence …
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We all strive to succeed and many a times we might fail. None of us is perfect. We are all flawed creatures with real or perceived inadequacies. We all going through difficult times and suffering at many different times in …
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First let us understand who is the bystander in the context of “the bystander effect”. A person or a group of people who observe an inappropriate behavior – like a conflict, harassment, bullying, rudeness, put downs, racism, threats, dangerous actions, …
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Many a times we use the words reaction and response interchangeably. There is significant difference between these two from a psychological and behavioral perspective. I usually have a discussion on this topic with almost every client in my professional practice. …