Emotions are an essential part of the human experience. Our emotions make us who we are, gives us the colorful life with its highs and lows. Understanding our emotions and leveraging them effectively is a significant part of Personal Growth.
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. …
Sometimes the mistakes we make in life could be small little errors and sometimes it could be major blunders too. It is humanely impossible to not make any mistakes at all. And many a times we would find ourselves …
In the 4th and final part of this series about regulating emotions, I will talk about understanding the multiple layers of emotions that we experience and how to validate these emotions. Here are the previous three parts of this series. …
Understanding the value of emotions and leveraging our emotions in an appropriate way In Part 1 of this series, I spoke about knowing your emotions. In part 2, I spoke about understanding the emotional process and how it impacts your …
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In part 1 of this series I talked about learning to identify and label the emotions that we experience in different circumstances. In Part 2 of this series I would talk about how we can understand our emotional process better …
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We, human beings are essentially emotional creatures. Despite this fact, socially, it is usually considered as a weakness to show and express emotions. Emotions do not just have a significant impact on your behaviour but also add significant value to …
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Does anything that you want to talk about with your partner become a conflict in no time? And does it get escalated quickly before you can even say let’s calm down? You have started feeling that any topic that you …