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What Are the Psychological Impacts of Weight Management?

In the past, your health concerns may have been at the tip of your priorities. Suddenly, you can’t help but bring it all the way up to your topmost need, especially when it’s about weight concerns and management.  However, you

Industrial

Silent Resignation: Understanding and Addressing Quiet Quitting in the Modern Workplace 

What if the biggest challenge of contemporary workplaces is not resignation but quiet withdrawal? The phrase “quiet quitting” over the last several years has ignited global conversations, not about workers quitting, but about those who stick around—checked out, demotivated and

Life Style

The Psychology Behind Shopping Addiction

A behavioural addiction, shopping addiction is characterised by excessive purchase as a coping mechanism for unpleasant emotions including anxiety and despair. Similar to other behavioural addictions, an addiction to shopping can become a fixation that causes issues in other aspects

Education

The Zeigarnik Effect: Why Unfinished Tasks Haunt Us 

In the 1920s, psychology student Bluma Zeigarnik was dining with her mentor, Kurt Lewin at a cafe in Berlin. Lewin then pointed out something curious. The waiters seemed to have an uncanny memory for unpaid orders. But once the bills

Self Help

Helping vs. Overhelping: Why the Difference Matters

We are always taught to be kind, to help people and to be noble and virtuous as it adds meaning to our lives. but some individuals, or maybe all of us, need to understand we are being taught to help

Entertain

Psychology of Catharsis

For centuries the notion that immersing ourselves in tragic stories — whether in ancient Greek plays, Shakespearean dramas, or contemporary films — can cleanse us of negative emotions and bring us back into psychological equilibrium. Catharsis has fascinated writers, artists, and psychologists

Awareness

Do Rage Rooms Have Therapeutic Value for Trauma Survivors?

Rage rooms have become a trendy space in urban settings lately. Also known as anger rooms or smash rooms, this space encourages people to break items such as plates, glasses, pieces of furniture, or electronics in a safe and controlled

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Can Home Gardening Improve Mental Health?

Can gardening help to improve mental health? As we shall find out, the short answer is: yes. Exposure to Nature Can Reduce Anxiety Symptoms  Exposure to green spaces and the natural world can calm the mind and ease mental tension (which

Parenting

Is Gentle Parenting the Real Deal or Just Another Trend?

In an age where mothers are bombarded daily with guidance—everything from mommy bloggers to child psychologists—it’s little wonder that parenting fads rise and fall by the wayside. One technique that has surged in popularity is gentle parenting. You may have

Awareness

Flow States Vs. Hyperfocus: How ADHD Challenges Traditional Motivation Theories 

What if the most intense states of mind available to us – the moments when time melts away and the world outside fades – aren’t always a sign of peak functioning but sometimes an expression of neurological chaos? In the