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Awareness Relationship

Misunderstood Moments: Managing Conflict Without Blame

With the human ability to converse comes the ability to create conflict and resolve it. Conflicts have been a part of human nature since creation, and now hold evolutionary value to the development, sustenance, and destruction of civilisation. Despite conflicts

Social

How Patriarchal Norms Shape the Male Identity Crisis

Every generation, young boys are handed an invisible script, a list of expectations, mannerisms, and goals long before they have a chance to question if it suits them. Be tough, don’t cry, be the provider, stay silent, assert control, don’t

Awareness

The Psychology of Queuing, Cleanliness, and Civic Behavior

Queue psychology is the study of how people perceive and respond to lines, waiting, and queuing. It’s the psychology of standing in line and the feelings that people go through. And the effect of it surrounds us. Queue psychology explains why music

Therapy

Non-Directive Play Therapy: Healing Through the Language of Play

In corners of therapy rooms where toys are scattered like stars on the floor and tiny worlds lie in wait within sand trays and dollhouses, recovery tends to begin not with words but with play. For many children, discussing fears,

Relationship

I thought it was love – It was emotional abuse

Love is a complex, universal experience that is recognized across cultures. It can be patient, kind. It can be healing. Though, sometimes it may start to feel heavier later. Initially, things seem perfect and flawless; overly affectionate messages, continuous concern,

Awareness Positive

Masculinity and Emotional Suppression

From a young age, boys are taught to be strong. Not always are they allowed or made to feel safe enough to show emotion. A pressure to fit into society’s designed boxes of masculine expectations. Masculinity has long been associated

Awareness

The Neural Basis of Empathy: How the Brain Processes the Emotions of Others

Empathy is defined as the ability to take on another person’s thoughts and perspectives, to understand, feel and share and respond to their experience. It is often confused with sympathy, which entails the feeling of being sorry for someone’s grief

Awareness

Why Do People Hold Deep Grudges?

Grudges are referred to as a deep-rooted feeling of anger and frustration toward a person who is thought to have hurt or wronged the person. They arise from a conflict that is not resolved and in which one thinks another

Research

Social Curiosity: The Evolutionary Bond Between Humans and Chimpanzees

We’re all familiar with that experience of being at a cafe, calmly drinking your espresso, only to notice that you cannot stop leaning in to catch a glimpse of the mayhem on the other side. Picture them in action as

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Debunking the Alpha Myth: Gender Stereotypes and the Psychology of Power

Gender stereotypes have historically influenced societal expectations for men and women. The “alpha” concept has emerged as a way to understand dominant personalities, with “alpha males” embodying assertiveness, competitiveness, and leadership, while “alpha females”  exhibit similar traits traditionally viewed as