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Awareness

Despair to Hope: What a person infected with HIV needs?

Lakshmi, a 23-year-old married female with two little kids, met me when she just discovered that she is HIV positive. She was crying not because she was positive but because her husband, Maninder, left Lakshmi with the children at her

Awareness

What is Latour’s Actor-Network Theory?

Actor-network theory, often abbreviated as ANT, is an influential but controversial approach to understanding the interactions between people and non-living things (Cresswell, Worth, & Sheik, 2010). This theory aims to counter, competing theories of social and technological determinism, which assume

Pets

10 Best Therapy Dogs for Depression and Anxiety 

Therapy dogs are there to soothe people in hospitals, nursing homes, schools and other places. Through their mere presence and interaction, they play a critical role in improving the mental and emotional well-being of individuals. Here are the ten best

Parenting

Top 7 Tips for Safe Baby Sleep Every Parent Should Know

Parenting is a wondrous journey filled with love and care, yet it can also bring confusion and worry, especially when it comes to ensuring our baby’s safety, particularly during sleep. Every parent strives to provide the best for their child,

Social

Incantations Vs. Affirmations: The Power of Words in Shaping Beliefs

“With incantations, you don’t just speak it, you EMBODY what you’re saying… and you do it with enough repetitions that it STICKS” Tony Robbins What are Incantations? Incantations are similar to positive affirmations, but they involve a more physiological and

Awareness Social

Importance of Social Interaction in Early Childhood Development

Each human being has an innate propensity for social interaction that exists in everyone including the newborn. Even infant of three months old have the innate ability to communicate with their parents or others around them through actions like blinking,

News

Sierra Leone Declares National Emergency to Combat ‘Zombie Drug’ Crisis

A new deadly drug that contains ground-up human bone mixed with a number of chemicals like disinfectants, FentanylAs, named as “Kush” has become too famous among the young population of Sierra Leone. The President Julius Maada Bio has declared the

Awareness Parenting

“Spare the Rod, Empower the Child”

Stepping into the world of teaching, I found myself confronted with the challenge of disciplining students, particularly in a senior secondary school setting. I was teaching Psychology to the students of senior secondary school. My profession required a skill which

Therapy

What Is EMDR Therapy?

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Shapiro, 2001) was created in 1987 to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is based on the adaptive information processing concept (Shapiro 2007). EMDR is an individual therapy that is normally administered once

Positive

Helpful Breathing Techniques for Meditation

“Fight or flight” is often referred to as the stress reaction. It is what the body does when it prepares to face or avoid danger. When used correctly, the stress response may help us overcome a variety of obstacles. However,