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Awareness

Mindfulness Myths: What Really Works and What Doesn’t

Let’s now discuss mindfulness. Yes, it’s one of those terms that you hear all the time. After seeing it on your app store and possibly attending a webinar offered by your company, it seems like everyone is now an authority on

Parenting Self Help

Teaching Children for Life, Not Just for the Test

In the fifth-grade class taught by Ms Rodriguez, one could see something extraordinary. The first thing a visitor would notice was the noise—a strong, slightly messy hum of debate that was a world away from the steady hush of students

Life Style Social

Stress and Emotional Regulation in Reality TV Show Environments

Isn’t it fun to take a break from the hustle and bustle of life, sit back on the couch and drift off into a whole other world of reality TV shows? A world og glitz and glamour where individuals with

Life Style Social

Behind the Spotlight: How Reality TV Impacts Child Stars’ Mental Health

Behind the cloak of fame, there lies an unseen agony, especially for child reality stars entering their turn in front of the camera before they have the time to fully understand the repercussions. While millions watch for the entertainment factor,

Awareness

How Can Students Deal with Loneliness and Build Emotional Well-Being

Loneliness is one thing that tends to affect us all sometimes or other. It is a strong and complex emotion that may often be misunderstood as simply being alone. Rather, it is an emotion – it is the feeling of

Awareness Education

How the Amygdala Shapes Our Emotions and Behaviour

The limbic system is a complex array of brain structures responsible for extensive regulation of emotion, memory, and behaviour. Key structures include the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus. The amygdala plays a pivotal role in the processing of emotion in

Education

Genes and Human Behaviour: How DNA Shapes Emotions, Intelligence, and Resilience

Have you ever wondered why some people exude peace and others readily succumb to stress, or why a connection with some is immediate, while with others, not? Such fascinating variety in human experience is, in large measure, due to our

Self Help

How Animated Stories and Anime Shape Emotional Intelligence in Children

Children today are raised in a media-filled world where handheld technology and streaming platforms introduce cartoon stories into their daily lives. What appears to be casual entertainment is an extracurricular classroom for emotional learning. Developmental psychology stipulates that kids learn

Awareness

Understanding How Trauma and ADHD Can Feel the Same

There’s a child who just can’t sit still and is easily distracted. But is the child fidgeting, or is it hypervigilance? What if the restless mind that everyone’s trying to calm down isn’t a neurodevelopmental problem, but a struggle for

Positive Self Help

Decision-Making and the Brain: Neuroscience of Choice and Emotion

The art of selecting one among several, popularly referred to as decision-making, is a critical mental function that is part and parcel of the human experience. The intricate process is highly influenced by individual preferences, experience, and environmental limitations. Neuroscientific