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Motivating By Discomfort
A little while back I was commiserating with a cycling friend about our respective difficulties in losing weight. We decided there was only one solution for it - a competition to see who could be the ...

5 Simple Tips To Help You Become The Person You Want!
As you must have know by now, success in life is not given, but it is taken with some degree of handwork and perseverance. I have outlined some 5 tips that can greatly increase your chances of succeed...

What is Psychoeducational Testing, and When is it Helpful?
Psychoeducational testing is appropriate for individuals who want to have a more sophisticated understanding of their cognitive functioning (what is my "ability?"), their math, reading and/or writing ...

Importance of Youth in Educating
It has been said that younger teachers ca relate to students in a more positive way then older teachers. This is not a slant to the older, more savvy teachers out there on the educating circuit, its ...

Creating a Metaphorical Understanding
Creating and using a metaphorical understanding is one of the primary ways we communicate a new idea. The process is very apparent with scientific knowledge. For example, we explain an atom using the ...

Psychology Degree School Options
Deciding on a career in the educational sector means you have a wide range of choices. You can, of course, choose to become a classroom teacher, or you may even move into administration and management...

All Realities Coming Together to Form One
Without the universe (IT) there is nothing for the (I) to experience. The (I) would be floating in awareness, observing a timeless awareness - aware of nothing else. If there was no (I) would the (IT)...

Scientists Get a Step Closer to Mind Reading
The best example of what this article is about is the movie Minority Report which stars Tom Cruise. If you have ever watched the film it is based in 2054, John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is a member of the...

How To Use The Propinquity Effect To Win Friends
Propinquity. What a fun word. Say it out loud and see if you don't agree with me. Propinquity! Now try saying it like a ring announcer introducing a prizefighter. "Ladies and gentlemen, the profession...

Children's Art Lessons Are An Important Part Of Development
Social scientists, psychologists, and anthropologists have suspected for a long time that developing creativity in a child provides secondary benefits. Although a drawing or painting created by an ado...

Five Reasons People Change
As a practising therapist for most of my career, I considered myself in the change business - helping people break problem patterns of behaviour. But anyone who works with people knows that not everyo...

Worried About Your Retirement? Steps You Can Take Now
Current market conditions have forced many people to re-think their retirement plans. Those already retired are worrying about sustaining their current standard of living in face of their reduced reso...

How To Distinguish Mental Health Problems In Teenagers
Teenagers are considered as one of the most active group of individuals today. But there are times that teens are already having some kind of mental health problem and yet adults fail to recognize it....

The Best Kept Secret Everyone Seems to Know -- Part 1 of 3
PLEASE NOTE: The following article deals with a difficult taboo subject that many may feel is strictly forbidden. The secret is known but rarely discussed as evidenced by the lack of reference materia...

How to control minds of others using word not.
I would like to introduce you to all the manipulation possibilities of the word "not". We use it every day dozens of times, but only a very small group of people is fully aware of the power residing ...

Learn How to Do Hypnosis the natural and simple way
You can learn how to do hypnosis in different ways. It is a great power to have. You can help people and also yourself to break free from bad habits and defeat obstacles that are destroying the qualit...

Learn Magic and Mentalism
<b>The Real Truth About Magic And Mentalism</b> I don't mean to burst anybody's bubble here, but there is no such thing as magic or mind reading, mentalism or whatever you want to call it. Now, I c...

I Cannot Be Hypnotized
I have never been hypnotized. I cannot be hypnotized. These are statements many people say to others and themselves. Nothing could be further from fact. Others have been putting us into trance and hyp...