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Breaking Patterns
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011In NLP there is frequent talk of ’breaking patterns’ of behaviour in order to create new choices or responses. The of quoted and rhetoric sounding “If You Do What You’ve Always Done, You’ll Get What You’ve Always Got’ mantra … Well here’s an interesting article.. If you’re trying to cut back on junk food like [...]
Can Psychology Explain God?
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011I thought some of you would be interested in some of the ideas expressed in the article below… Can psychology explain God? The need to know a higher being that some of us call God has been a long lasting one. It does not seem to go away but only gets more profound. What we [...]
Women and their Self-Image
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011Women’s body image based more on others’ opinions than their own weight Women’s appreciation of their bodies is only indirectly connected to their body mass index (BMI), a common health measure of weight relative to height, according to recent research. The most powerful influence on women’s appreciation of their bodies is how they believe important [...]
The Brain, Habits and Goals
Thursday, March 24th, 2011Researchers find similarities in brain activity for both habits and goals A team of researchers has found that pursuing carefully planned goals and engaging in more automatic habits shows overlapping neurological mechanisms. Because the findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Neuron, show a neurological linkage between goal-directed and habitual, and perhaps [...]
Greetings
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010This blog will feature motivational tips and strategies to help everyone achieve their potential, believe in their dreams and define a way to reach them.