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June 18, 2025
We don’t have to be psychotic to live under an illusion. Every day, countless decisions are made...
June 17, 2025
Sometimes when we must make a choice between two options, we will flip a coin. Often this seems...
June 16, 2025
From time immemorial, music has played a profound role in human experience and behaviour. We all...
June 15, 2025
I remember watching Popeye cartoons as a kid. He ate a lot of spinach, and it made him...
June 14, 2025
I guess most, if not all of us, will have the experience of being misunderstood at one time or...
June 13, 2025
Laughter can mean different things. It can be an innocent expression of mirth or represent a...
June 12, 2025
Over recent years, a saying has appeared in the field of occupational psychology: “Sleep is the...
June 11, 2025
We’ve always known that people generally enjoy a certain level of stimulation, but it was the...
June 10, 2025
I remember once attending a parent’s evening atmy son’s school. At one point I found myself...
June 9, 2025
Reaching out to others is one of the best things we can do. It builds relationships, increases...
June 8, 2025
It has been said that the eyes are the window to the human soul. Certainly, the size of someone's...
June 7, 2025
It is widely accepted that most people can picture an object in their mind, as well as imagining...
June 6, 2025
It's important to be doing something in life that we believe in, and that has meaning for us,...
June 5, 2025
For many years I have been involved in training psychotherapists, and one of the beliefs that I...
June 4, 2025
Some people are better story tellers than others. I once heard a Shakespearian actor reading the...
June 3, 2025
We have a saying: "It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it." In other words,...
June 2, 2025
I have a great memory of my father singing as he drove. There's something about a song. A song...
June 1, 2025
There are many decisions we must make in life. Each day brings new choices, new challenges, and...
May 31, 2025
There are times when it’s good to look back at our past, such as when we call to mind great...
May 30, 2025
It's generally a good thing to be observant. In fact, we even have a saying: 'Look before you...