How and why to be more assertive
Assertiveness refers to the ability to express one’s feelings and needs directly while maintaining respect for others (American Psychological Association, 2020). Although this sounds simple enough, practising assertiveness does not always come naturally. For...
Right Thinking & Awakening the Mind
Where you focus your attention, your energy will flow in that direction or you may know this saying better as: ‘Energy follows thought’. These days, staying focused on any thought is no small achievement. We live in a time of emotional and mental instability and no...
Battle for Hong Kong’s Psychological Wellbeing
I live in Hong Kong (HK), and I love it here. My home is in a great area surrounded by hills. I enjoy the friendliness of the people, the buzz of the city and the hiking that is available throughout the territory. As a result, the recent HK protests have disturbed my...
Global Triangles Meditation
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”Native American Global Triangles Meditation An Earth Healing Grid of LightThe global triangles meditation for earth healing is a very simple meditation that only takes a few minutes....
Spirituality in Higher Education
In 2003, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) did a study based on spirituality & higher education and how it can help students. The research involved 112,000 American college freshmen, then a follow-up survey of more than 14,000 of the students after...
Humanity: Physical and Emotional Crisis
What is happening to the world at this time is not just because of human causation. We are being affected by happenings beyond our present understanding and that is why we sometimes feel like a ping pong ball, being tossed here there and everywhere, feeling out of...
About Psychology & Psychotherapy
Psychology & Psychotherapy More people need help with mental health issues which has resulted in a rapid growth of mental health care practitioners. New types of therapies are readily available and further information about the treatment of psychology or...
Courage To Change
“We are the change we have been waiting for.”― Barack Obama It takes courage to change, but how do you learn to be courageous? Is it about acting and doing thing differently? Younger versus Older Generation The process of change involves taking action and doing things...
Positive Thinking
One of the many possibilities of ways to improve ourselves, our well-being and our outlook on life is to stop the negative thinking that often pervades a large proportion of our daily thoughts Positive Thinking But we can’t just turn off the negative thoughts. They...
Eat Plants Not Meat
“Transformation to healthy diets by 2050 will require substantial dietary shifts. Global consumption of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes will have to double, and consumption of foods such as red meat and sugar will have to be reduced by more than 50%. A diet rich...
Grieving the Loss of a Mother
With Mother’s Day approaching at the time of writing, this article addresses the deeply emotional and painfully challenging experience of losing one’s mother. Also, many people suffer from the profound feelings of grief that often arise on poignant occasions such as...
The Benefit of Laughter
Did you know that healthy children can laugh 400 times in a day but adults only average 15 times? It seems that we all need more laughter in our lives. But, does it really matter? Is laughter the best medicine? The Benefit of Laughter Well, research indicates that...