Instead of placing responsibility for parental burnout on the socio-political economic systems that make working full time and raising kids full time so difficult, we tell parents it's their fault for not hitting the gym hard enough. She was excessively nice to him and would spend all her free time …

What aspects do you want to be different with your family? The students were convinced that Joshua had a death wish as they watched him taunt the angry Italian. Shaking the chair he was seated on, Joshua sang in a nasal voice, Mafia man, mafia man, say what you will …

There are other reasons that sexual play may be limited during the postpartum period. The most obvious is that if a parent has given birth, their genitals are off limits for a few weeks to a few months while they recover (whether they gave birth surgically or vaginally). If there …

I find most parents want something in between the behaviourist approach (Watson, Weissbluth, and Ferber) that assumes all infant sleep behaviour can be conditioned, and the just accept it approach that assumes parent sleep isn't important -- and both are overly simplistic and ignore the cost of each strategy on both …

Romantic love is in some sense the conscious brain's apprehension of these mechanisms, and social and emotional bonds of all kinds are deeply rewarding to most people on a neurobiological level. Positive social interaction triggers dopamine release. How sex drives us to love Let's begin with sex, since it's at …

This joint compression gave him both containment and a sense of triumph as he made the reflexive pushing movements that he didn't get to complete during his birth due to fetal distress. After this session, his mother and teacher reported that his temper outbursts had been completely eradicated after that …

Feeling torn in this way can be terrifying and can cause vicarious trauma for midwives, nurses, and doctors. There's also legal confusion about whose life takes priority: the birther or the baby? And who gets to make that choice? The medical staff? The birther? The partner? This becomes even more …

While I have some deep critiques of the documentary The Business of Being Born, it did highlight stories of significant mistreatment of birthers in America, common among them the overreliance on C-sections and an overall attempt to streamline the process, which should be deeply personal and unique to each situation …

Most of them are exceptional listeners with the ability to solve almost any problem or issue for others who may be having a hard time figuring things out. They always have people turning to them for advice, comfort, love, understanding, and most of all, answers. They have a spiritual gift …

Given limited information, we have no way of evaluating an entire person and will use every proxy we can for signals that point to personality traits, competencies, and other soft skills that are evaluated during the interview process. We use these stereotypes to project thought patterns and future behavior on …

Our brains like certainty. Answer the question with any explanation you like. The brain will feel satisfied. The question, Why is he acting like an ungrateful bastard? <a href='http://polimentosroberto.com.br/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id=1742361'>No</a> one can be certain of …

Because there are more than 100 viruses that cause our colds and no form of western medicine that can tame them, it makes sense to choose oriental medicine to individually diagnose and treat your cold symptoms. Rest is a common prescription--and one that's frequently ignored. Acupuncture, herbs, and cupping are …

By the time that Liver Qi stagnation has become serious enough to cause ascites then it is pretty advanced, but there is a whole spectrum of Liver Qi stagnation that presents with just a little swelling and no ascites. If portal blood flow is going slowly, sludgily, then it probably …

Almost certainly there will be frustration and irritability, whether it is at a stuck drawer, a nagging partner or England's lack of ability to string more than a few passes together at football. There is a hormone of irritability - it is histamine. Histamine is a hormone designed to make your …

Conveniently (for me) the name serotonin simply means blood vessel (sero-) contractor (-tonin). So, the link between capillaries closing up and serotonin is a given. How does it relate to the spleen, though? Serotonin is best known as the feel-good hormone, but what is less known is that over 95 …

Once the levels get high enough, the sugar overflows through the kidneys, sucking water with it through osmosis. As a result the patient starts to constantly pee, but is always thirsty trying to replenish the lost fluids. Eventually the patient becomes severely dehydrated and only insulin can save them. Even …

In particular, I loved his advice about dealing with unfinished business, so that death does not take us unawares. Like this article, he suggests you do this work before you're diagnosed with something, so that you can take the time to do it right. Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path …

This principle applies in other types of martial arts, such as Aikido and Wing Chun, as well as for Qigong masters who redirect the attacking energy of the opponent and are able to use it against the attacker themselves. The same principle underpins the Yogan Method. In using it, all …

I was overwhelmed and, as a result, not as happy and carefree as the other children. I clearly had capabilities that made family life and interactions with other people difficult for me. On the one hand, I was extraordinarily sensitive, and on the other hand, my thought processes were completely …

Parents often overtly express that conflict in the form of frequent loud fighting that fills children with anxiety and even fear that one or both parents may leave them. Other parents express that marital discord behind closed doors. In these cases, the parents may cover up and fail to talk …

I direct my question internally, as I've learnt to. Inside I feel suspicion. Is it a trick? This is my Switch part, sensitive, alive, visceral, relational. He feels things deeply. His emotions are always close to the surface, but never shallow. Herman describes it this way: It is very tempting …

Every day, the patch doubles in size. Our mind tends to come up with shortcuts not just to allow us to spring to action but sometimes also to help us contextualize certain situations. This ability to quickly form an opinion about our surroundings is known as heuristics. Heuristics play a …

So in the United States and other Western cultures, this means seeing beautiful people as friendly, independent, and assertive. But when researchers gave Korean students pictures of attractive Koreans, they did not see them as having characteristics such as potency, which Americans value (Wheeler & Kim, 1997). Rather, Korean students judged …

James, 1890; Leary et al. Another reason is that we expect someone who likes us to treat us well, so the anticipation of rewards enhances our liking for that person (Montoya & Insko, 2008). You might also suspect that we like those who compliment us, even to the point of flattery …

You and your counselor come to know each other during the Assessment stage. Usually, your counselor forms a treatment plan and often knows how long the therapy can take. Cognitive Stage You and your counselor work together in the Cognitive stage to understand your opinion. You may have spent some …

This can result in an empathy gap and less likelihood of offering help. Causal Attributions Because of attributional processes and a desire to see the world as just, people may convince themselves a person bears responsibility for his or her own troubles. This feeling can reduce empathy and thus helping …

Harm-seeking done to another person that is elicited in response to some negative emotion. Instrumental aggression Harm-seeking done to another person that serves some other goal. Although instrumental aggression certainly is important, most of the theory and research we will discuss deals with the hot, affective type of aggression because …

One way is to impress on them the necessity of cooperating with those with whom they are working. When people realize that they need to cooperate with an outgroup person, they can be motivated to be nonbiased in their interactions with the outgroup and even show improved memory for the …

Silence can communicate a multitude of things: happiness, satisfaction, a sense of contentment and wellbeing. But more often than not it communicates dissatisfaction, contempt, anger, pouting, sulking and attitudes that say, Who gives a darn? When silence prevails, there is little opportunity to resolve issues and move forward in a …

There are lots of individuals who overcame extremely limiting circumstances to become some of the best in the world at what they do. Stephen Hawking is a good example. Here's an absolute genius, one of the smartest minds of our time, who also happened to be diagnosed with ALS at …

Longer practice does not always mean better: Would you accept a challenge to run for three miles if you have never jogged a day in your life? It is the same with yoga. Sometimes 1 to 2-hour sessions can be unrealistic and more difficult to maintain compared to a 30-minute …

Possible selves Images of what the self might become in the future. Our visions of possible selves are not just idle pictures in our minds. They also motivate and guide our behavior (Markus & Nurius, 1986). That's because thinking about a possible self can make us aware of the actions we …

In fact, the other person would probably do the same thing. Over time, however, the name was shortened more and more, and the part for self-hypnosis was lost, which is why many users of autogenic training today do not even know that it is an express self-hypnosis method that they …

You can do this anywhere - even on a bathroom break or behind your computer. An article published on the National Center for Biotechnology Information website reviewed 13 published articles that looked at the effectiveness of hypnosis in chronic pain. It finds that 11 items mentioned that . Also, the effectiveness of …

Our time on earth is limited, and there is no time to be mediocre. YOU: Please remove your personal belongings from your office by that time. I'll have Gail available to assist you, if you like. Now, Dan, your separation from us is subject to the policy set out in …

A person, an idea, a relationship, a project. ALWAYS START WITH WHAT MATTERS You can't do anything until you know what matters to you, but how do you actually know? You have two choices: global reflection or mindfulness. Global Reflection Sit down with a notearticle, make two columns--Lazy and Genius--and …

The audience are going to be ready to remember a speaker who was loud and had confidence in his voice. That's a fun mic drop. Forget about setting goals? Yes, please! And guess what? The article in your hands right now is teaching you how to build a system, how …

Factually, it's someone who sees you more often; I know you want the best way to do things. I'm guessing that even though this idea of the right order is appealing, it might also strike you as annoying. Just tell me what to do, Kendra, and I'll do it! You …

The key of eye contact when used well, it can land an individual a possible husband or wife. For the panic attacks, I'd breathe through them, mostly recover, and occasionally make an appointment with my counselor if it felt appropriate. Instead of paying attention to the root problem, I was …

It's important to work closely with your psychiatrist and reevaluate your medication regularly, because the perfect dosage may change over time. When Subordinates Request Assorted Perks and Privileges Outside of salary and promotion, employee requests range from the perfectly reasonable to the outlandish. Most requests fall somewhere in between. For …