Learned Helplessness was a term that was coined by Martin Seligman and Steven Maier. Seligman did a lot of behavioral experiments with animals. And what he found was that, when an animal received negative stimulus repeatedly, in a way that …
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Life is not a bed of roses. And it is inevitable that we face difficulties, problems, challenges in life. Some of which we will be able to handle, solve, sort, deal, cope by ourselves, which is great. But then there …
Essentially, couple counselling will work for couples, who are willing to take responsibility for their own behaviors/actions, and for the role that they play in the challenges in the couple relationship. In couple counselling the couple are encouraged to be …
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How to choose your partner – be it a marriage or a committed relationship? What factors do you want to consider when you get into a serious committed relationship like a marriage? Many of my clients, who are considering getting …
Getting married! What if it doesn’t work? What if someone better comes along? Read more »
Many a times you might experience difficult emotions like sadness, anger, hurt, jealousy, insecurity, rejection etc. And you may feel helpless that your emotions are controlling you. When you deny your emotions in our attempt to either not feel them …
What does it do to you when you smell the clothes of your partner? Especially when they are away. Recent research suggests that smelling the clothes of your partner could help you feel more calm, deal with stress better and …
Happy Women’s Day. On this day I want to bring it to every woman’s attention that caring for oneself needs to be non negotiable. Taking care of everyone else but not oneself, is the sad reality of a majority …
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5 ways by which we inadvertently encourage or even condone online bullying/shaming/trolling. For example – somebody forwards a message (the person may or may not the originator of the message) that could be insulting or shaming a particular person or …
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One of the latest epidemics that we as a society are facing is that of loneliness. Research suggests that feeling lonely can be as damaging as having 15 cigarettes a day. So what can we do? How do we address …
The United lawyers – Sydney report show cases the percentage of divorces happening by country. And Indian numbers show that we are last in divorce rates. Is this Good or bad? Does the reported low rate of Divorce in India …