5 exercises that will help you stop depending on other people’s opinions
Today, most people can choose their own path – for example, their values, their job, their environment, their place of residence. But along with this freedom came new challenges: we need to constantly adapt to change and compete in almost every sphere. In such conditions it is easy to spoil the relationship with oneself, falling […]
Sociophobia: fashionable or anxiety disorder?
Sociophobia – the fear of not being accepted by society – is a popular neurosis of our time. People suffering from it, mistakenly perceive this disorder as an unchangeable part of their personality. And some even deliberately cultivate emotional detachment, trying to seem more mysterious. But what is sociophobia really? REASONS FOR THE PREVALENCE OF […]
5 cases when you need to trust your intuition
Many people probably know the feeling when you feel in your gut that you are doing the right thing, or when you realise that a person is cheating, even though everyone around you is telling you that he or she is honest. The motivational speaker talks about cases when you can and should trust your […]
Mature woman: 7 signs of a psychologically mature person
What kind of ‘beast’ is a mature woman? Is it possible to consider yourself or, say, your friend as such? And is this state achievable at all? Our expert offers a checklist of psychological ‘adulthood’ as a reference point for those who seek to accumulate wisdom over the years. A mature woman is a person […]
Five signs of a strong woman
Housewife or career woman – it doesn’t matter. A woman’s strength is not in the role she chooses, but in the way she lives her life: who she takes care of and what she spends her time on. Are there any strong women in your environment? Or maybe you can call yourself one? Let’s find […]
How to learn to accept criticism: 4 psychological approaches to dealing with feedback
Constructive criticism is really no less valuable for development than praise and recognition. Only when people are emotionally overloaded due to personal and external crises, and social networks create the illusion that behind the screen there is always a character and not a living person, the line between criticism as such and insults to vent […]
5 most common things that stump people with very high IQs
Superintellectuals often fail at things that come easily to people of average intelligence. Shall we test it? It would seem that those who have been blessed by nature with outstanding intellectual abilities have many advantages in life compared to those who are not so fortunate in this sense. However, psychologists and psychotherapists are well aware […]
The secret of the long-livers: how to stay fit and healthy at 100 years of age
There is one factor that increases the chances of reaching old age in good health. Our columnist Elena Pogrebizhskaya tells us about it. I have a film about the secret to eternal youth. That’s what it’s called. The heroes of the film, as you can guess, are scientists and people aged about a hundred years. […]
How to stop suffering even when things are bad
Doubts and disappointments sometimes overwhelm everyone. And if we give in to destructive thoughts, we can believe that everything is hopeless and slip into a state of eternal failure. But when we realise where our thoughts are leading us, we can turn things around. WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS THAT KEEP YOU FROM MOVING FORWARD I […]
How to learn to react calmly to everything: the yogic method
‘Calm, only calm!’ – Carlson exclaimed when things started to go wrong and turned any problem into an excuse to play and have fun. According to Shri Prakash Ji, President of the Centre for Indian Culture, this is how one should react to troubles – calmly and positively. And this easy attitude to life can […]