Positive psychology was a term that Maslow coined in 1987. However, the psychology branch known as positive psychology was popularised by Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. In psychology, the focus has traditionally been on the negative. However, optimum life can be achieved by banking on the positives and the strengths. This is a simplistic definition…
Given the world’s recent changes, working remotely from home is becoming the norm. While this is a good thing, it has advantages and disadvantages. People working from home should keep a few things in mind to maintain their mental and emotional wellness. The first thing to understand is that remote work differs from isolating…
Start to practice being mindful of your day-to-day emotions and where you feel them in your body. Give names to these emotions. Reflect if one emotion is felt in the head, whereas the other is felt in the chest area or your abdomen. Label your emotion every time you thinkabout it. Instead of calling them…
Self-soothing behaviour occurs when people engage in self-calming behaviour, either consciously or unconsciously. Sometimes, when little thought is given to this, people may resort to overeating junk food, excessive shopping, or increasing their alcohol intake to self-soothe.As babies, we self-soothe when upset by hugging a teddy bear or a parent. Over time, we learn unhealthy…
Most of our lives are online, and people who work remotely may be subjected to stress and harassment, including internet trolling. Let’s examine this phenomenon and learn how to protect ourselves. Young people, especially, worryingly spend a lot of time on forums, chat rooms, and online community discussions. They interact with strangers they know nothing…
Let us learn about what stress is. Anything that increases our stress hormones is stress. A tiger in real life is a very stressful situation, and our bodies prepare us with a burst of energy to either fight it or run away. If the threats are internal or cannot be modified, learning to deal with…
Some people thrive on routine, while routines bore other people. Whatever your inclinations are, setting minimal routines will help you cope with times of stress when everything may be chaotic.Set simple routines starting in the morning. Set times for waking up at a particular time and the morning rituals that you engage in.Set times for…
Identify the situation in which you need to exert your assertiveness. For Example., when you need to say “no”. Please identify what you want from that communication when you are being sidelined in a queue, when your request is ignored in a shop, or when your spouse refuses to do their share of housework. Use…
An essential component of positive psychology is self-compassion. Think about how many times you are hard on yourself. At the same time, you can forgive other’s mistakes easily. Why is this? Why do you have stricter standards for yourself and kinder standards towards others? Compassion is being empathetic and warm. For example, if there is…
In this blog, we practice the second aspect of self-compassion, known as common humanity. When we talk of common humanity, we accept our failures as a human without beating ourselves up or looking at struggles as personal failures. Understanding and accepting that all are human, including yourselves, is acceptable to make mistakes! If you don’t…
