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Analyzing & Interpreting Your Clients’ Body Language: 26 Tips
Darwin was one of the first individuals to explore the concept of body language in Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. He studied [...]
Cultivating Emotional Literacy in Adults
Emotional literacy, the ability to understand, express, and manage emotions effectively, is a critical skill for adults in both personal and professional contexts. This article [...]
Treating Phobias With Positive Psychology: 15 Approaches
Phobophobia is a fear of phobias. That is just one in our list of 107 phobias. Clearly a person suffering from phobophobia has a lot [...]
How to Keep a Healthy Mind While Aging: 8 Easy Strategies
With 1 in 5 people likely to be over 60 by 2050 (Ballesteros, 2022), it is becoming increasingly essential to understand why our cognitive powers [...]
Understanding Empathy vs. Sympathy: What’s the Difference?
Empathy and sympathy go to the core of what it means to be human. We are a social and highly cooperative animal that depends on [...]
How to Encourage Clients to Embrace Change
Many of us struggle with change, especially when it’s imposed upon us rather than chosen. Yet despite its inevitability, without it, there would be no [...]
EMDR Training & 6 Best Certification Programs
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has gained significant recognition for its effectiveness in treating trauma-related conditions and other mental health issues (Oren & [...]
How to Fuel Positive Change by Leveraging Episodic Memory
Some researchers believe that our memory didn’t evolve for us to only remember but to imagine all that might be (Young, 2019). Episodic memory is [...]
Secure Attachment Style: Why It Matters & How to Nurture It
Imagine a relationship where trust flows effortlessly, communication is a breeze, and both partners feel equally cherished, respected, and free. Welcome to the world of [...]
Theory of Mind: How We Learn to Understand Each Other
As psychologists, coaches, therapists, and humans, we spend a great deal of our time focused on what we and our clients are feeling and thinking. [...]