‘Love’ – the verb – Part 1

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While love seems to be a universally valued attribute, defining it in behavioural terms can be a challenge. Love isn’t an easy concept to under...

‘Passing the buck’: Exploring the need to blame others…

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Passing the buck is the act of attributing to another person or group one’s own responsibility. Research has shown that persons gravitate towar...

How couples can maintain healthy relationships

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Healthy relationships can help you live longer, deal with stressful situations better and improve your overall quality of life, but maintaining stro...

Romantic relationships – Part 2

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3. Confident Relationships Cont’d You will discover the strength of being in a "Confident Relationship” when you: o Limit physical conta...

Romantic relationships – Part 1

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Evidence has shown that the propensity towards developing stable relationships begins in infancy, in a child’s earliest experiences with a care...

How do I move on? Understanding Adjustment Disorder – Part 2

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Adjustment disorder is a group of symptoms, such as stress, feeling sad or hopeless, and physical symptoms that can occur after you go through a str...

How do I move on? Understanding Adjustment Disorder – Part 1

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Adjustment disorder is a group of symptoms, such as stress, feeling sad or hopeless, and physical symptoms that can occur after you go through a str...

Psychological first aid

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The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day covers the concept of "psychological first aid”. Psychological first aid covers both psyc...

Highs and lows of gossip… Part 2

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Some bad effects of gossiping: Bad karma One of the worst effects of gossip is that it will come back to you. If you’re spreading gossip ...

Highs and lows of gossip… Part 1

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One researcher cited, "Gossip is a phenomenon that has been labeled by many as bad. Whenever someone brings up the word gossip, people most certainl...