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Grief Meditation and Yoga: Healing Through Awareness
The grief of bereavement is a severe psychosocial stressor (Stroebe, Schut, & Stroebe, 2007). Intense emotional pain can lead to substance abuse, relationship difficulties, anxiety, [...]
Visualization in Therapy: 16 Simple Techniques & Tools
Our imagination provides a powerful vehicle for exploring aspects of the self and promoting behavioral change (Thomas, 2016). In sports, visualization is helpful for rehearsal [...]
What Is Openness to Experience & How Do We Measure It?
If last night’s dream helped you solve a problem, it could indicate that you are high in the personality disposition of openness (Larsen, Buss, Wismeijer, [...]
Maranasati Meditation: How to Practice Mindfulness of Death
Maranasati meditation refers to several early Buddhist practices focused on mindfulness of death (Access to Insight, 2013a, 2013b). The objective of mindfulness of death practices [...]
How to Improve Your Empathic Listening Skills: 7 Techniques
People are suffering. Social and personal complexities have amplified anxiety and depression, pushing people to their limits. How can we help a hurting person? Beyond [...]
What Is Positive Organizational Behavior? (+ Examples)
Have you ever dreaded going to work, feeling a heaviness in the air the moment you walk through the doors? Successful organizations recognize that employees [...]
48 Ways to Apply Psychoeducation as a Coach
Whether or not you realize it, psychoeducation is likely at the core of your work as a coach. This holistic term represents a growing recognition [...]
18 Best Growth Mindset Activities, Worksheets, and Questions
Many of us are aware of the importance of adopting a growth mindset and perhaps even believe we have done so already. But do we [...]
How to Perform Hope Therapy: 4 Best Techniques
In everyday language, the word hope can suggest unrealistic, wishful thinking. For positive psychologists, hope refers to a positive state of mind, one in which [...]
Lego Therapy: How Play Can Heal People (+ Resources)
Connecting with others is more than just a pleasure; it’s a core human need. However, for an estimated 1 in 160 children worldwide with autism [...]