In today's society many people allow their opinion of themselves to be effected by what other people think of them. Meaning if other people think you are fun and exciting, your self-image improves, but if people feel you are old fashion and boring then your self esteem will plummet.

The glasses you wear out of the house help tell people who you are or more accurate the glasses help you tell people who you want them to think that you are.

There are many different...

Forecasting the settlement on landfill sites has changed into an imperative component of safe landfill design, void planning and long term management. Pragmatic prophecies depend heavily on correct models of engineering behavior, especially the long term settlement characteristics. Serious volume reduction and therefore settlement will happen thru decomposition of the biodegradable part, and the physical processes related to self-weight.

Despite the environmental, political and...

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity?of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease?This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty?Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin?but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether sixty or sixteen? there is in every human being's heart the...

I am sure that you have read many journals or even magazines that have featured some psychology articles. These articles will cover some new treatment or method that has the field of psychology in an uproar. As you read the psychology articles you should keep in mind that they are the ideas and theories of one or a few people. For this reason you should keep an open mind regarding these psychology articles.

For the person who is interested in reading the many different...

Teasing or poking a little fun at someone can give everyone a big laugh; it can also be done as a sense of humour. But to the person who is being teased, it can sometimes be hurtful inside! Wanting to be a "good-sport", you may even laugh at the joke that is being played on you; you may laugh along the first time but if you are constantly being teased, then it is no longer funny and it can become annoying!

Teasing is funnier to the teaser than the person being...

Myrmecophobia, phalacrophobia, hobophobia, acrophobia, pentheraphobia, hypengyophobia, venustraphobia, ailurophobia, gamophobia, ophidiophobia, arachnophobia, hydrophobia, alektorophobia, philophobia, logophobia and testophobia*. Do you have these symptoms for any of these? If you do, you are likely to be a normal human.

Fear is a common and dictating aspect of human behaviour. It is such a common reality to be afraid, that we have literally hundreds of words describing a...

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a form of self-awareness that I will describe as “a state of being in the present moment and accepting things for what they are without judgement”.

While mindfulness was originally taken from Buddhist meditation teachings, it has been adapted for use in the treatment of depression and for assisting with mood regulation, and has been found to have considerable health benefits.

When you are mindful, your awareness is in the...

The Adolescent’s Perception of Failure by William Allan Kritsonis, PhD

The following talk was delivered by William Allan Kritsonis during the summer of 1971 at Seattle Pacific University.  At the time, Kritsonis was completing the master's degree in education and the talk was given before a live audience of graduate students and professors, thus satisfying one of the special requirements needed for the degree.  The talk influenced many people deeply and forced them...

What personality trait bothers you most strongly? Do you work too hard? Are you compulsive about minor things, or do you overlook them without realizing it? Developing a personal development plan can help you to focus on those components of your personality that you desire to change.

By means of personal development, people learn to realize their unique strengths and shortcomings. They solve problems and strengthen relationships by capitalizing on positive characteristics and...

Normally the life of a student is filled with infinite number of dreams. Dreams of success, dreams of pride, of self confidence, dreams that are too valuable and dear to the young hearts.

The age group to which a student generally belongs is teen age period, the period when an individuals mind is full of innocence. A period when a small child is transformed into a matured person. As adolescence approaches a student starts experiencing lovely happenings of life. It is a...