LOVE From The Standpoint Of An American Master - Lester Levenson

First of all, I’d like to thank everyone for handing in there while we worked out all the bugs on the site…I believe your patience will be rewarded. I know some of you have not received the free Ṃs you are due, as we changed the handling of the emails, and had to rebuild the list. Those will be out the first week of March. With February’s holiday of St. Valentine, I thought I would write about the subject of Love from Lester’s viewpoint. He often said that Love was one of... Read more »

Spontaneous Idea Generation is the Key to Creativity and Innovation

No one really knows how an idea is generated. From out of a mass of white and gray matter called the brain, an idea all of the sudden appears “out of the blue.” Spontaneous idea generation is the mother of creativity. From the spontaneous idea arise concept, meaning, abstraction and innovation. That Eureka! moment is so powerful a behavioral reinforcer that once experienced few motivators can pull such weight. Even though we don′t exactly know what generates the spontaneous idea we do have some understanding of what works and what doesn′t. For instance, we know that some cultures are less innovative and these cultures tend to be socially hierarchical... Read more »

The Power of The Mind- Is There an Easy Way to Unlock It?

Science tells us that we currently use no more than 70% of our brain’s capabilities. Yet we struggle to cram our brains with content in this, the information age, where it seems to be particularly important to ‘know everything.’ Then too, along with the cramming comes the seemingly fantastical claims that we can ‘have it all’- including wealth, happiness, abundance, and breath-taking love- simply by making up our minds to it, and using our brains in a more productive fashion. If you are interested in the power of the mind you can access a lot of tools to help you on your way. You can buy cards and mini-books created by famed affirmation-ist Louise Haye, and read them daily. You can join a 12-step program, such as Alanon (if you have or know someone who has an addiction.) If... Read more »

What Is Positive Psychology?

Human psychology is always painted negative and as a study of negative human behavior; basically we perceive psychology as a sign of trouble, and thus attempt to correlate it to such destructive issues like depression, psychosis, unhappiness, mental disorders and mania. Sadly most of the clinical examinations also tend to look at psychology, as something that is a malady and most of the treatment attempts are aimed at treating the disease than stopping them from happening. Thus there is a pressing need for a new, revived way of looking... Read more »

The Nature Of Our Fears

Fear is natural defensive mechanism in a human body, and is provided as a protective mechanism to counter unexpected dangerous situations or a perceived threat of injury. Fear is also a tool for us to get ready well in advance to overcome certain scenarios, which requires a solid defense. If confronted with a danger, we will try to avoid the cause of danger itself, while if we are given a choice of performing something that is potentially harmful; we will invariably avoid that potentially dangerous situation. In some cases, fear is considered very desirable for human psyche, but in other extreme cases, fear factor may overpower us to such an extent that, we... Read more »

Motivation Through Neuro- Linguistic Programming

Nothing worthwhile in this world is achieved without motivation. Some of us are strongly motivated while others are just drifting away in life. Again, there are people who have been motivated right from their childhood whereas others got motivated at a much later stage. So whatever category you may belong to, if you are not motivated as yet towards anything, you just happen to exist but unable to live. In order to live rather than just surviving you must have a quality of liveliness that comes from positive motivation. Now the question arises:... Read more »

Website Design Influences Users’ Credibility Judgments

It is commonly argued that substance is more important than presentation; and that website content is likely to be judged on the basis of what it expresses, not how ideas are visually dressed up. Although substance is important, it is surprising how much additional influence superficial trappings contribute to users′ perceptions of web content. In fact, research suggest that it’s not enough to just hire talented website developers, editors and analytics experts but talented designers can influence how much faith users may place in... Read more »

Self Improvement through NLP Programming

We all strive for self-improvement no matter what the walk of life we come from. The moment you cease to grow professionally or psychologically you become a vegetable. Gone are the days when people blindly believed and accepted anything. New Age offers numerous means of self-improvement. NLP has emerged as the most popular as well as effective means through which to improve oneself not only professionally but also holistically as an excellent human being. Today hundreds of NLP self-help techniques are... Read more »

The Importance of Neuro Linguistic Programming

Neuro-linguistic programming or NLP is a communication model that is inter-personal in approach. It is still being researched upon and has mixed fee-back on record, but is being considered as an alternative approach to psychotherapy. Neuro-linguistic programming or NLP is based on subjective study and the enquiry involves language and communication. While some consider Neuro-linguistic programming or NLP as a theory, there are others who swear by its being a set of techniques and more of strategy than a model. Richard Bandler and John Grinder co-created Neuro-linguistic programming in the 1970s and initially their focus was pragmatic. They supported... Read more »

Train To Be A Psychotherapist

Psychotherapy has many training courses run by universities, colleges and institutions of which you can attend to become a qualified psychotherapist. The variety of training and modalities within psychotherapy can be confusing so it is important to understand what you want to learn and how to go about achieving it. Firstly, you should examine your reasons for wanting to become a psychotherapist. Your choice to work in psychotherapy may be guided by a desire to help adults or children with issues. You may want to work in the private sector or within the NHS. Perhaps you prefer working on a one-to-one basis or enjoy dealing with... Read more »