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How to Manage a Conflict Properly

Manage Conflict ProperlyIn managing a conflict, it is important to make sure that you do not lose your composure and calmness even though your button is pushed. Calm and composed attitude will help you to manage a conflict in a good way as well as maintain a good personal relationship.

1. Share negative emotions only in person or on the phone.
E-mails, answering machine messages, and notes are too impersonal for the delicate nature of negative words. Some words that sound bad may be actually not when they are delivered face to face.

2. Pepper your responses with the phrase, “I understand”.
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First Look on Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality DiWhen someone in your groups tends to grab all the attention, often poses arrogantly in a conversation or gathering, and protests loudly if he or she is ignored, we call him or her a narcissistic person. Actually, the term “narcissistic” can go more than that. In psychology, there is a term called narcissistic personality disorder. Unlike your attention-grabbing fellow, this disorder is marked with excessive self-centeredness, lack of empathy, and an exaggerated sense of self-importance. Furthermore, these symptoms bring significant negative impacts to the person’s social and career relationships.

Narcissistic personality disorder is estimated to affect 1-percent of the Read more!

Signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Signs Stress DisorderTraumatic experiences like childhood abuse, disasters, rape, sexual harrasment and war have tremendous effects in one’s mental health as well as physical. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are collective symptoms that often occur after someone is exposed to, experienced, or witnessed situations that are life-threatening, causing serious injuries or shaking someone’s belief and integrity. The immediate responses of these situations can be a shock, helplessness, horror, or intense fear

If you or someone you know have been exposed to a traumatic event in the past, but cannot really cope with the trauma, you might notice Read more!

How to Make Good Impression at Work

Make Good ImpressionCreating good impression at work is not the same with sucking up your boss. Building good impression means that you conduct all the proper work etiquettes, so as to create a better work environment. Plus, good impression may lead to a promotion or make your boss trusting you for bigger responsibilities, since the true personality of such person is usually reflected on the impression he or she makes. Creating good impression is pretty much easy if we know the proper work etiquettes we must conduct.

Here are ways to build good impression at work.

1. Use proper work etiquettes
That means you must know when you have to answer a call or set your cellphone in silent mode, what words that are proper to use in an e-mail, and how to use the office facilities properly.

2. Know when to call in sick to work
Do not act tough when you know that your sickness is severe. A good boss or manager knows that when you are sick, not only you are less productive than usual, but you also make risk of spreading your
sickness to everyone else. Call in sick if you really need to. Read more!

How to Find Out if You Have Bipolar Disorder

How Bipolar DisorderEmotional roller-coaster is a common consequence in a hectic everyday life, but sometimes many people cannot distinguish between regular stress or low feeling, and something that is more serious or even needs a professional’s help. For example, if you have days when you experience emotional rise and fall, perhaps you could not tell whether it is a normal part of your life, or something serious such as the symptoms of bipolar disorder.

So, how to tell if you have bipolar disorder or other serious psychological condition? There are some points that should be your considerations before you decide to ask for a professional’s help. Read more!

A Brief Introduction to Cognitive Therapy

Introduction Cognitive TherGoing to a therapist or psychologist to solve a mental problem is not a culture in many families. Often, when someone is suffering from depression or anxiety problem, he or she will use certain drugs.

Sometimes, the family itself asks to prescriptive drugs to treat the problem. Even managed care companies sometimes encourage family doctors to prescribe medications rather than refer to a mental health professional for psychotherapy.

There are times when this may be appropriate, but there are other times when psychotherapy is clearly indicated. The fact is, not all mental problems can be treated solely with drugs, especially if the Read more!

Prevent Depression with Diet

Prevent Depression DietFood and mood are somehow connected, so don’t make mistakes with certain diets which lead to low mood and low blood sugar. Lack of certain nutrients like amino acids, minerals, fatty acids, protein, and carbohydrates, can lead to deficiency of certain chemicals in the body, such as dopamine, endorphin, glutamine, and serotonin, which would later lead to anxiety and depression.

So here are some diet tips to avoid depression:

1. Eat small meals and healthy snacks throughout the day, and never skip meals especially breakfast. This will keep your blood sugar Read more!

The Investment Plan of a Blessed Woman

Investment Blessed WomanProverb 31 describes about the wife of a noble character who knows a great deal about investing. The scripture told about how she purchased a field and planted a vineyard with her earnings, and she also had a home business that is making belts for the tradesmen. However, according to Sharon Jaynes, the most notable characteristics of the lady mentioned in Proverb 31 was her investment in her children who rose up and called her BLESSED.

Well, such title is certainly not an accolade earned overnight, but through daily deposits into the hearts, souls and minds of children. So what is the definition of a ‘blessed woman’? According to Sharon Jaynes there are seven elements that fit the acronym of BLESSED, they are:
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Women’s Personality from the Shape of Their Lips

Personality Shape LipsA women’s sensuality can normally be marked from their lips, but besides of that, you can actually read someone’s character and personality through the shape of her lips.

Full Lips

Full-curved and sexy lips like Angelina Jolie’s and Scarlett Johansson’s can show a character of a brave and confident person. The beauty of this shape of lips is in the symmetrical form, as if they are showing that the person who owns them truly believe in herself and always feel beautiful.

Wide Lips
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Wide lips like Julia Roberts’ and Anne Hathaway’s shows that you are a very happy person, who has a lot of friends with many different interests. Not only that, you are also a perfectionist, very successful and talented, as well as independent in determining your own fate.
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The Most Common Mental Health Issues in Women

Mental Health IssuesMental health issues can be experienced by women from any society; either they are rich or poor, or living within cities or villages. Most mental problems are caused by pressures which relate to gender discrimination, hunger, malnutrition, sexual abuse, domestic violence, humiliation, entrapment, and even loneliness. Here are 5 most common mental health issues in women:

1. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

This disorder affects thousands of women across the world, especially those who live closer to the two hemispheres. The seasonal depression sets in during winter and fall, and also caused by the daylight changes. Women will first experience mood swings from time to time, get lack of energy, fatigue and need to sleep longer. Those who suffer from SAD will rapidly gain weight because their appetite will increase and they will also crave for more carbs and sugar. Read more!