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It’s meaning, effects, and the ways to stay away or move away from it Learning refers to the process of acquiring new information, behaviors, or abilities via experiences such as practice and observation. Changes in your behavior, knowledge, or brain function make learning evident. What can you learn? This is one endless list. You can learn concrete, directly observable skills such as cycling, cooking, drawing, constructing and destroying bridges, and so on. You can learn

What to know about knowing yourself Self-awareness is arguably among the most popularly used philosophical and psychological concepts in our daily lives. From recognising yourself as a distinct individual for the first time to reflecting on your purpose in life, everything you consider under the heading “ME” is a part of your self-awareness. Your thoughts, feelings, and actions towards yourself, others, and everything there is. What’s happening to your body? What’s going on in your

Imagine yourself in the following situations; what might your thoughts, feelings, and desired actions be like?➔ You’re a 2-year old kid busy playing with some toys. When you look up searching for your mother, you see her holding another baby.➔ You’re a primary school student who’s having a great time playing with a friend during recess. A classmate of yours walks towards both of you and asks if he can join? Your friend readily agrees

When beliefs turn from being our allies to foes? Commonly understood as the thoughts we consider real and true, our beliefs are the filters through which we experience and judge ourselves, others, and our surroundings. They have the power to influence our feelings, and behaviors. We may not always be aware of their impact in our daily lives, some of us may not even know what our core beliefs are, but they’re guiding us at

…its many gifts & what it’s not Psychologists Robert A. Emmons and Cheryl A. Crumpler (2000) conceptualise gratitude as “…an emotion, a virtue, a moral sentiment, a motive, a coping response, a skill, an attitude…” which leads one to recognise the presence of goodness in her/his life; be it something done by another person or nature (or even yourself!). A widely researched concept with immense significance in positive psychology and counseling psychology, gratitude is the