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How to Strengthen Your Child's Self-Esteem

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My Grandfather's Legacy: An Eternal Bond

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Detecting diabetes early can make the difference between a manageable illness and a life-threatening one. In this article, discover the warning signs of diabetes.

Eight Warning Signs of Diabetes

7 Surprising Salvador Dalí Quotes

Obsessive worry rarely helps you. In fact, what it usually does is raise your anxiety levels and, consequently, the risk of psychological exhaustion. What can you do to avoid reaching these extremes?

How to Prevent a Worry from Becoming an Obsession

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Why do we like simulation games? What&#039;s so good about them? In this article, we talk about a way of returning to childhood, with all its advantages (and even more), in the context of an imaginative and fun experience.

Simulation Games: Why Are They so Popular?

Being alone can be a two-sided coin. Sometimes, you enjoy it and at others you avoid it.

Some Curious Facts About Loneliness

Fantastic stories, essays, novels... Behind any book, of any genre, you can find a story that really leaves its mark on you, the lucky reader. 

Ten Books To Make You Think. They Might Even Change Your Life

An increasing amount of people who are divorced, separated, or don&#039;t have any family responsibilities are now living alone. For many, it&#039;s a fulfilling experience. However, others are suffering in silence due to the loneliness of living alone. 

Living Alone After 50 Is Becoming Increasingly Common

It&#039;s curious how our minds work. The Pratfall effect is a good example of this, or how someone may start to like us better when we make a mistake.

The Pratfall Effect: Why Imperfection Makes Us More Likeable

Mothers usually take special care with certain risk factors during pregnancy. However, what about their emotional life? What role does it play in the development of the fetus?

Can Babies Feel Their Mothers' Emotions in the Womb?

The Quetelet index, later renamed the BMI, has made several companies a lot of money. What&#039;s behind it?

The Quetelet Index: A Statistician's Work Used to Make Money

There&#039;s a medical mystery that&#039;s both extraordinary and terrifying at the same time. People with dehiscence syndrome can hear the movement of their eyeballs and even the circulation of blood ascending to their brain.

Dehiscence Syndrome: Hearing Your Eyes Move and Your Blood Circulate

Pregnancy is a revolution for a woman&#039;s body. During the nine months of gestation, her body adapts to various changes, many of which aren&#039;t obvious to an outside observer.

The Invisible Changes of Pregnancy

During a respected delivery, the woman feels respected, listened to, and owns her own experience of childbirth. Find out what psychological benefits this type of childbirth brings.

Respected Childbirth and Its Psychological Importance

&quot;I love you, but I&#039;m leaving you.&quot; It seems like a contradiction, breaking up a relationship when love still exists. How can you deal with these situations? Find out here.

How to Leave Someone You Love

Despite the fact that authoritarianism is almost always associated with the father figure, the truth is that authoritarian mothers are also quite common. However, in these cases, the emotional impact can be more damaging and leave really deep emotional scars on the child.

Authoritarian Mothers: What Are They Like?

Lending money is always a delicate subject in a relationship, especially if the amount is significant. However, this isn&#039;t the only variable that has an influence. 

Can Lending Money Ruin a Relationship?

Why do you idealize certain people? Why are others who you barely know capable of hijacking your attention? We tell you how a crush affects your brain.

What Happens to Your Brain When You Have a Crush on Someone?

Do you have a friend who, although they answer your messages, rarely take the initiative to write to you, not even a simple &quot;How are you? How&#039;s everything?&quot; We explain why this happens.

Friends Who Answer Messages But Don't Send Them

A child&#039;s body undergoes physical changes, some of which are not particularly obvious. Many of these changes occur in the brain. We explain what happens inside the brain when children misbehave.

Neuroscience Can Explain Children's Bad Behavior

Why do we cry? Why is it a reaction we&#039;ve retained as we&#039;ve evolved over time?  What&#039;s its function, beyond cleaning the eyes  when there&#039;s a foreign body in them? We tell you  about crying and its fundamental role in different social scenarios.

What Happens to Your Body When You Cry?

It&#039;s time to break one more gender stereotype and state that men can be as emotional as women. The problem lies in society, which penalizes them for expressing their feelings and showing vulnerability.

Science Claims That Men Are as Emotional as Women

How you feel is influenced by different factors and variables. Hormones are one example. They&#039;re protagonists when you feel bad as well as when you feel good.

Hormones Play a Leading Role in How You Feel

Who hasn&#039;t ever experienced fear? However, do you know what its function is? Also, does it really help you? It seems so.

The Purpose of Fear

Being ourselves, listening to our hearts, and not ignoring our emotions. There&#039;s a certain romanticism in the behavior of visceral people.

Visceral People, When Instinct Dominates Reason

Recent research has overturned the long-held belief that serotonin deficits underlie depression. In fact, it&#039;s a rather more complex issue.

Science Claims That Serotonin Imbalance Doesn't Cause Depression

Do you have a great fear of contracting a disease? Do you tend to misinterpret and exaggerate your body&#039;s signals? If so, you&#039;ll be interested to learn about hypochondria and nosophobia, two similar yet different disorders.

Hypochondria and Nosophobia: Two Manifestations of the Fear of Illness

Children who grew up feeling as if they were invisible and as if nothing they felt mattered may have been suffering from passive emotional neglect. They often only discover this fact on reaching adulthood.

Passive Childhood Emotional Neglect: Growing Up Feeling Invisible

Reactive attachment disorder in adulthood is a significant clinical entity that generates many problems. Indeed, it&#039;s the source of a great deal of suffering.

Reactive Attachment Disorder in Adulthood

How many times have you had a hard time falling asleep because you couldn&#039;t stop thinking? It happens to all of us. Here, we talk about how to switch off that vicious circle of worrying thoughts. 

Nocturnal Rumination: How to Stop Those Tormenting Nighttime Worries

Complacency can give you peace at certain times, but it can also turn you into someone who&#039;s at the mercy of the wind, without the will or aspiration to control your environment. In this article, we talk about complacency and its consequences.

How Complacency Can Prevent You From Moving Forward

Perhaps you&#039;ve never really thought about it, but, just as you have behavioral habits, which you call your routine, you also have certain emotional habits. What are they? Do you know how they affect you?

How to Change Your Emotional Habits

Try to balance on one leg. Hold this position for ten seconds. In this article, we talk about the implications of being able to achieve this simple exercise or not, from a scientific perspective.

If You Can Balance on One Leg, You'll Live Longer

Admire &quot;The Starry Night&quot; by Van Gogh. Enjoy the details of Dalí&#039;s paintings. Did you know that watching these works, whether live or online, has a beneficial effect on your mental health?

Viewing Online Art Can Improve Your Well-Being

In the workplace, there are many instruments of control that reflect your competence and performance. In this article, we&#039;re going to talk about orientation, one of the main compromising variables.

How to Stay on Track at Work

How do you manage your tasks at work? Are you comfortable with your organization system? In this article, we&#039;ll talk about the most common mistakes in this area.

Five Mistakes That Stop You From Managing Your Work Tasks Efficiently

Have you ever considered quitting your job? Do you know how to tell whether or not it&#039;s wise to do so? In this article we&#039;ll tell you.

Seven Signs It's Time to Quit Your Job

What happens when your main motivation is simply that others recognize your achievements and progress? Find out here.

The Dangers of Working Solely to Boost the Ego

Theory Z is based on the Japanese leadership style in which humanism and the trust of workers with their superiors are decisive aspects. According to Professor William Ouchi, good relationships are key to productivity.

William Ouchi: Theory Z of Leadership

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Psychology is one of the most fascinating sciences that exist. Understanding the reasons for our behaviour, the mysteries of personality and the mind, understanding what processes lie behind intelligence, how we develop, or even discovering how to improve our relationships, are just some of the things revealed by this enriching discipline, which we put within your reach.

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Every day, neuroscience provides us with new fascinating answers to questions about our behaviour. In this section, we’ll take a journey through the basics of the brain’s neurobiology and biochemistry. You’ll also find what causes emotions and behaviours, as well as certain pathologies. Here, we present the latest discoveries and research on drugs and neuropsychiatry in a simple yet fascinating way.

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Relationships are the pillar of human behaviour. Find out how to create the healthiest and happiest bonds. Learn how to effectively manage difficulties with your partner or family. Improve your quality of life today with all these details about social psychology, family psychology, or approaches based in couple therapy.

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Having a good quality of life is about learning to invest in your well-being. We encourage you to discover yourself, focus on your identity and your potential as a person. We invite you to strengthen your self-esteem and find that balance between mind and body to achieve happiness. Because wellness means looking after your emotions and at the same time discovering the inspiration behind the best sayings, theories, and approaches which help you grow a little more every day.

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Works is the thing that helps us grow both professional and personally. In this section, you’ll find out how to improve your leadership, how to boost your abilities and talents to achieve even the most challenging objectives. Find out how to get through a job interview, what’s involved in organizational psychology, consumer psychology, or how coaching can help you at work.

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Sometimes, it&#039;s hard to understand how something that feels so negative could have benefits. The secondary gains of anxiety are an example of that. Being anxious and staying anxious is something that some people take advantage of. Read on to learn more!

The Secondary Gains of Anxiety

I&#039;m grateful for everything that I&#039;ve experienced, even for all the things I&#039;ve overcome and left behind.

I Breathe Deeply and I'm Grateful for Everything I've Overcome

The Ishikawa diagram is a very interesting resource that you can use to discover the factors that are causing specific problems. Even though this tool is often used in companies&#039; quality management processes, it&#039;s also useful in the field of personal growth.

Using the Ishikawa Diagram for Problem Solving

Being happy doesn&#039;t depend on having a problem-free life. However, it does depend on how you choose to think about what happens to you. Do you see threats or challenges? Mistakes or learning opportunities?

The Absence of Problems Doesn't Guarantee Happiness

Willpower is a psychological skill we all have the potential to strengthen and improve. It&#039;s just a matter of knowing how.

How to Strengthen Your Willpower

Exercises that allow you to emotionally mature are important. In this article, you’ll discover one of them.

A Growth Journey through Your Memories

Do you want to analyze each aspect of your personality to enhance them? Do you want to know how to win? In this article, we share some tips and tools, so keep reading!

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