Developing connections outside traditional hierarchies can help organisations and employees to become more efficient, creative and better able to deal with complex problems.
Strengths-based leadership: Create a thriving workplace culture
A strengths-based approach to leadership is more effective than the traditional method of focussing on performance weaknesses. To help organisations grow and thrive we need to tap into people’s strengths.
Anxiety in children
All children feel anxious when they’re growing up, but children affected by anxiety disorders experience extreme fear, nervousness and shyness, which affects their quality of life.
Are you a perfectionist?
Striving for precision may seem like a desirable trait, but research suggests extreme perfectionism is a risk factor for depression, anxiety and eating disorders.
Adolescents on social media
Social media can offer many benefits to adolescents, connecting them with friends.
What is traumatic brain injury?
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are common injuries resulting from a blow to the head that often lead to long lasting physical, emotional and behavioral effects.
Overcoming an affair
Infidelity is everywhere we look and before marriage most people say a cheating partner is a deal breaker. However, many couples later realise that relationships damaged by infidelity can recover.
4 warning signs of an abusive relationship
Abuse can happen to anyone, but recognising the difference between devotion and control can help to identify a potentially harmful situation before you’re in too deep.
How advertisers use psychology to entice us to buy
Advertisers play on emotions and our desire to be part of the in-group, but contrary to what you might think, they’re not trying to make us buy things we don’t want.
What is anti-social behaviour?
Governments, police and the wider society often struggle to understand, control and prevent anti-social behaviour. Psychology has some of the answers.
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- Negative words impact children’s negative opinions of others, study findsCNN Health
- I’ve made my child afraid of the dark. How do I fix it?ABC Everyday
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- Four reasons you’re tired of Zoom calls — and what to do about itWashington Post
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