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Groundedness is critical for mental health. Here is a preliminary questionnaire with instructions that helps explain it and offers indications of what needs to be changed in your efforts in increasing it.

Stepping Up and Acting On

Vinny was not sure about anything. Everything was a question mark for him. He struggled to make the most basic decisions. He did not see where his life was going. He had a humdrum job and also went from one date to another. He began to hit the bottle.

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Changing Stresses, Blockages, Insecurities,
and Imbalances

The start of a new year can be a start of a new you, even if you begin small and slow. If you make realistic promises to yourself, they will be easier to realize. Moreover, you can always add others to fill them out along the way. You should treat each day as a new beginning, or start on that path. Read More

The Smallest of Lights Can Cast the Largest
of Shadows

How often have you heard the expression that she is a real light onto the world or he is such a bright light in the family? Being a light for other people does not mean that you are an outgoing, happy person but that you are a sensitive, caring person. You have a sensitive, caring side, but the stresses and the strains of the day could mask it. Read More

Be a BEMER

Be A BEMER. The influences on yourself are not only part environment and part genes, but also part you. So let your “you” play its part in deciding who you are, what you feel, what you do, and how you are with other people. Read More

Past, Presence, Future

What did Doctor Young mean? “Past, Presence, Future?” I think he said that it means that I should live more in the present and worry less about the future. Also, I should not have so many regrets about the past. My friend is worse than me, because she is worrying all the time. Read More

Keeping Control in Chaos

Chloe lashed out whenever she had any stress and even when she did not. Her father was like that, and she thought that she could never change. Moreover, it did give her space and respect, she thought, or was it that people were drawing back from her and were afraid to socialize with her? Her mind was a constant maelstrom of wild thoughts that came from nowhere and went everywhere. Read More

Powering Personal Change

Sarah wanted to change right away, and change everything at that. She sought advice from everyone, describing her problems endlessly. She tried many solutions, but her problems did not diminish. She was told to have patience and plan, but she could not even take that first step. Read More

Positive Society Psychology III

The time is early in the year 2050. Belinda feels that she is in a straight-jacket both at home and at work. She works hard in both, and feels that she is getting no rest. Read More

 

Positive Society Psychology II

In the prior blog entry, I have argued for the extension of positive psychology into the area of positive society psychology. In this second blog entry on the topic, I become more specific. (a) First, what are some practical ways that this new approach could be put into effect? Read More

 

Positive Society Psychology I

You are living in most troubling times. At the economical level, worldwide economic crises threaten your way of life and governments across the globe are incapable of quick fixes. At the political level, different regions are marked by discord and by wars large and small. Read More

 

 

By Teenagers

How to Reclaim Happiness