Build your Self-Awareness— Give Back to Yourself Through the Power of Character Strengths
Build your Self-Awareness— Give Back to Yourself Through the Power of Character Strengths If you’re like most people, you’ve got a ton of strengths. You’re an excellent parent and a great friend, and your sense of humor is so killer that it makes people laugh and cry equally. And yet………… if you’re like most people, […]
The illusion of a self
Dr Itai Ivtzan In search for safety, people focus their identity on an idea of their self, i.e. on the mental abstraction called Ego or Personality. All the information concerning one’s self and the world can be defined in terms of aware or unaware assumptions, or ego concepts, that colour one’s personal experience, for example: […]
Gaining Control over Your Awareness
Dr Itai Ivtzan This post is to help you to Gaining Control about your emotional awareness, giving you strategies to regulate your emotions, and show you how to ultimately use this emotional control to your advantage. I invite you for a little experiment: choose an object in your immediate environment, such as a cup of […]
Positive Psychology Today: It’s okay not to be okay
Positive Psychology Today: It’s okay not to be okay. Have you been overthinking lately? Do you find yourself dwelling on things that don’t matter or worrying excessively about potential problems? Or even ask yourself: Is there something wrong with me because I am anxious? Overthinking can lead to stress and anxiety and interfere with your […]
Responsibility vs. Blame
Itai Ivtzan Blame is the opposite of responsibility; it is attributing your misfortune to something or someone else to avoid taking responsibility for your actions. In one of my former articles I wrote about having a choice. Having a choice means that you recognise your own responsibility. Realising that your relationship with the moment stems […]
Breaking your Patterns
Dr Itai Ivtzan Why are we trapped in patterns that keep repeating themselves? Past experiences and conditioning have gradually created in your mind a list of rights and wrongs, a series of understandings, expectations, and attitudes that define your Ego Formed Self and shape its building blocks. When you face certain situations – at work, […]
Creativity Problems: How Meditation Training Aids Art Creation and Problem-Solving
Creativity Problems: How Meditation Training Aids Art Creation and Problem-Solving You have probably heard of both mindfulness and art creation therapy? I found that it was easy to motivate others by providing examples and telling them to try out new things to solve problems or inspire creation for art, but to apply those to oneself […]
Ketchup
Ketchup Add Ketchup to your Cereal (AKA: Obliterate Supposed-to in your life) “Daddy, can I add ketchup to my cereal”? That’s the question I was confronted with when my little boy had his breakfast today. Before you continue you might like to consider our free worksheet on exploring “Overcome Limiting Beliefs”. Please download this worksheet […]
NLP and Detecting Frauds
NLP and Detecting Frauds The first time I learned about Neuro-Linguistic Programming (or NLP) was through a short seminar entitled “A Way to Detect a Liar.” The discussion was fascinating, but I should say that I was not satisfied. Let me tell you why. In this article: NLP and Detecting Frauds Lie Game Stunt The […]
Positive Psychology – History, Strengths, and Research
Positive Psychology – History, Strengths, and Research Survey research, as with all methods of data collection, comes with both Strengths and research. We’ll examine both in this section. You may hear the term “positive psychology” being thrown around more and more and not really know what it means. So, what does it mean? It isn’t […]