24 Character Strengths— SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE: Knowing What to Say and When
24 Character Strengths— SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE: Knowing What to Say and When Social Intelligence is one of the 24 character strengths, it is under the virtue of Humanity, which describes strengths that manifest through considerate relationships with others. The other strengths in Humanity are kindness, love, and social intelligence. These Humanity strengths are interpersonal and are […]
Enlightenment: A Controversial Psycho-Spiritual Experience
Enlightenment: A Controversial Psycho-Spiritual Experience Psycho-spiritual experience the state of consciousness all spiritual seekers hope for. And yet wishing for enlightenment is a wonderfully paradoxical experience: craving the state of non-craving, trying for effortlessness. There is something fascinating about this conflict between “wanting” and the way it nullifies the state of enlightenment. And yet enlightenment […]
Top 7 Critiques on Positive Psychology and Where to go From There
Top 7 Critiques on Positive Psychology and Where to go From There Looking into getting that Critiques on Positive Psychology to learn about pursuing ‘happiness’? You might want to know first of the ‘negatives’ of it. I compiled a few noteworthy criticisms about Positive Psychology so you could go over it before you decide on […]
Shame Resilience: Facing the Fear of my Limits
Shame Resilience: Facing the Fear of my Limits Shame resilience theory is a grounded theory and is based on building resilience to shame by connecting with our authentic selves and growing meaningful relationships with other people. I grew up as an achiever, always doing my best but despite the efforts, I always felt inadequate. Despite […]
Dangers of Meditation
Dangers of Meditation In this article, I will reveal the scientifically proven dangers of meditation. They include headaches, seizures, anxiety, mental illness, depression, panic attacks, weight loss, insomnia, psychosis, and hallucinations. I discussed the benefits of meditation in one of my workshops, a student said to me: “Well, what you’re actually saying here is that […]
Decluttering: The Psychological Need for Getting Organized
Decluttering: The Psychological Need for Getting Organized The question whether we have a set basic psychological needs whose satisfaction serves as a nutrient for growth and mental health is intriguing. When I first moved in with my boyfriend, I found it funny that he was still keeping his old stuffed bear. It was cute at […]
Positive Psychology 2.0 Posttrauma: Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) and Posttraumatic Depreciation (PTD)
Positive Psychology 2.0 Posttrauma: Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) and Posttraumatic Depreciation (PTD) Post-traumatic growth (PTG) is where someone has been affected by PSTD and finds a way to take new meaning from their experiences in order to live their lives in a different way than prior to the trauma. There are two changes after a traumatic […]
Living Life Freely
Dr Itai Ivtzan One major obstacle stands in your way to living your life fully: You are not experiencing life as it really is. You may think this weird: “Of course I experience my life, what else would I be experiencing?” My reply is that you are actually experiencing your personal interpretation of life. The […]
Meditation Practice Leads to Choice
Dr Itai Ivtzan My students frequently ask me whether living without ego concepts (thinking patterns in our minds) is at all possible, and how letting go of each and every ego concept would feel. This question misses the point of psycho-spiritual work. At this stage, we are not discussing the experience of living without any […]
The Marriage of Psychology and Spirituality
Dr Itai Ivtzan The Marriage of Psychology and Spirituality is an interesting way to examine the relationship between psychology and spirituality. Join a group of psychologists and drop into the conversation a few spiritual concepts. Talk about transcendence, oneness, unity consciousness, and the sacred. The contemptuous faces you then receive will directly correlate with the […]