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A comparison of ‘business’ and ‘passion’ in the workplace

A comparison of ‘business’ and ‘passion’ in the workplace

by Shantanu Tilak | Apr 9, 2018 | Industrial psychology, Workplace Counselling

When we go to work, we often have a mindset that guides us through the day. The way we handle tasks given to us throughout the day, and also the way we deal with people we interact with at work, depends on the way in which we look at the whole routine we follow....
The top 5 reasons we fail at forming a new habit

The top 5 reasons we fail at forming a new habit

by Alvin Alva | Apr 7, 2018 | Health, Mental Health, Social Psychology

Why do we struggle at forming new habits? There are many of us who want to become better than we currently are or achieve more in life. For this we try to either learn a new skill, improve an existing skill or start new habits to help us reach our goals. What stops us...
An overview of the Autism Spectrum

An overview of the Autism Spectrum

by Shantanu Tilak | Apr 2, 2018 | Mental Health, Neurodevelopmental Disability

“Autism offers a chance for us to glimpse an awe-filled vision of the world that might otherwise pass us by.” – Dr. Colin Zimbleman A few decades ago, Autism was vaguely associated with intellectual impairments, a lack of the capacity to socially engage, and in some...
The search for humor in adversity

The search for humor in adversity

by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 30, 2018 | Adjustment, Anxiety, Depression, Existentialism, Mental Health, Psychology, Social Psychology

When you’re in the peak of adversity, have you ever considered trying to find the humor in a situation to dispel the high stress levels? Humor and the light side of life often enable us to look at something differently. Adversity is something that we come across...
Is burnout a result of our thoughts and emotions?

Is burnout a result of our thoughts and emotions?

by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 28, 2018 | Adjustment, Counselling, Mental Health, Stress, Workplace Counselling

Do you sometimes feel that you simply can’t work towards something anymore? Well, that’s what we often perceive as burnout. Many of us often exclaim ‘I’m so burnt out!’ when we reach the peak of our capacity to be productive and engaged...
The mechanics of happiness

The mechanics of happiness

by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 23, 2018 | Counselling, Depression, Existentialism, Health, Mental Health

“He held up a real brain in a jar with a blue liquid, which he called “joy juice:’ trickling into it from a small plastic pouch held above. He asked the audi- ence to pretend that their brains could be treated with a hormone (i.e., joy juice) that...
Boredom and the Ascending Reticular Activating System

Boredom and the Ascending Reticular Activating System

by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 16, 2018 | Adjustment, Psychology, Social Psychology

The level of energy we feel at a particular moment often decides what we choose to end up doing at that every second. Boredom is something we often feel, and when we’re bored, we often tend to get restless, and think of things to do. But, why do some of us get...
The influence that emotions have on decision making

The influence that emotions have on decision making

by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 14, 2018 | Adjustment, Mental Health, Social Psychology, Stress

Emotion is defined classically as the feeling that we derive from our circumstances, , moods and social interactions with other people. We feel a cocktail of emotions all through our lives. However, have you thought that your emotions can influence the way we make...
How positivity and realistic thinking differ

How positivity and realistic thinking differ

by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 11, 2018 | Mental Health, Positive Psychology, Psychology

Positive Psychology and the theory of exuding optimism to see positive outcomes are drastically different. The idea of optimistic thinking to magically produce fruit is often something that we tend to think is the way to go about manifesting our goals. However, this...
Wiring the circuit of the big machine that is Life

Wiring the circuit of the big machine that is Life

by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 8, 2018 | Counselling, Culture, Psychology, Social Psychology

As we’ve discussed before in our posts about fate, events that occur in our lives are independent of one another, rather than constructed by something equivalent to molecular theory. The circuit of our past and future is wired when we list the varied events or...
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