Learned feebleness
New life starts with breaking status quo Goodman All of us are pupils on this planet. Since childhood we are constantly taught, and told what to do or not, how to live or survive, when to fight, when to run,…
Category Interesting Facts!
Halo effect or why we judge people insufficiently
Aleksandra Dibazhe, symboldrama psychotherapist Have you ever noticed that when you like the man from the first meeting you stay charmed by him/her further? Let’s pretend that you’ve had juridical or medical consultation or just come to the electronic store…
Being a monkey is easier, or Buddhism as a rebellion against nature
I express my thanks to Robert Wright from Princeton University whose lectures inspired this article. We have two characters: Helen, a girl, and Blossom, a monkey. Both are not Buddhists but both represent the carbon based lifeforms that passed through…
Facebook (read slowly)
From the viewpoint of a ruthless psychologist «Facebook» is just the largest church on the planet uniting people who believe in friendship. For fear of hurting feelings of the religious, I do have to defend the thesis by explaining what…
How to choose a gift?
New Year’s day inevitably comes with a variety of attributes, such as: a decorated Christmas tree, multi-colored fairy lights, spiced home baking, the smell of cinnamon and tangerines and, needless to say, – gifts! On New Year’s Eve we are…
We are what we eat!
The title of this article should already hint to the readers that it is about food and why in the certain periods of our life we want something special. Here I will try to answer the question: what emotion or…
The manipulator and victim. Are they bound forever?
Once I was watching a scene in a hairdressing salon: – Hi! (the girl, obviously, familiar with the master, entered the hall) – I was passing by when I decided to drop in and straighten the tips of my hair,…
