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Letting Go of the Past 27 Dec 2016

Letting Go of the Past

There’s an important difference between giving up and letting go.                                                                  &n...

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Developing a Sense of Self Worth 27 Dec 2016

Developing a Sense of Self Worth

Over time, the boundaries between the definitions of self-esteem and self-worth have blurred. Dictionaries tend to lump the both the terms together. They sound the similar, but are inherently different. While self-esteem, much like confidence, stems from the positive reinforcement offered by pe...

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Improving job concentration in easy steps! 22 Dec 2016

Improving job concentration in easy steps!

Surveys show that some people check their emails over a whopping 30 times per hour, a figure so mind-boggling one questions how they get any work done at all. The Internet and smartphone technology make it a whole lot harder for workers to concentrate on the tasks at hand—from emails to social med...

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Finding the perfect balance between work and play 22 Dec 2016

Finding the perfect balance between work and play

Being driven and focused on your job is great, a commendable trait which seems to be absent in a lot of workers around the world. However, letting your job become the center of your world and taking your attention off everything else, is not. It’s downright cruel to those with whom you share your ...

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Career Dissatisfaction and its correlation with Low-productivity 20 Dec 2016

Career Dissatisfaction and its correlation with Low-productivity

There are few things more depressing than waking up on a Monday morning to the promise of spending the day at a job you just do not enjoy. A demanding, egotistical boss, petulant colleagues, the monotony of doing the same tasks all through the week, a lack of advancement along your career path, and ...

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Autism Awareness - Introduction 27 Mar 2017

Autism Awareness - Introduction

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that affects a person’s ability to socialize and communicate with others. ASD can also result in restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities. The term “spectrum” refers to the wide range of symptoms, skills an...

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Challenges of Chronic Illness 10 Oct 2016

Challenges of Chronic Illness

Written by Dinika AnandDiagnosis of any illness is often a source of stress and anxiety. When the verdict is of a chronic condition disease in which the symptoms are long lasting and their effect is felt over the course of months and years—it becomes a cause for endless worry. It’s not just the ...

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Managing Substance Abuse 10 Oct 2016

Managing Substance Abuse

Written by Michelle ManassehSubstance abuse seems to be a distant concept until someone you know suffers from it. For me, it was a distant cousin, a college student  who was being treated for drug and alcohol abuse. It was heart wrenching to see this young boy go through intensive mental h...

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