Mind Bites

Personal Insights

Trying to Introduce Changes in Your Life: What and How?

Do you feel stuck? The past year has been a time of significant changes for Marry. Somewhere around a year ago, or probably for even longer, she found herself in a very dark place.  No matter how much she would sleep, Marry was always tired, except in the mornings, when she felt the most energetic.

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Personal Insights

Coping Strategies Series: Avoidance

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln Have you ever felt so overwhelmed that you genuinely wish that a problem would be gone in the next blink of your eyes? Imagine that you are contemplating breaking up with the person you have been with for a long time. Or

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Culture

7 Books We Recommend if You Have an Interest in Psychology

Give me a book, and my time will not be wasted. I agree, Charlie Munger. If you like to read, I hope you enjoy these recommendations. If you do not, I hope you learn to love reading because if your books are well-chosen, the wisdom in them can add value to your life. Read a

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Culture

I am simply not that good at maths?!

Ask a couple of students at random what their most hated subject is, and maths will likely be one of the top answers. People seem to have powerful emotions about maths, and they are most likely to be negative rather than positive. Maths evokes an intense dread in many of us, and it is my

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Personal Insights

Feel the Fear & Do It Anyway

 Fear is unpleasant. When fear knocks on the door, anxiety is also right next to him. It’s an emotion and manifests at a physical level: our body stiffens up, and we are either prepared to fight or flee a dangerous situation. Rage or paralysis, fear overrides our bodies and prepares us for danger. That has

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People

Meet Polina

In today’s blogpost we would like to introduce a beautiful mind. Whenever thinking of what a happy, beautiful inside and out person looks like it’s important to find those qualities in yourself. What makes you a beautiful person inside? How does the inside, internal beauty come through to the outside world? Have you ever considered

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Psychology

How Expensive is Multi-Tasking?

You wake up, and you have to walk your dog. You have only one hour, so you decide to listen to an audiobook, walk your dog and screen your emails simultaneously. Sounds like a great way to get a lot of things done in a short time. Or so I thought. I noticed that at

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Culture

2 Unexpected Books on Looking Inward and Finding Your Own Way

“Your soul is the whole world” Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha This week’s theme is “books”. The original idea was to write a book review, but in preparation for this article, I caught myself reflecting on two books that I have read in the past year. One of them is a classic masterpiece. It flows like music,

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People

Food, Taboos, Marriage: An Interview With A Professional Foodie

One of the questions we asked Dimana, a famous foodie with an Instagram account that never fails to make your eyes water, is what she does when her motivation is low. We asked because there were many moments when it was her who cheered us up when we were down. Filled with energy that is

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Culture

5 Art Experiences

There is a lot to inhale when you enter a museum. History, compositions, colours, intentions, relationships, crowds. There is also an elephant in the room. There seems to be something intimidating about museums as institutions in the way we integrate them into our societies.  Let’s be honest, they are places that often seem to reek

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