Being authentic can differ from one to another. I was confronted with the question of authenticity recently. Specifically, the questions were raised by those pursuing their studies and those working adults. I do not profess to have the answers, but the question did make me think about how I can be authentic. To me, being …
It is very human of us to feel worried and be fearful because often we are caught up with ruminating the past and catastrophizing the future. When we are in such a state, we tend to lose ourselves in the present. Being caught up with our thoughts and emotions can result in us losing …
It is not uncommon that everyone tends to get stuck with negative thoughts and emotions almost every day. Humans are good at allowing themselves rationalise the why and the what of how they feel and think. It becomes a constant struggle with these internal ‘monsters’. Individuals use various ways to tackle these …
In this 3rd part of the psychological stress series of articles, I would like to touch how psychological stress can impact society and what intervention approaches can be adopted. As we discussed previously, psychological stress can cause organisations in terms of lost productivity and employees’ absence from work. Broadening the scope, how then can …
In my earlier post, I stated that stress is ubiquitous, especially in our present working environment and it is not surprising to postulate that such phenomenon will continue to prevail as we see more demands, we have on ourselves and what our organisations demand of us. As we already know that personal impact is unavoidable, …
It is not unusual that this is the time that most of us will be looking forward to starting on our resolutions for 2014. The need to be doing more exercise, less drinking, to spend more time with friends and less time on Facebook. For the past few days, economists are predicting what the …