Staying Happy in your Place of Work
One cannot argue how important happy employers are at work. The happier the employees, the more productive the business. Maybe your employer is not taking the necessary steps to ensure that you are as happy as you should be. If that is the case, be sure to take your own steps to be happy at your place of work. Below, you will find steps that will lead you to a happier work environment.
Maintain positive emotions: These emotions include energetic, bouncy, loving, kind, complete, optimistic, and glad.
Avoid labels: When something bad happens, be aware and focus to improve. When something good happens, do not get overly eg...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: avareed101 Tags: Community Posts career happiness relationships self improvement success work place Source Type: blogs
Using Technology to Teach Coping: Interview with Reimagine CEO Steve Robinson
Although medical care for cancer is constantly advancing, the social, emotional and spiritual challenges, which are equally important, are not often addressed sufficiently by clinicians. Reimagine, a startup company based in Los Angeles, is launching one of the first online tools that provide broad access for this critical “other half” of healthcare. According to its on-line pitch, Reimagine teaches, “through distance learning technology, a curriculum of coping skills rooted in cognitive restructuring and resiliency theory. All this enveloped in the on-line Reimagine community – a highly curated and trust ...
Source: Medgadget - July 25, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Ravi Parikh Tags: Geriatrics Medgadget Exclusive Oncology Source Type: blogs
The Only Way to Improve Your Situation is to Improve Yourself
This article will discuss ways to improve each.
Improve your mind
• Read books: Books are amazing and inspiring pieces of work that will help you improve your vocabulary and reading skills. Books also help you stay up on what is happening in popular culture. You can join a book club or read at a coffee shop where you can interact with others who have read the same text, bouncing ideas off one another and stimulating your intellect.
• Learn a language: Research has shown that learning a new language stimulates your brain in way that nothing else can. In most cultures, knowing multiple lan...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: avareed101 Tags: Community Posts self development self improvement tips Source Type: blogs
May 10, Forensic Psychology Degree Directory
Forensic psychology degree directory. Includes detailed reviews of both campus based and distance learning programs. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
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Mar 30, Forensic Psychology Degree Directory
Forensic psychology degree directory. Includes detailed reviews of both campus based and distance learning programs. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
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Feb 26, Forensic Psychology Degree Directory
Forensic psychology degree directory. Includes detailed reviews of both campus based and distance learning programs. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
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Free Public Health Training Opportunity: TRAIN Network
TRAIN is a learning resource for professionals and volunteers who protect the public’s health, hosted by the Public Health Foundation. TRAIN is a unique web-based learning management solution that provides a robust clearinghouse of on-site training and distance learning opportunities available in local, state and national jurisdictions. Currently, TRAIN houses over 28,000 free public health courses offered by more than 4,000 providers.
More information about TRAIN learning opportunities can be found on their web site: http://bit.ly/ZdW3pO (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - February 19, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Gail Kouame Tags: Public Health Websites Source Type: blogs
Feb 19, Forensic Psychology Degree Directory
Forensic psychology degree directory. Includes detailed reviews of both campus based and distance learning programs. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - February 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
How to Effectively Make a Successful Career Change
Considering a career change midlife can be scary. It’s a daunting experience to leave a world you’re familiar with and head out into unknown territory.
But it’s also something that is becoming more and more common. Surveys show that nearly half of working women in the UK are not happy with their jobs, the most common reasons are:
Being bored or tired of the monotony.
Want a change in scenery.
Desire to put their skills and talents to better use.
Feel stuck in a dead end job or a dying industry.
Looking for a way to live better in hard times.
Regardless of your personal reasons for wanting a career change making the...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - January 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Ash Tags: career motivation self improvement pick the brain Source Type: blogs
Is Distance Treatment the Wave of the Future?
This study also found that telephone therapy was less expensive than traditional therapy and was conducted as part of a national initiative in Britain aimed at increasing people’s access to therapy.
The telephone is only one of many options for providing distance treatment. The number of mental health tools available is rapidly increasing. And many in the field agree that it’s time for practitioners to embrace technology and what it has to offer in delivering interventions.
One-on-one treatment cannot be replaced. Nor should it. However, the need for treatment providers to meet the changing and growing mental heal...
Source: World of Psychology - January 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Christy Matta, MA Tags: Anxiety and Panic Depression Disorders General Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Psychotherapy Research Technology Treatment Adul Advances In Technology Aging Parents American Psychological Association British Source Type: blogs
Glyndwr University ’s Distance Learning MSc in Teaching of Psychology
A new, and unique, oportunity to study a MSc Teaching of Psychology. The course will be delivered primarily through e-learning combined with an optional two-day residential workshop on selected modules. This programme provides excellent CPD for practising teachers of post-16 Psychology who wish to obtain a Masters level qualification to maximise progression through the teaching profession.
The course looks really exciting and Mark and I are both really looking forward to starting the course in September. For more information on the course see the Glyndwr University’s Teaching of Psychology MSc page.
Course modules...
Source: PsychBLOG.co.uk - August 1, 2011 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jamie Davies Tags: PsychBLOG Reviews inset msc Source Type: blogs
Alternative vs. Integrative Medicine
Once upon a time individuals facing cancer felt they had to choose between one of two options- surgery and chemotherapy or alternative treatment. But a new breed of medicine is emerging, one that bridges the gap between the two worlds and offers the best of each. It’s called integrative medicine and world renowned medical centers such as Harvard and Stanford are pioneering training programs for the physician of the future.
A Brief History
“Alternative medicine” was probably the first ‘other medicine’ term to gain popularity in the US and refers to treatments not taught in Western medical schools. ...
Source: Dr. Donna, MedicineWoman - February 1, 2009 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Dr. Donna Tags: Cancer Integrative medicine Personal Health Source Type: blogs
