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A resilient person uses "mental processes and behaviors in promoting personal assets and protecting self from the potential negative effects of stressors". [5] Psychological resilience is an adaptation in a person's psychological traits and experiences that allows them to regain or remain in a healthy mental state during crises/chaos without ...
Richard S. Lazarus (March 3, 1922 – November 24, 2002) was an American psychologist who began rising to prominence in the 1960s. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Lazarus as the 80th most cited psychologist of the 20th century. [1] He was well renowned for his theory of cognitive-mediational theory within emotion.
Mental disorders. Mental health, as defined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, [6] is an individual's capacity to feel, think, and act in ways to achieve a better quality of life while respecting personal, social, and cultural boundaries. [7] Impairment of any of these are risk factor for mental disorders, or mental illnesses, [8] which are ...
To keep your balance, you must keep moving." – Albert Einstein. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." – Anais Nin. "You do not find the happy life. You make it ...
Stress management. Stress management consists of a wide spectrum of techniques and psychotherapies aimed at controlling a person's level of psychological stress, especially chronic stress, generally for the purpose of improving the function of everyday life. Stress produces numerous physical and mental symptoms which vary according to each ...
This document is a 35-page excerpt, including the. Welcome chapter of the book and. Part 1: The Principles of Best Year Yet –. three hours to change your life. First published by. HarperCollins in 1994. and by Warner Books in 1998. Available in 12 other languages, including Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Romanian, Chinese, and ...
Full Catastrophe Living was first published in 1990 and went through numerous reprintings, [10] [1] before eventually being reissued in a revised second edition in 2013. [2]: xxv The second edition refines the meditation instructions and descriptions of mindfulness-based approaches found in the first edition, and also reflects the "exponential" growth of scientific research into mindfulness ...
In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. [1] Stress is a form of psychological discomfort and mental discomfort. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial, as it can improve athletic performance, motivation and reaction to the environment. Excessive amounts of stress, however, can increase the risk of strokes, heart ...