Culture and Psychology

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26 September 2022

#198 - Old Age & Needs for Support

Older Age and the Need for Love and Care

Getting old is a natural process for every human being and due to better self care and medical advancement, individuals’ life has been extended and people live longer now. It is important to expand the elderly’s emotional experiences and be richer as well by positive causes.

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25 September 2022

#197 - Self Care and Self Love

Giving care and Love Ourselves and Others

In order to stay healthy physically, mentally, and emotionally we need to be conscientious of our own well-being. As parents we usually have a hard time saying no to our children when they need us but we also need to have a balance when it comes to giving and helping your children and others.

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14 August 2022

#196 - Art & Expression of Art

Art is an expression of emotions and extreme creativity. It is the voice we use to express our feelings such as our likes, dislikes, political ideas, social issues, and many other topics that affect our feelings and emotions. Many pieces of writings such as stories, poetry, and etc.

13 August 2022

#195 - The Limitations and the Creativity

Limitations, strict rules, and constraints for the most part bring up creativity in people in a variety of ways to overcome those restrictions. This shows up in art, especially in forms of writing, such as poetry, short stories, novels, as well as paintings, drawing, and pieces of music.

31 July 2022

#194 - Chronic Physical Pain

Gate-control theory of pain is a mechanism in the spinal cord that mediates the perception of pain or in another word blocking the pain. Sometimes the pain can be a combination of psychological and physical. Taking medication helps but the cause of pain is more important to be determined and cured.

30 July 2022

#193 - Retirement

Retirement can be a difficult decision to make and may be perceived differently from a woman’s perception to a man’s perception. Part of an individual identity is their profession and what they do. Psychologists normally do not retire and rather see less and less patients.

17 July 2022

#192 - The Value of Practicing

There is a saying in Persian language that says, “Kareh Neeko Kardan Az Por Kardan Ast”, which means if you want to be good at something, you need to do it over and over. This is a good example for anything we want to become good at. This extends to sports, education, art, etc. Wanting to do a hubby or profession in the best possible way needs effort.

16 July 2022

#191 - Emotions & Stress

The major emotions in the Psychology world start with the proposal of James Lange, a famous psychologist that when something causes a physical reaction, we experience emotion. For example, when hiking, or running into a bear, we first face physical reactions such as a fast heartbeat or difficulty breathing, and then we realize what emotions we have.

26 June 2022

#190 - Summer Vacation & What Entails-Sunday-6-26-2022

Traveling is a wonderful experience but as we are moving to more security and carefulness traveling is becoming more difficult, especially traveling via air due to limited luggage and passing through security and the crowd. Traveling is now more for youngsters than older generations due to long walks in the airport...

25 June 2022

#189 - Why People Go through Challenges to Achieve a Difficult Goal-Sat. 6-25-2022

The challenges that people go through in life based on personal goals, religious beliefs or professional reasons. There is a famous saying that somebody asked why you climbed mount Everest and the person said because it is there. Nature is a powerful force that draws people to places due to the connectedness and how it makes one humble and appreciative.