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quarantine questions

what weird new hobby have you picked up?

have you had a crisis yet? about what?

how stir crazy are you on a scale of 1-10?

read anything yet?

are you keeping in touch with your friends?

learned anything about yourself?

what do you spend most of your time doing?

who do you miss the most?

are you in a relationship during this quarantine and how’s that going?

what are you going to do once the quarantine is over?

are you taking online classes? opinion on those classes?

do you agree with the way your government is handling the pandemic?

what’s keeping you sane?

how are you staying fit?

do you have a pet to keep you company?

who do you wish you were quarantined with?

if you could escape this pandemic into an existing fictional universe, where would you go?

what do you miss the most?

what do you not miss?

have you cried recently? about what?

how’s your sleep schedule looking?

what have you been doing more of?

have you done anything you regret?

do you have any motivation left?

what’s one positive thing that you can think of that’s coming out of this pandemic?

Psychology Book Recommendations

Foundational Authors & Works

Carl Rogers, On Becoming a Person

B. F. Skinner,  Beyond Freedom and Dignity and About Behaviorism and Walden Two

Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

Sigmund Freud, Civilization and its Discontents

John Norcross (editor), Evidence-Based Practices in Mental Health

Psychopathology & Diagnosis 

David Barlow (editor), Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders

Oliver Saks, Hallucinations

Kelly Lambert, Clinical Neuroscience

Criticisms & Controversial Topics

Stephen Hinshaw, The ADHD Explosion

Robert Whitaker, Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic

Ronald Miller, Not So Abnormal Psychology

Allen Frances, Saving Normal

Bruce Wampold, The Great Psychotherapy Debate

Therapy Theories 

Carl Rogers, Client-Centered Therapy

Irvin Yalom, The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

Aaron Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Depression

Steven Hayes, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Judith Beck, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Danny Wedding, Current Psychotherapies

William Miller, Motivational Interviewing

Jacqueline Person, Cognitive Therapy in Practice

Evidence-Based Therapy Manuals 

Marsha Linehan, DBT Skills Training Manual and Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

Michelle Craske, Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic

David Burns, Feeling Good

Richard Zinbarg, Mastery of Your Anxiety and Worry

Martha Davis, The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook

Lisa Najavitis, Seeking Safety

Expert Therapist Perspectives

Irvin Yalom, The Gift of Therapy and Love’s Executioner

First Person Perspectives

Kay Jamison, An Unquiet Mind

Elyn Saks, The Center Cannot Hold

William Styron, Darkness Visible

Carolyn Spiro and Pamela Spiro Wagner, Divided Minds

Research Design & Analysis

Alan Kazdin, Research Design in Clinical Psychology and Single-Case Research Designs

John Creswell, Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design

Culture & Diversity

Derald Wing Sue, Counseling the Culturally Diverse and Case Studies in Multicultural Counseling and Therapy

Stigma

Stephen Hinshaw, Breaking the Silence and  The Mark of Shame

Grad School and Careers in Psychology

Peggy Hawley, Being Bright is Not Enough

Adam Ruben, Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School

Peter Feibelman, A PhD is Not Enough

Paul Silva, How to Write A Lot

Karen Kelsky, The Professor Is In 

The oldest companies still in business in each country.

Source and details: https://businessfinancing.co.uk/the-oldest-company-in-almost-every-country/

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Greetings for the day

If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your back.

Wish you good health and take care

10 to Zen

Let go of caring.

Let go of competing.

Let go of judgements.

Let go of anger.

Let go of regrets.

Let go of worrying.

Let go of blame.

Let go of guilt.

Let go of fear.

Have a proper belly laugh at least once per day (especially if it’s about your inability to let go of any or all of the above).

10 Psychological Tips From Creative People

Actors, artists, rock stars, and writers have the ability to touch us on not only a personal scale, but a global scale as well. We see these people on TV and on our bookshelves; in the movie theatres and in the grocery stores. But what makes them so special? Creativity. Creative people rule the world, be it through becoming media icons or designing the sleek new products we see and use everyday. We love creative people, and we want to know all their secrets. Especially when it comes to work! Creative people seem to have the most consistent output, and the most satisfying. We’ve discovered the how and the why behind creative people and their work output, and have compiled ten psychological tips from creative people to help you increase yours. Read on, and soon you’ll be producing music like Kanye and painting like Picasso!    

1. Integrate Art

Creative people are incredibly vocal about the importance of exposing oneself to art. By integrating art into your life, your brain starts to reflect on it. This trains you to look for meaning, messages, metaphor, and other important information everywhere. Another benefit to looking at art is that you’ll gain inspiration for your own art. While watching music videos might not seem beneficial, it might……

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