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How to Handle Behavioural Interventions for Children's Angry Outbursts: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents
Behavioural Interventions for Children Behavioral interventions for children's angry outbursts can feel overwhelming, especially when those meltdowns escalate into aggressive behavior. But here's the thing: anger becomes a real problem when it turns out of control or happens more intensely than developmentally expected. Therefore, untreated behavioral problems can make it harder for kids to succeed in school and increase their risk for mental health issues later in life. That

Dr Paul McCarthy
Oct 227 min read
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The Science of Confidence: What Your Brain Reveals About Self-Belief
Science of Self-Confidence Confidence matters for our success, yet only 16% of us describe ourselves as "very confident," according to a YouGov survey. This statistic reveals something important. Confident people tend to be healthier and happier. The sort of thing I love is that confidence isn't housed in a single part of the brain. It operates as a self-reinforcing feedback loop powered by action, reward, and memory. Understanding what self confidence is and why confidence m

Dr Paul McCarthy
Oct 87 min read
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What We Feel When We Feel Self-Conscious? The Footballer on the Pitch
At one stage or another, we feel the self-conscious emotions of shame and guilt inside our heads. Shame and guilt are self-conscious emotions. Guilt and depression go hand in hand, but when we remove shame from the equation, we see that relationship disappear almost entirely between guilt and depression. We know that guilt and shame are negative evaluations of ourselves and fall into the category of self-conscious emotions. When we think about guilt on the pitch, we might fee

Dr Paul McCarthy
Jul 193 min read
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