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1. Are Dating Tips for Seniors an Insult to Seniors?

   by Elaine Sihera - 2007-05-23
   Dating tips for seniors....mmmm... the very title is an insult to seniors because of the assumptions it makes about behaviour at a certain age; the boxes older people are put into, with the lids firml...

2. The Sad Effects of the Search for Perfection

   by Elaine Sihera - 2007-05-23
   "Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life." Dr. David M BurnsThe futile belief ...

3. Impossible Standards - The Hallmark of Low Confidence

   by Elaine Sihera - 2007-05-21
   Those lacking in confidence and low in esteem tend to put themselves down and to discount or ignore honest compliments paid to them. They are also difficult to please because they are always searching...

4. The Hidden Key to the Greatest Quality of Life

   by Elaine Sihera - 2007-05-21
   The third crucial part of the confidence triangle (achievement, belonging, and self-esteem) comes through self- acceptance. Our well-being is controlled by how we feel about ourselves. We are prone to...

5. 8 Obstacles that Prevent Personal Success

   by Elaine Sihera - 2007-05-21
   There will always be stars and admirers, people wanting their 15 minutes of fame because what matters to every single one of us is to be ACCEPTED, to be SIGNIFICANT and to be VALUED. When those three ...

6. What Kind of Parent are You? Your Style MAKES Your Child!

   by Elaine Sihera - 2007-05-21
   There is no doubt that parents differ in their approach to raising children, approaches that reflect the way they too were brought up, or even the opposite of that, if they were not happy with their o...

7. Implications of Adult Emotional Evolution for Relationships (2)

   by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-29
   Adult emotional evolution also means that, unless we leave each stage behind us, we will always feel disorientated and stuck in the past, never rehabilitating or getting away from it in order to grow ...

8. Adult Evolution - Staging Post 6 - Stocktaking and Closure (66 Years Old and Beyond)

   by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-29
   Finally, in the cycle of our emotional evolution, this is a period of stocktaking and resignation. Marked by declining physical powers and health, and loss of loved ones, for many this can be a lonely...

9. Implications of Adult Emotional Evolution for Relationships (1)

   by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-29
   The implications of emotional evolution on our relationships is crucial to our understanding of why they fail. Relationsips do not crash without reasons, and often the invisible force of our individua...

10. Do We Divorce Because We Married the 'Wrong' People?

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-29
    The short answer to that is NO! There is nothing 'wrong' about the partners being divorced. That's what we like to believe when we don't want to accept responsibility for the choice we made. No one ma...

11. Why Alec Baldwin's Tape Should Never Have Been Made Public

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-29
    Alec Baldwin made a very cruel and silly comment to his daughter which was revealed to TMZ and plastered over the internet. I don't think anyone has realised the enormity of what has happened, particu...

12. Staging Post 5- A Time of Accomplishment

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-27
    No longer considered 'old age', people in these years are not biologically, sociologically or mentally like the stereotype of decrepit, senile old codgers. Rather, they are healthy, often well-educate...

13. The Mid-Life Crisis - Anxiety

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-23
    According to Daniel Levinson's research into man's evolutionary Seasons, only 20 per cent of people find themselves in a manageable transition period; a time in which they attempt to understand themse...

14. The Impact of Adult Evolution Stages on Relationships

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-22
    Successful relationships depend on six crucial factors: mutual appreciation, trust, respect, teamwork, agreement and compromise. Without these essential elements they stand no chance of surviving. Yet...

15. Key Posts in Adult Evolution - Stage 1 Self Discovery (16-25 Years Old)

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-22
    Adult evolution begins in the late teens and early twenties, the first crucial staging post which is often a selfish time for those involved. It forms the foundation stage when people set the basics f...

16. The Age of Experiment (16-25 Years Old)

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-22
    This early period of self-discovery is marked - particularly for men - by a particular dream (like being a millionaire, or travelling the world), one which will dominate the rest of their life and be ...

17. Personal Experiences at the First Staging Post

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-22
    At 17 years I weighed only 94-lbs and I fixated on a pair of hipster trousers which I wore everywhere, as it showed off my curves to perfection. It had a red heart-shaped patch sewn smack in the middl...

18. Key Posts in Adult Evolution - Stage 2 The Age Of Choice (26-35 Years Old)

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-22
    This period in our emotional evolution brings its own angst of getting older and being conscious of time's ever-moving hand waving us on. Being reluctant to leave their youth, many men suddenly become...

19. Key Posts in Adult Evolution - Stage 3 Time of Reckoning (36-45 Years Old)

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-22
    Famously known for the 'mid-life crisis', this stage is often like hell on earth and carries self-analysis even further, becoming a very important and testing time for both males and females. Self-ass...

20. The Mid-Life Crisis - Transition

    by Elaine Sihera - 2007-04-22
    I remember feeling terribly depressed for a few years leading up to being 40. Perhaps I secretly dreaded the fleeting years and my looks changing. Suddenly I wanted to know who I was, and where I was ...

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