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The 100% Deal When It Comes to Making Long-Lasting Change

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:03:18 +0000

Did you already drop your New Year’s Resolution? It might be too early to drop it, so what is going on? We want to see change in our lives but have difficulties changing ourselves. This article is a reminder to myself that making changes demands sustained focus, continuity and effective habits. As a therapist, I […]

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Can’t See the Forest for Trees? Studies Show The Mental Benefits of Engaging With Nature

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 22:53:37 +0000

Our culture has too often talked in terms of conquering nature. This is about as sensible as for a caddis worm to talk of conquering the pond that supports it, or a drunk to start fighting the bed he is lying on. – Mary Midgley (1978) Have you taken a forest bath lately? You might […]

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The Intuitive and Analytical Thinking Style: Which One is Yours?

Simon Moesgaard — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 06:15:50 +0000

The human brain is sophisticated. In fact, it separates us from all other animals. It allows us to have abstract ideas and to solve complex problems. We are rational social beings, or are we? It can be said that: “Thinking analytically — that is, reasoning about and potentially overriding our intuitions, gut feelings, and instincts — […]

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Study: Being in Love is Associated With Reduced Cognitive Control

Simon Moesgaard — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:46:42 +0000

“Falling in love is an experience that involves very intense affective and cognitive changes including euphoria and overwhelming joy, increased arousal and energy, emotional dependency on the partner, craving for emotional union with the beloved, and obsessional thoughts about and focused attentino on the special other.” (Steenbergen et al., 2014, p. 3). But how does […]

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Your Self-Control Decreases Throughout the Day, Study Shows

Simon Moesgaard — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 14:28:59 +0000

New experimental research by Kouchaki & Smith (2014), published in Psychological Science in January, shows that people are more likely to act ethically and to overcome temptation in the morning than later in the day. The authors refer to it as the morning morality effect. The reason why people’s ability to exert self-control decreases as the day […]

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8 Scientific Facts About Self-Control

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:49:00 +0000

What is self-control? Self-control is to delay short-term gratification in favour of long-term outcomes: it is the investment of cognitive, emotional and behavioral resources to achieve a desired outcome. Self-control often involves resisting temptations and impulses, and habits often undermine self-control. Humans are relatively successful at exerting self-control to achieve long-term outcomes (Hagger et al., 2009). […]

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Study: People With Self-Discipline Are Happier

Simon Moesgaard — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:09:00 +0000

When we think of people with a high self-control, we cannot avoid thinking about how restrained and deprived they might be. Whenever we restrain ourselves, we tend to think that we are missing something. Therefore, it can be argued that a high level of self-control makes a miserable life by depriving us of valuable and […]

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Why Do People Shop Impulsively?

Simon Moesgaard — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:47:00 +0000

A study by Bratko and colleagues (2013) examined the relationship between personality and impulsive shopping. The study shows that personality can explain at least some of the difference in impulsive shopping behaviour. Impulsive shopping was found to be modestly associated with the personality traits: impulsivity, neuroticism, and extraversion. Females were found to be more likely to shop impulsively. Age […]

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