Before Sigmund Freud and all the others that came after him, people’s idea of the mind was simple: perhaps Rene Descartes said it well enough with “I think, therefore, I am.” To put it simply, the mind...

Instincts are responses and actions that you were born with, things you did not have to learn. Every creature on earth, from one-celled paramecium right up to human beings begins life with a set of instincts that...

Many of yesterday’s medical problems have been solved by modern science – we have antibiotics to treat infection and excellent surgical techniques to remedy hundreds of conditions that would have resulted in death previously. However, the science...

In a way, your body is actually a fortress that is constantly being besieged by a host of very nasty characters. In the struggle to survive, a number of pathogens may decide that you look like a...

If you’re shy, you will feel nervous and apprehensive whenever you have to be around other people. Most children are shy at some stage in their development, and most outgrow it at some point, but for other...

Low self-confidence and self-esteem are conditions guaranteed to suck all the joy out of your life. Most low self-esteem stems from a childhood where you were subjected to a lot of criticism. It probably seemed that there...

It is probably a part of the human condition to want things NOW! Everyone would like their desires and hopes to be answered immediately, rather than having to wait. And, sometimes we do get what we want...