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Psychology for Real Life: How Mind-Based Tools Help Us Every Day · A Capture Deep Vibs A Positive Space For Inspiration And Embracing Of Heart

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  Speaker 1: If you think that psychology is only for students, professors
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  Speaker 1: and therapists, think again. Psychology is used in many ways
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  Speaker 1: in your everyday life. Think about the last time you
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  Speaker 1: went shopping and saw a huge sign that one of
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  Speaker 1: your items was going out of stock permanently. Did you
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  Speaker 1: stock up? There you have it, that's social psychology. Psychology
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  Speaker 1: is the science of exploring the mind, looking at how
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  Speaker 1: people learn and helping people make healthy lifestyle choices to
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  Speaker 1: improve wellbeing. With that said, here's many ways psychology can
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  Speaker 1: help you live a better life that you probably never
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  Speaker 1: thought about before and six great reasons to study it.
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  Speaker 1: Understand other relationships. According to Bustle Magazine, director of education
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  Speaker 1: at the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Center, James Powalski
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  Speaker 1: and Susan Pileggi, a well-being consultant, give some key tips
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  Speaker 1: to understanding others around us, including romantic relationships. Don't try
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  Speaker 1: to complete your other half, but support each other. Don't
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  Speaker 1: be totally fixated on your significant other. Instead, be more
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  Speaker 1: in control of your own emotions. A big part of
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  Speaker 1: positive psychology is gratitude. PositivePsychology.com stresses the importance of expressing gratitude,
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  Speaker 1: which has a variety of mental health benefits, and it
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  Speaker 1: can also improve our relationships with other people. If you
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  Speaker 1: savor and appreciate what's going well in your life, you'll
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  Speaker 1: be able to appreciate the others around you, just like
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  Speaker 1: how using your own unique personal strengths can help you
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  Speaker 1: to also appreciate other people's strengths and values. understand yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Getting to know ourselves matters because we can respond better
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  Speaker 1: to what's going on in our lives. Margarita Tartakovsky for
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  Speaker 1: Psych Central tells us that we should learn to not
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  Speaker 1: let our emotions control us too much. According to psychotherapeutic
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  Speaker 1: counselor Lynn Martinson, when we aren't in touch with our emotions,
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  Speaker 1: they can surprise us without warning. We may hurt others
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  Speaker 1: without meaning to or hold on to toxic people and
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  Speaker 1: habits when we shouldn't. When we learn more about ourselves,
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  Speaker 1: we're more able to take better control of our lives.
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  Speaker 1: Martinson gives some great ideas on how to get to
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  Speaker 1: know ourselves better. We can pay attention to our bodies
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  Speaker 1: and learn what they are saying to us. It just
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  Speaker 1: shows how the body and the mind are connected. Our
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  Speaker 1: bodies have stuff to tell us and we often aren't
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  Speaker 1: paying attention to them. A great tip is to keep
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  Speaker 1: a dream journal and a regular journal to keep track
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  Speaker 1: of your thoughts and feelings and think through how your
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  Speaker 1: day has gone. Ginger Hewton, a psychotherapist from Michigan, says
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  Speaker 1: it's also important to explore negative feelings and experiences because
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  Speaker 1: they give us a lot of insight into ourselves and
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  Speaker 1: we can learn a lot from them. Examining negative parts
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  Speaker 1: of your personality and your life can be challenging, so
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  Speaker 1: it's important to go easy on and not be harsh
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  Speaker 1: or judgmental with yourself. And getting to know yourself more
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  Speaker 1: helps you make better decisions and overall have a better life.
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  Speaker 1: Working with a mental health professional is another great way
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  Speaker 1: to dive deeper into yourself. Communication skills. You probably didn't
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  Speaker 1: think psychology could help you communicate, right? According to youthinsights.org,
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  Speaker 1: it can help you learn the best ways to approach
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  Speaker 1: people or share your opinions without causing offense. Psychology is
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  Speaker 1: not only studying the mind, but also human behavior, and
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  Speaker 1: by studying this, we can improve the ways we interact
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  Speaker 1: with others. The more we understand how people interact with us,
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  Speaker 1: it helps us understand how we are with others, and
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  Speaker 1: how to adjust how we deal and communicate with different people,
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  Speaker 1: depending on the circumstances. Critical Thinking Skills A study from
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  Speaker 1: the Society for the Teaching of Psychology came to the
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  Speaker 1: conclusion that critical thinking skills of psychology students by the
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  Speaker 1: end of their time at university could potentially be increased.
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  Speaker 1: Critical thinking is not only important in the workplace, but
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  Speaker 1: also in every aspect of your life. Degree programs in
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  Speaker 1: psychology have courses on research methods which include scientific aspects
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  Speaker 1: requiring critical thinking due to the repeated exposure to research
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  Speaker 1: and experimental data that comes with studying the field. Some
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  Speaker 1: other ways that critical thinking can help you is building
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  Speaker 1: self-compassion and understanding your strengths and weaknesses so you'll be
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  Speaker 1: able to focus more on your strong suits rather than
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  Speaker 1: your weak areas. problem-solving skills. Dr. Lauren Florco, a writer
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  Speaker 1: for Psychology Today who specializes in organizational psychology on workplace stress,
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  Speaker 1: explains how to improve our problem-solving with psychology. She suggests
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  Speaker 1: getting curious about other people's points of view and differing perspectives,
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  Speaker 1: which give you different insights into problems you might not
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  Speaker 1: have thought about. Also that thinking, daydreaming, and getting creative
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  Speaker 1: helps us break through stale thought Imagine you have to
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  Speaker 1: write an essay on pirates for school. Maybe while you're
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  Speaker 1: doing your chores, you can pretend you're Jack Sparrow, swabbing
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  Speaker 1: the decks while you're mopping the floor, and really get
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  Speaker 1: into the mindset of a pirate. She also advises being
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  Speaker 1: more flexible and thinking outside the box just in case
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  Speaker 1: life throws you for a loop. Remember, you don't have
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  Speaker 1: to be perfect all the time and try to reach
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  Speaker 1: 100% when less is just as good. And you know
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  Speaker 1: how to recognize your problem-solving skills are improving? Lauren says
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  Speaker 1: you'll start getting excited instead of anxious about change and
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  Speaker 1: uncertainty in your life. This excitable energy also helps you
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  Speaker 1: increase your self-confidence, which leads to our next point. Self-confidence.
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  Speaker 1: One can gain self-confidence by learning and knowing more about
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  Speaker 1: oneself and their personality. This helps the person to know
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  Speaker 1: their weaknesses and enables them to build on them. According
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  Speaker 1: to psychologist Dr. Yvonne Thomas, confidence is all about how
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  Speaker 1: you trust in yourself your abilities and security. It also
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  Speaker 1: means you have a good sense of self and are self-assured.
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  Speaker 1: Confidence also gives us resilience and the ability to learn
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  Speaker 1: from something when it doesn't go the way we thought
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  Speaker 1: it would. It helps us move forward, adapt and not
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  Speaker 1: let things get you down. So how can you increase
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  Speaker 1: your self-confidence? Here are a few ways according to the
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  Speaker 1: website HerMoney. Go easy on yourself and quiet down that
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  Speaker 1: inner critic. Speak to yourself more positively. Remember, we can't
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  Speaker 1: always be perfect. Focus on your unique natural skills. Learn
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  Speaker 1: to sit with and accept your emotions instead of running
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  Speaker 1: away from them. We mentioned earlier about how listening to
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  Speaker 1: our bodies helps us understand ourselves, but it also helps
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  Speaker 1: us to build self-confidence. Psychologist Ernesto Lira de la Rosa
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  Speaker 1: gives similar advice to pay attention to how you're feeling,
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  Speaker 1: how your body is feeling, and what you're thinking. Now
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  Speaker 1: you understand how studying psychology can help you improve your
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  Speaker 1: life in many areas. Can you think of other reasons
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  Speaker 1: to study psychology? Let us know in the comments. And
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  Speaker 1: So hopefully you're now sold on psychology. But you might
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  Speaker 1: be thinking, where can you go from here? You might
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  Speaker 1: be curious what kind of careers are in the field
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  Speaker 1: of psychology. If so, check out this other video for
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  Speaker 1: more helpful info. 10 Psychology Careers to Know About. Until
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  Speaker 1: next time friends, take care.