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Entries from February 2009

Human Givens Conference 2009 - Theme is “How people learn, and why—the human givens perspective”.

February 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

The theme of this year’s HGI conference, which takes place on the weekend of 9th—10th May at Sunningdale in Berkshire, is “How people learn, and why—the human givens perspective”.

The speakers will explore this theme from a number of
angles — the planned topics include:
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Tags: How we learn · human givens conference 2009 · MindFields College

Zahada riddles

February 10th, 2009 · No Comments

There is always another way of looking at a problem. To illustrative this therapeutic point, here are some online riddles…
“Zahada riddles are some of the most challenging riddles you will find anywhere online. Unlike many other online riddles, which claim to be really difficult, Zahada riddles do not achieve their difficulty level by being really […]

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Tags: reframing · riddles · Uncategorized

Women have more nightmares than men

February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

A brilliant five year study has made a significant contribution to scientific dream research.
The research with 193 volunteers has found that women have more nightmares than men.
Jennifer Parker, who lead the study at the University of the West of England, said, “To discover more about women’s dreams I asked participants in my project to fill […]

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Tags: Expectation Fulfilment Theory · Dreaming

What makes a good childhood? New study boils it down and gives advice to the Government

February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

“The aggressive pursuit of personal success by adults is now the greatest threat to British children, a major independent report on childhood says.
It calls for a sea-change in social attitudes and policies to counter the damage done to children by society.
Family break-up, unprincipled advertising, too much competition in education and income inequality are mentioned as […]

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Tags: childhood