by Patricia Islas, swissinfo.ch Psychological ailments are set to become the biggest challenge for the Swiss health service in the next decade. Inadequate or non-existent therapy will only aggravate the situation, as psychologist Alain Malafosse tells swissinfo.ch in an interview. The specialist is not the first person to call for […]
ScienceDaily (May 20, 2011) — When people have power, they act the part. Powerful people smile less, interrupt others, and speak in a louder voice. When people do not respect the basic rules of social behavior, they lead others to believe that they have power, according to a study in the […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 9, 2012) — Major life decisions such as marriage, divorce, abortion, having a child and attending university may be subconsciously influenced by how long people believe they will live, according to a Queen’s University study. “Life expectancy might be driving all of these major decisions,” says Daniel Krupp, a […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 11, 2012) — If you are an aging baby boomer and you’ve noticed it’s a bit harder to drive to unfamiliar locations or to pick a new brand of olive oil at the supermarket, you can blame it on the white matter in your brain. A brain-mapping study, published […]
Huff Post What is Passover really about? The more I mull over the Exodus story, the more I think it’s always been about change – or more accurately — about our very human inclination to resist change. At every point in the story, we come across resistance to the transitions faced by […]
Source: The Commercial Appeal Every Hijabi has a story. Hajar Sakhi, a Rhodes College student from Nashville, was working at a fast-food restaurant in high school. One day, a customer looked at her wearing a uniform visor over her headscarf and started laughing. He left without ordering. “My manager said, […]
Washington Post: By Marta Zaraska, Published: The happier you are, the better, right? Not necessarily. Studies show that there is a darker side to feeling good and that the pursuit of happiness can […]
ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 2012) — A study of the sexes reveals that when it comes to starting a business, women are more likely than men to consider individual responsibility and use business as a vehicle for social and environmental change. “We found that women are 1.17 times more likely than men […]
Huff Post Religion ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Muslims in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan are up in arms at a vodka producer for including the word “Allah” on its liquor bottles. Privately owned Channel 31 cited Bekzat Boranbaiuly, head imam at a mosque in the city of Semey, as saying […]
In his letter to Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan in Islamabad, Mr. William Gomes asks the Pakistani President to conduct a judicial inquiry into the illegal detention and […]
Credit: TOI OREM, UTAH: At 21 months, Ollie Hebb was his mother’s helper on laundry day, climbing atop a bin so he could toss clothes into a top-loading washer. On the morning he went missing for a few minutes, Tiffany Hebb went through her house calling for him but got […]
Pakteahouse: Usman Ahmad: Prior to anything else being said, let it be clearly stated that the recent murder of Master Abdul Qudoos at the hands of the police is not […]
Source: BBC Author: Tahir Qadiry For economic and social reasons, many Afghan parents want to have a son. This preference has led to some of them practising the long-standing tradition of Bacha Posh – disguising girls as boys. When Azita Rafhat, a former member of the Afghan parliament, gets her […]
(Reuters) – France will bar radical Muslim preachers from entering the country to participate in an Islamic conference next month as part of a crackdown after shootings by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman, […]
Los Angeles Times: By Edmund Sanders: Rahma abu Hussein can’t help but feel they are moving up in the world. The database engineer and his wife just bought their first home, and it’s […]
Global Post.Com: A French high school teacher faces disciplinary action after she urged students to observe a minute of silence for Mohammed Merah, the man who shot and killed three […]
Source: Huff Post – The Blog In my career and executive coaching, I work with hundreds of women each year going through major transitions. Recently, I was speaking with a fascinating client of mine — let’s call her “Carol” — who shared with me her views about midlife BEFORE she had […]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2012) — For a 6-year-old, one of the most powerful educational tools may be direct instruction, according to new research on how children learn about prejudice. Scientists found that as children get closer to age 10, they begin to rely more on their own experiences rather than what […]
ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2012) — It’s normal to not always act on your sense of compassion — for example, by walking past a beggar on the street without giving them any money. Maybe you want to save your money or avoid engaging with a homeless person. But even if suppressing compassion […]
Express Tribune: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has refused to attend the India Today Conclave in New Delhi after learning about British author Salman Rushdie’s participation. In a statement released […]