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A diary saves you the therapist (and religion)

Interestingly Sigmund Freud claimed that "everybody needs therapy", including all therapists. He believed that all of our problems come from things that happened to us/that we did in our past. In order to release our troubles he proposed that one should have a therapists, in a similar way that we nowadays know psychotherapy. A similar idea comes from buddhism Related posts:

  1. Technique: How to remember EVERY number.
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Exercise won’t help you lose weight.

An interesting article shows the newest (and old) research regarding the dogma of exercise as the way to loose weight. The result: It's not true! If you exercise two things happen: 1) you get more hungry afterwards 2) you already used a lot of self-control, so you're more likely to "reward yourself" or otherwise break your diet rules. Eat half a muffin after your run and you actually gained calories! And also, gatorade and the like is bad for you, as it simply gives you calories - and btw., the content is mostly sugar. Why would you drink that again? Read on Related posts:

  1. You can beat food cravings by eating other stuff…?
  2. Some self-improvement rules
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Technique: How to remember EVERY number.

We all every day need to remember some numbers. Be it birthdays, telephone numbers, PINs, ... there is just a lot of them out there! But we again and again tend to forget them... here is an easy technique how to remember any number you might ever encounter! Related posts:

  1. From science: Why it’s wrong to reward yourself after you’ve done something that you don’t like.
  2. A diary saves you the therapist (and religion)
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You can beat food cravings by eating other stuff…?

Evaluating a short blog article and adding some thoughts on why we have food cravings and how we can eliminate them, getting more healthy and losing weight Related posts:

  1. Exercise won’t help you lose weight.
  2. From science: Why it’s wrong to reward yourself after you’ve done something that you don’t like.
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Ways to train your writing skills

A shortened list of ways to improve your writing skills as posted in another blog Related posts:

  1. A diary saves you the therapist (and religion)
  2. Why this project: why would somebody need help to help herself?
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Some self-improvement rules

Some rules one should follow when on the path to self-improvement Related posts:

  1. Why this project: why would somebody need help to help herself?
  2. The biggest mistake you can make in life is to wait for opportunities.
  3. From science: Why it’s wrong to reward yourself after you’ve done something that you don’t like.
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From science: Why it’s wrong to reward yourself after you’ve done something that you don’t like.

Many self-help books and blogs stress the importance of rewarding yourself after you've done something "good". This is a grave misunderstanding and mistake! The article describes two reasons, stemming from psychological and neuroscientific research, why you should not do it and what you should do instead Related posts:

  1. You can beat food cravings by eating other stuff…?
  2. The biggest mistake you can make in life is to wait for opportunities.
  3. Technique: How to remember EVERY number.
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The biggest mistake you can make in life is to wait for opportunities.

Many people in their lives only wait for opportunities to come around. This is a short motivational post telling you why you should go out there and not wait for - but create opportunities for yourself Related posts:

  1. Why this project: why would somebody need help to help herself?
  2. From science: Why it’s wrong to reward yourself after you’ve done something that you don’t like.
  3. A diary saves you the therapist (and religion)
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Why this project: why would somebody need help to help herself?

This is the introductory post to my new project: SHelperNet! There are many blogs and websites on self-help and self-improvement out there. I will try to be objective and neutral, not too focussed on the money part as most seem to be. Read here why you should be interested in self-improvement, why I do it and what you can expect of my new project! Welcome aboard! Related posts:

  1. The biggest mistake you can make in life is to wait for opportunities.
  2. From science: Why it’s wrong to reward yourself after you’ve done something that you don’t like.
  3. Ways to train your writing skills
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