by Helen Papadopoulos | Dec 3, 2012 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
When I refer to power I am relating to it from the perspective of energy, or electricity which – in reality – exists everywhere. Everything/one is energy manifested in one form, or another. For example, the energy of a chair is denser than that of a plant...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Sep 3, 2012 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Protecting yourself from those who take up too much of your time and energy is vital for your overall health. After all, these things are necessary for you to function and be happy in this world. For me this understanding was highlighted about sixteen-years-ago when I...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Aug 19, 2012 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Finding meaning in your life is paramount for happiness and health. There are those who believe this is a waste of time – thinking about what your personal experiences mean to you (i.e. the development of wisdom, or your own philosophy of life) – however,...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jun 18, 2012 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Recently, I attended a professional women’s conference where I heard in a talk about assertiveness, that being aggressive is much closer to being assertive than being passive (incidentally, most of the women in that room identified with passivity more than the...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jun 7, 2011 | Real Philosophy
The title of this blog post is a well known quote by Mark Twain – it is a play on part of the word ‘denial’ and the river Nile in Egypt…denial is not some faraway place, or thing but an aspect of human behavior designed to protect you from very...
