MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'authentic'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008311&cid=t_330694_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F05%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-5-2011%2F Another holiday’s come and gone. Whether you celebrated Canada Day or Independence Day, you may be basking in the glory of a glorious holiday or exhausted from another family gathering of trying to keep your sanity in toll. If I’ve learned anything over the years is that you could spend years working on yourself and then poof! just like that you’re back to where you started. Maybe it’s your people-pleasing ways that return when you’re in the company of old friends who knew you way back when. Or certain relatives who trigger painful childhood memories when you are in their presence. Perhaps, the extra day of freedom could remind you just how toxic your work environment is and how much you are in need of a new job. Whatever it is, I feel you. The only thing we c... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008311 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:48:51 +0100 5008311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309667&cid=t_330694_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F04%2Faccessing-your-authentic-self%2F “Congruent is one of my favorite words. The word congruent describes someone who is the same on the outside as they are on the inside,” writes psychotherapist Angela Caughlin in her book, Journaling Through: Unleashing the Power of the Authentic Self: Seven Benefits of Unlocking the Wisdom Within. But, as so many of us know, being congruent is far from easy. It means not caring what others think about you. If you’re a chronic people-pleaser (Hi, my name is Margarita), this might as well be like walking a tightrope. (Yes, it’s that dramatic.) It also means knowing who you are. Sometimes, the simple question of “what do I like” is hard to answer, especially if we’ve spent years deferring to someone else and looking for validation from others. Maybe you knew who you were for... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309667 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:58:12 +0100 4309667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3607557&cid=t_330694_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F28%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-28-2010%2F There are just a handful of days left until Memorial Day. How are you celebrating this three day weekend? For me, the holiday signifies the start of summer and all that the warm season brings. Superficially, I’m reminded of the things I love like barbecues, tank tops and flip flops and the things I could do without such as termites, cockroaches and hot weather. But on a deeper level, the summertime brings me back to new beginnings and a fresh start. The hope of facing old fears, the courage of tackling new inner battles and the ever present possibility of a better me, one that’s closer to loving and accepting who I am warts and all. It’s something about the season, more than at the beginning of a new year (maybe it’s the shedding of our outer coats) that brings me c... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3607557 Fri, 28 May 2010 11:34:35 +0100 3607557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3508246&cid=t_330694_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F26%2Fgratitude-grace-and-granola%2F “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” — Epictetus When I began my academic career and clinical practice, I would wake up every morning with a feeling of dread. The heaviness and ache on my chest and in my mind, the struggle to attack the day, was oppressive and demoralizing. This crush of morning depression weakened me so much, I was worn out even before the tsunami of “to do” engulfed me. Then one of my 12-step patients came back from a retreat marveling at how she was able to break this lifelong struggle she had in the morning, this heaviness and burdensome dread she’d wrestled with throughout her adult life. She was visibly more energized and jubilant. She had my attention. “Tell me more,”... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3508246 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:35:22 +0100 3508246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2535103&cid=t_330694_87_f&fid=35049&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nakedmedicine.com%2Fattribute-of-an-authentic-leader On a Thinkers & Leaders social network, a question was posed about what made an “authentic leader”. Is it about the person’s quality of thinking? Values? Passion? Charisma? When I looked at the term “authentic leader”, I am looking at the components and what each means personally to me. An “authentic” individual exhibits a degree of self-awareness and knowledge of motivators and values that is readily transparent and apparent to even the casual observer. A “leader” is an individual who acts on behalf of a collective (group, company, tribe, society) with the intent of benefiting as many dimensions of existence of the collective. An “authentic leader” would naturally engage both of these components in his or her actions an... NAKEDMEDICINE.COM blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2535103 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:46:10 +0100 2535103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1544144&cid=t_330694_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F24%2Fthe-situation-of-lawyers-and-practicing-law%2F The Situationist has examined various implications that social psychology and related fields for law and legal theory. But what about for the practice of law? Martin Seligman, former American Psychological Association president and one of the leaders of the new field of Positive Psychology, examines the relationship between psychology and the practice of law in his fascinating book Authentic Happiness. Here are some relevant excerpts. * * * Thirty years ago, the cognitive revolution in psychology overthrew both Freud and the behaviorists, at least in academia. Cognitive scientists demonstrated that thinking can be an object of science, that it is measurable, and most importantly that it is not just a reflection of emotion or behavior. Aaron T. Beck, the leading theorist of cognitive thera... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1544144 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01:35 +0100 1544144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256403&cid=t_330694_158_f&fid=36160&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeinstitute.com%2Fcaregivingminutes%2F%3Fp%3D45 What I learned my first year in business. I have been a therapist and elder care professional for over 10 years. However, this year, Pope Institute celebrated its first anniversary of incorporation. Recently, I was discussing Pope Institute and elder care policy (favorite topics of mine) with a friend who is a therapist with 20 years of experience in elder care. I shared with him the knowledge I have learned about “business” since Pope Institute was incorporated. There have been many hard and unexpected lessons. As my Pop likes to say, “If it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger.” How true. The old adages “It’s nothing personal, it’s just business” and “Only the paranoid survive in business” have been tough and much needed lessons this first year. I have added thos... CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256403 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:42:23 +0100 1256403