If you study psychology these days, let’s face it, you pretty much have to get some kind of graduate degree before you embark on your career in the field. Degrees come in all sorts of areas, such as research psychology, clinical psychology, mental health counseling, school psychology, and more. At the end of the day, most psychology majors can expect to complete some kind of graduate degree that will take another 2-6 years of your life.
We spend a lot of our time in the office, so we love what we do better. Here, how can you work more happily, not to mention smarter and faster? Finding your creative flow and triggering innovative juices is important, like pulling together in team spirit. Of course, for some individuals - those who suffer from conditions like acute stress - careers are affected by problems beyond normal behavior.
Living a Healthy Life
Living a healthy life means making lifestyle choices that support your physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being. It can be challenging at times, when one facet of your health demands more attention than others, and you must struggle to maintain a good balance. To be of sound body, mind, and spirit, it's important to pay attention to all aspects of health, since your mental, emotional, and spiritual health play a role in your physical health, and vice versa. A state of good health means more than just the absence of a disease or disorder; it also means having the resources to cope with problems and circumstances beyond your control and recover from difficult or troubling situations.
What Is Coaching?
Psychological coaching focuses on the positive aspects of the human condition, much like positive counseling; it does not focus on the negative, irrational, and pathological aspects of life. Coaching is specific and goal-oriented. Like sports coaching, psychological coaching concentrates on individual or group strengths and abilities that can be used in new and different ways to enhance performance, feel better about the self, ensure smooth life transitions, deal with challenges, achieve goals, become more successful, and improve the overall quality of one’s personal and professional life.
For me, I was in a PhD program in social/personality psychology at the University of New Hampshire, back in the 90s. Five years of intensive study, for sure. But you know, I think I made the most of it, and had a lot of fun along the way - learning to ski, hiking the mountains and the coast, experiencing historical New England, and meeting my wonderful wife Kathy (who was also in the program!) along the way.
