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UAE Moments
03-07-2025
- General
- UAE Moments
Your Daily Career Tarot Card Reading for July 4th, 2025
4.7.25 The Moon: If you've drawn this card you're likely in a situation that doesn't add up. Whatever appears to be happening on the surface, a nagging feeling tells you that things aren't as they seem. Bearing this in mind, you'll need to proceed with caution and be ready to pull back should it be required. Your best ally is your gut instinct. Pay attention to it and you should be fine!
Fast Company
03-07-2025
- Health
- Fast Company
Lonely at work? Emotional intelligence can help
While remote work offers several benefits such as flexibility, working from home can also be lonely. In one survey almost a quarter (23%) of remote workers reported feeling lonely. Loneliness at work can result in decreased productivity, and feelings of dissatisfaction. Emotional intelligence can help us understand what to do to feel more connected at work. Here are four steps to take: Develop Self-Awareness Most of us experience periods of loneliness. Being self-aware allows us to better recognize when we are feeling lonely, link it to what is going on at the time, and come up with solutions. Even being able to express what we are feeling can help alleviate loneliness, as naming what we're feeling helps us to gain more control over our emotions. Consider journaling when you feel lonely to understand what you're feeling, as well as what situations cause these feelings. Discovering the circumstances that cause loneliness may help you avoid or alleviate loneliness in the future. Manage Emotions There are various methods for regulating and coping with our emotions, and one size does not fit all. Some methods that are known to work are deep breathing, mindfulness, walking in nature, or simply getting away momentarily from the setting we are in. I have found taking a short break from whatever is stressing me out and imagining a relaxed pleasurable experience helps me regulate my emotions. Experiment with different practices to learn what works for you. Increase Empathy If we are high in empathy, we will be more likely to reach out to others if we are experiencing feelings of loneliness. One way to increase empathy is to identify the emotions you hear someone bring up in conversations. For example: 'I hear you are feeling angry, sad, or afraid.' Chances are others share our feelings, and may be hesitant to reach out, unaware that others are struggling with the same problem. By increasing our empathy and reaching out, we form bonds, increase vulnerability, openness, and connection. Knowing that we are not alone in our situation and having people we can reach out to for support can go a long way in making us feel more connected. Build connections As humans we are hardwired to connect with others. This becomes even more important for remote workers. Creating opportunities to build connections is something that everyone needs to take ownership of, from leaders on down. Set aside some social time where everyone can share what is going on in their lives apart from work. If you have regular online meetings, take a few minutes to share something personal, such as challenges, struggles, and joys. If you have colleagues in the same city, try to get together in person on occasion. Encourage and support each other to come up with ideas on how to connect. Leadership could also host office lunches, where the company covers the cost of lunch and provides space for an informal online get-together. One of the ongoing topics could be how other people experience loneliness and what tools they use to work through it. Leaders can use their emotional intelligence to combat the loneliness associated with remote work. In my book Bigger Hearted: a Retired Pediatrician's Prescriptions for Living a Happier Life, I describe how the head of a local mental health center worked to alleviate loneliness on his team. He called each of them during their work hours, staying up late for several nights so he could talk to those who covered late-night emergencies. It may also help to s eek value and connection outside of work, whether through time with family and friends, hobbies, or volunteer work. Having something where you know you will be seen, heard, and supported can help alleviate loneliness and offer a bright spot in the day to look forward to.
Yahoo
30-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
"Replaying Fake Arguments In Your Head So You're 'Ready' If They Ever Happen": People Are Sharing The "Harmless" Habits That Are Actually Really Toxic, And My Mental Health Is Thanking Them
It's hard to break habits, and that's especially true when we feel like the habits we've adopted are harmless. Unfortunately, that's not always the case. What appears to be innocuous can ultimately mess with our mental health more than we realize. From letting toxic family drama slide because "they're family" to overapologizing, these habits can sneak under the radar and leave us feeling drained, stuck, or just plain unhappy. Sad Asian Chinese man sitting on bed According to psychologist Wendy Wood, habits are a learning mechanism that wires our brain in a way of repeat and reward. "All we have to do is repeat something and get rewarded for it, and we're learning a habit," Wood told Behavioral Science. "In research that I've done, we find that about 43 percent of what people do every day is repeated in the same context, usually while they are thinking about something else. They're automatically responding without really making decisions. And that's what a habit is. A habit is a sort of a mental shortcut to repeat what we did in the past that worked for us and got us some reward." Wendy Wood's quote really stood out to me, especially after diving into this recent post in the r/AskReddit sub that asked, "What's a 'harmless' habit that's actually really toxic?" Some of the responses dove into the impact of capitalism that forces us to prioritize our productivity or rest, while others dealt with internalizing their issues to avoid confrontation or friction. Here's what people had to say: Note: These submissions have been edited for clarity. 1."Letting family get away with being shitty just 'because they're family.' Not really a habit, I guess, but my life is so much better having cut the toxic ones out." –u/sarotto 2."Not standing up to people or letting things slide when they bother you." –u/Possible-Okra7527 3."Today, I stood up for someone after setting a goal for myself that I don't want to be a bystander anymore when abuse happens." "I was walking up the stairs in my building when I saw a drunk guy screaming at a girl on the stairs, making threats. She was obviously scared. I, a dude myself, first hesitated if it was safe for me to intervene, but decided to do so. I told this guy he had to stop screaming. He started threatening me, so I called the building security, and they took this guy out. This girl was really thankful and offered me a drink. We chatted, and it turns out she's really nice. She does a PhD on Egyptian mummies, and when I said I've always wanted to go to the museum in town that has mummies on show, she offered to guide me around in the museum next summary of the story: standing up for someone is sometimes scary, but it might give you lots in return. In my case, a new friend and a personal mummy tour." –u/LeLittlePi34 4."Not getting enough sleep. Not encouraging others to get enough sleep." –u/MC1R_OCA2 Related: Doctors And Nurses Are Sharing The Terrifying Things They Witnessed In Hospitals, And I Guess "Grey's Anatomy" Isn't So Far Off After All 5."Not acknowledging your own feelings as they happen." –u/AproachingAzathoth 6."Thinking there is something wrong with asking for help and that you are less for it. This applies to everything from work to personal issues. I'm Gen X, and we got independence shoved down our throats hard. I actually got in trouble for refusing help at work the other day." –u/Carmelpi 7."Avoiding the difficult conversations because you don't 'like confrontation' and villainizing the other person for 'being confrontational.'" –u/CaptainChristiaan 8."I'm in the habit of saying sorry even when I'm not at fault. Did you do something wrong to me? Oops! I'm sorry!" –u/anonymous-dreaming Related: "I Thought This Was Normal": People Are Sharing Diagnoses They Received After Someone Else Pointed Out Their Symptoms 9."Replaying fake arguments in your head so you're 'ready' if they ever happen. Feels harmless, but it keeps you stuck in fight mode with people who aren't even there." –u/PsychologicalDog0522 10."Sweeping problems under the rug to keep the peace." –u/majesticSkyZombie "I have no idea how to stop doing this. My whole life, if I try to speak directly on a problem, I get put in my place so harshly that people make it clear I never should have said anything in the first place, so I've learned to just clam up and fume silently. "It's not just parents or family or friends or partners or coworkers, it's everyone, so I assume my real problem is me wanting things, the changes I want just must make no sense, so there's no point in bringing them up anymore After a while, you just sort of get to this place where you know you want things to be different, but you're not really sure how, so it makes it easier to stay quiet because you've got no ready solution." –u/StickOnReddit 11."People who have an upset tone frequently but won't let their partner know what's up. Talked to my buddy about this recently, and the tone is wildly exhausting if you live with your partner. It stifles the house, makes someone guess why you're upset, and overall, these people seem to lack any EQ. A tone can seem harmless, but when they have a tone for days on end and withdraw themselves, they're miserable partners." –u/klynnyroberts 12."Being relaxed about all kinds of (lack of) privacy because 'I have nothing to hide'. You open so many doors by giving too much info." –u/Toiletjuffrouw 13."Having a group punching bag, where everyone constantly pokes fun at the same person." –u/Extension_Winner_130 14."Self-deprecating humor. I was told by a therapist when I was going through a period of depression to avoid it because 'you know it's a joke, but you're brain does not.' So it's just adding to the negative self-talk your brain is already dealing with." –u/virtualpig 15."Not washing your hands...I've seen too many guys in and out of the washroom who do not wash." –u/WonderEasy7727 16."I have an 8-month-old, and I only just recently broke the morning scroll habit. It is absolutely embedded in our psyche to be on our phones. I stopped because I used to get up with him so my wife could sleep, make my coffee, and sit down with him. I'd pull out my phone out of habit. He would be sitting there quietly, staring at me with his giant doe eyes and bed head, playing with his fingers and waiting for attention while I wasted precious moments of his babyhood doomscrolling with my coffee. Now I leave my phone in the room when I get up." –u/Phalus_Falator 17."Casual alcoholism." –u/MrRWhitworth 18."When someone says, 'I'm the kind of person that just tells it like it is,' as an excuse to be an obnoxious a-hole." –u/CrumblinEmpire 19."Being a helicopter parent and saying, 'if you've got nothing good to say, don't say anything at all' has given us a generation of young adults who can't think for themselves and can't take criticism." you have a habit you'd like to share, drop it in the comments. Also in Goodful: "The Damage Is Irreversible." Doctors And Nurses Are Revealing The "Small" Health Signs That People Should Never, Ever Ignore Also in Goodful: People Are Sharing Their Biggest "How Doesn't Everyone Know This?" Facts, And I'm Honestly Embarrassed I Never Realized Some Of These Also in Goodful: This Woman Is Going Viral For Begging Women Not To Get Married Right Now, And Personally, I Couldn't Agree More
Entrepreneur
27-06-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
The Surprising Way That People Fuel Their Own Impostor Syndrome
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You're reading Entrepreneur United Kingdom, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. What is impostor syndrome? Anytime you're doing something you've never done before, or your situation changes dramatically, it's the job of your identity to ask the question "is this safe?" and "should I have it?" If you don't have limiting beliefs about your worthiness, then you may still get a slightly heightened feeling of apprehension at times. But generally speaking, you should be ok as long as you stay grounded, focus on small steps, and acknowledge the wins as you go. For this first type of impostor syndrome, you may also hear your inner critic giving you intrusive thoughts about if you're good enough, or if you're able to sustain it. The key difference is that you can fairly quickly catch and answer these thoughts with some self-awareness and courage, so they won't last very long, and in fact, the faster you get into action-taking mode, the less of an effect they will have. For many people, simply getting started cures their impostor syndrome thoughts, and they are free to do what they need to do. When impostor syndrome won't go away. The second kind of impostor syndrome is fuelled by identity. This is the one that causes the worst cases of impostor syndrome, and why much of the advice doesn't seem to work for you. When it comes to identity-fuelled impostor syndrome, you still decide to do something new and important to you, and it still triggers the same "is this safe?", "is this for me?" internal checks. The only difference now is that this time, the answer that your deeper beliefs and stories send back is: "Absolutely not, are you crazy?! - Who do you think you are for wanting something like this? This is far too nice... Why would you think you could have anything this good?" And it's almost always supported by the iron-clad evidence of: "We've never had it before." But that's true of literally everything you have ever achieved. Anything you currently have in your life right now, there was once a time you didn't have that, so never let that hold you back. That said, if you are fortunate enough to at least make some progress, what people find is the more you learn, the more you realise how much you don't yet know - which only makes the feeling of not having enough to work with so much worse. So when you try to use positive thinking and force to make yourself do the things, you're really just pushing against yourself. This means the harder you force things, and the more pressure you add, the more your identity's resistance will push back. This is what many people describe as feeling stuck. What actually works. OK, so now we know it's not about forcing yourself to do the things, and the old ways aren't working for you anymore because it's your identity that is stopping you from moving forward with confidence. On a deeper level, a part of you doesn't feel good enough, and is using old beliefs and comparisons to support that feeling. When we consider that, we can work on reversing the feeling. 1. Ground yourself in safety and trust Since impostor syndrome is mostly fuelled by insecurities and comparisons to others, the fastest way to get your power back is to reverse your focus back to yourself, and disregard all other people, at least temporarily. This is also where we double down on love and worth. Where you feel into your body and send yourself the purest forms of love, that maybe you never had before, but you can allow yourself to receive it now. To anchor into your body, physically reassure yourself through words and touch, and connect to the sensations that your body is giving you. It's here where you create safety and security within yourself. You may need some support from a professional coach or therapist to help you with this if you have never or rarely felt safe in your body before. Once that's done, you can build up trust by doing small things and acknowledging yourself as you go to remove doubts and build confidence. 2. Directly challenge old beliefs As mentioned earlier, impostor syndrome is made of old beliefs that don't serve you. It's these beliefs that your identity is measuring you against, so once you're in a safe and secure state of being, it's these beliefs that we're going to change. To do that, first follow the "If/Then formula" to discover the specific story that your subconscious is running to keep you stuck in self doubt. What you're looking for is a story that reflects a deeper fear or limiting belief. It may not be rational, in fact, it rarely is rational, but it's whatever comes through and you feel in your body that part of you might believe it. For example, "If I do this [big scary thing], then it will hurt me by [outcome I absolutely don't want], and I don't want that to happen" or "If I allow myself to fully trust [myself or someone else], then it could hurt me by [some betrayal, rejection, failure, etc], and I don't want that to happen" This story will show you the deeper belief and fear, and once you can see the belief, you can start to challenge it and work to replace it with more positive and empowering beliefs. 3. Decide who you are and what you're capable of. Finally, we take the last step. After we have cultivated safety in the body, and you are now the primary provider of safety and love in your life. We have isolated specific beliefs and stories and brought them into higher awareness. Now is the time we make some powerful decisions that can carry us through and into our best life. The word "decision" literally means "to cut away", so that's what I want you to do. I would like you to decide now that you are going to fully believe in yourself, that you don't need to know if it will be successful before you start, because you will decide now to take the leap of faith in yourself and do the thing. I'm not promising that it won't be scary, but that's why you decide again and again, as many times as you need to, that you are good enough, and you can find a way to make your visions come true. Because it's in that certainty, that your greatness will finally be allowed to shine.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Working with Emotional Intelligence in the Pharmaceutical and Biopharma Industry - 1 Day Online Training Course, June 30, 2025
Enhance your Emotional Intelligence (EI) with this interactive one-day training for the pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals sector. Improve self-awareness, communication, and influence skills. Gain CPD credits and a completion certificate. Boost your workplace success and relationships. Dublin, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Working with Emotional Intelligence in the Pharmaceutical and Biopharma Industry Training Course (ONLINE EVENT: June 30, 2025)" has been added to offering. This training course is designed to help participants develop self-awareness and improve their own communication skills within the pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals industry. In today's competitive and challenging workplace, we are not only being assessed on our technical skills, but also on how well we understand and handle ourselves and relate to others - our emotional intelligence. Emotional Intelligence is essential for all the relationships we have - whether with internal colleagues, external bodies such as with obtaining scientific advice, or suppliers - to be maximally effective. This one-day training course addresses our own Emotional Intelligence (EI) and how we can better understand ourselves and interpret others to communicate and influence even more effectively. This course will provide you with the skills to be more self-aware and choose to manage your reactions. It also gives you the skills to assess others' emotions more effectively and deal with them successfully for enhanced performance. The course is a highly interactive combination of theory, activities, exercises, and practical applications working on your real-life scenarios so you can develop your learnings for your benefit. Please note, in order to benefit most from the course, delegates will need to complete two self-assessments and bring their results with them at the beginning of the course. Benefits of attending By the end of this course, you will be able to: Manageand work with people more effectively by understanding and respecting their emotions Understand key emotional intelligence skills Be more adaptable to how others think and what different perspectives they have Practice several styles of influencing models to promote more emotionally effective conversations resulting in successful influence Certifications: CPD: 6 hours for your records Certificate of completion Who Should Attend: This course is for anyone with a professional or personal interest in exploring emotional intelligence in workplace settings, including highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, veterinary, legal and other professional industries. Key Topics Covered: Goleman's emotional intelligence model Identifying and understanding the main concepts and the impact on behaviour Working with emotional intelligence - the key competencies Listening techniques for influencing in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry Scripting technique persuading A simple structure to enable you to state your needs clearly and concisely without being too aggressive or apologetic Relationship management in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry Adapting your communication style to take account of others. Tools such as Stakeholder Agenda Analysis and Social Styles help you to identify which style will be more appropriate for use in a given situation Critical thinking approach Self-management and understanding the psychology of EI How to regulate your internal experience working in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry The solution-focused approach Focusing on the solution is focusing on success. The "third" conversation technique to help your objectivity Action planning For more information about this training visit About is the world's leading source for international market research reports and market data. We provide you with the latest data on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest trends. CONTACT: CONTACT: Laura Wood,Senior Press Manager press@ For E.S.T Office Hours Call 1-917-300-0470 For U.S./ CAN Toll Free Call 1-800-526-8630 For GMT Office Hours Call +353-1-416-8900Sign in to access your portfolio
