Personal Competencies
Affects and Emotions
Emotions are inseparable elements of our lives. They help us survive and thrive, but they can also be detrimental to our health and relationships. Affects are the emotional reactions to the experience…
Murray’s Psychogenic Needs
What is the depth of your knowledge in terms of your needs and those around you? Perhaps this is the question to which the answer reveals why and how people communicate. Our very existence is dependen…
Self-inclusion: a Part of a Whole
As an individual, every person carries beliefs and experiences from their unique point of view. No matter how much people have in common, there are always circumstances under which they feel and act d…
Self-awareness
In the best case scenario -if the scenario is in fact a fairytale-, everyone gets along all the time. How? They simply happen to feel and think the same. Well, this is not the real world, is it? Until…
Basic Psychological Needs
Glasser maintains that people have four basic psychological needs apart from survival. These are the need for love and sense of belonging, the need for power, the need for freedom, and the need for fu…
The Johari Window
The Johari window is introduced as a complementary tool to communication components. This window allows for the enhancement of self-discovery and quality communication.…