Human Thinking
What Is Intuition?
This article introduces the idea of intuition and asks if our intuition can both help and mislead us?
Decision-Making
Absolute Democracy of the Psyche
The absolute democracy of the psyche is a constitutional arrangement in which every psychological part possesses equal sovereignty, every part governs its own proper domain, and no system-wide action can be authorised unless every participating authority consents.
Core-Self Pruning
Peak-Growth Mindset
The peak growth mindset provides conceptual understandings that allow for better handling of current experiences in the moment they happen.
Organismic Self
The Inner-Supporter to Inner-Critic Transition
Within parts working, there is the concept of the inner-critic. This is the source of internal self-criticism, and often seen as a source of depression and a pessimistic outlook. In this article, we suggest that this inner critic, was once an inner-supporter, that became rejected and dissociated into take on that oppositional role.
Organismic Self
Metacognitive Integration: The key to Self-Actualisation?
Metacognitive Integration is a dynamic process of exploration, identification, connection AND reconnection of the organismic self with it’s systemwide functions. It is a process that allows the individual to actualise themselves. This optimises the integration of their organism, to allow them to better thrive in the local environment.
Dual-Mask Model
The Dual-Mask Model and Transactional Analysis
The dual-mask system, part of the Theory of the DNA-Self could also explain the concept of life positions, as described in transactional analysis.
Active Imagination
The Coping Paradox: A Theory of Masked Coping and Cognitive Overload
In the Coping Paradox, the paradox lies in the fact that coping is both necessary for resilience and, when unmanaged, a source of vulnerability.
Organisational Imbalance
Canadian Mental Health Law
Canadian mental health law can be quite complex, due to differences between how the legislature for each province was historically created. Within this document, we compare the mental health laws of two provinces, to highlight some of the key differences.
Behavioural Economics
Game Theory and Behavioural Game Theory
The development of game theory in the 1940s and 1950s marked a significant advancement in understanding strategic interactions among rational agents.