The Bloch sphere emerged from quantum mechanics of spin-1/2 particles (two-level systems like qubits or nuclear spins) in magnetic fields, generalizing classical spin precession to quantum superpositions.
Welcome to Training the Ego. This is your simple guide to understanding and becoming the person you want to be – your true self. I’ve tried to make it simple, so that anyone can read and understand it, yet the concepts here are incredibly powerful. And if used correctly, can lead an individual to true self-transcendence, where they have complete mastery of self in all its guises.
Self-awareness is the conscious recognition and understanding of one’s own thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and their underlying patterns, often serving as the foundation for personal growth and therapeutic interventions like Awareness Integration Theory
Almost all children suffer a sustained and often targeted string of traumatic micro, and macro-aggressions, from the moment they are born.
There is the suggestion that the phenomena of Imaginary Friends, seen in many children around the globe, very often fitting into that child’s acceptable world-view, but often found concerning, by their parents, could be externalised projections from their own mind. Some kind of imaginative overlay, but with the ability to offer additional insight to the child, by adding a second, or third view to any situation.
Scapegoating is a troubling concept that plays a significant role in social dynamics and psychology. Scapegoating is the practice of singling out a person or group for unmerited blame and negative treatment.
Rogers’ View of the Self-Concept: Carl Rogers described self-concept as the organised set of perceptions and beliefs a person holds about themselves. He believed that the “real self” (the authentic, innate self) often diverges from the “ideal self” (the self shaped by external expectations), and the gap between the two can lead to psychological distress.
SwitchStep Music Therapy is a creative, accessible, and evidence-informed approach that helps children and adults connect with their authentic selves, build resilience, and develop self-regulation through intentional movement and rhythm.
In this article, we will provide an introduction to these two concepts and discuss how they relate to each other and to human well-being.
Performance anxiety refers to a state of heightened emotional, cognitive, and physical distress experienced before, during, or after performing in front of others. It is often triggered by fear of being evaluated or judged.