ARE WE FOOLS? WERE WE DECEIVED? There is no single answer to this question. The desire to reach the truth, the urge to suppress uncertainty, the need to make sense of things or to find an anchor… all of these are tied to belief. Yet not every belief rests on a rational, “logical” foundation. At […]
THE LET THEM THEORY: YOU CAN’T CONTROL EVERYTHING. No matter how hard you try, you cannot dictate what someone else feels, thinks, or does. People make their own choices, walk their own paths, and make their own mistakes. And in chasing after them, trying to fix, guide, or understand, you end up sacrificing your own […]
MAKE HAPPY, BE HAPPY! MAKE UNHAPPY, BE UNHAPPY! What if I told you that we commit every act of wrongdoing or bullying also harms ourselves? How would you feel if I mentioned numerous studies conducted in the field of positive psychology on this subject? It was a cry for help that drew me to this […]
SURVIVING AMONG PSYCHOPATHS AND SOCIOPATHS Yahya Ülkershared an article on psychopaths and sociopaths, I reposted it with this comment: “Psychopaths and sociopaths aren’t confined to social media; they could well be in the workplace, too. Kudos to Mr. Ülker for highlighting emotional manipulations that can even verge on abuse or bullying! Coming up next in […]
WELCOME TO WILLPOWER 101! How difficult it is to change people’s thoughts, emotions, and habits! Author Kelly McGonigal explains: “After years of observation, I realized that much of what people believed about willpower was creating unnecessary stress. Although scientific research had much to say that could help them, it was clear that these insights had […]
ARE WE ALL BIASED? Yes, indeed, even the West, while extensively critiquing bias and endeavoring to educate society through films and narratives… I remember encountering that cry for the first time in those poorly translated films from my childhood: “YOU CAN’T JUDGE ME!” It wasn’t until I grew older that I truly understood its significance. […]
MISCONCEPTIONS ARE CONCERNING In this article, we’ll dive into daily misconceptions and their impacts, based on the new book Misbeliefs by Prof. Dan Ariely (*). In a time when everyone clings to their own version of truth, this topic has been on my mind lately. Dan Ariely, the James B. Duke Professor at Duke University, […]
HOW DOES YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS RULE YOUR BEHAVIOR? Previously, I read the book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant, a professor of Organizational Psychology, and wrote an article about biases for you. (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i-say-am-prejudiced-also-bias-think-biased-murat-%C3%BClker/?trk=public_post_promoted-post). Today, we will touch on the subject of “bias” again, but this time in terms of […]
A Self-Controlling Person is Superior to an Intelligent Person! Our topic today is emotional intelligence. Let’s first clear up some confusion. Physiological states that awaken in response to stimuli are defined as emotions, and the mental associations we give to these physiological states are defined as feelings. We can only empathize by understanding the feelings […]
Trauma is a toxic stress caused by bad experiences that sever the relationship between mind and body, having lasting effects on brain development and attachment and communication systems. Today I think that the profound traumatic experiences caused by the pandemic have impacted everyone, from seven to seventy, and that the records our bodies have kept […]
