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Note To Self
Short Notes on Psychology To Keep Your Thinking On Track


When Plans Meet Reality
Plans are simply flexible guidelines, not rigid commandments, and accepting their inherent adaptability helps us make better decisions.
Dr Jenni McArthur
Apr 82 min read


Chess Player or Pawn? Understanding Healthy Motivation through Adversity.
This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track…
Almost everyone knows that to perform well through adversity and beyond,
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jan 232 min read


Never All Bad.
This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track… When an important process, performance, or relationship goes wrong it's...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jun 20, 20241 min read


Always Tinted
What you perceive is always tinted. Your perception relies on cues that are informed by your experience. The reality is always different....
Dr Jenni McArthur
Apr 17, 20241 min read


Stuck In Stress Or Advancing In Adversity?
It's hard, if not impossible to learn effectively when stressed. The networks of neurones in our brains have to choose. Do I learn or do...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jul 20, 20235 min read


Don't Go Global
In the world of business and entrepreneurship going global represents, for many, the ultimate success. Reaching people in the farther...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jun 23, 20232 min read


The Power of Opinion
You have, as a human being, this unique ability to have an opinion about things. Your stance on politics blocks or buffers a new leader...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jun 8, 20232 min read


The Up Side of Negative Emotions
We spend so much time pushing uncomfortable emotions away that we often don't realise their potential to help us move forward. Today's...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jun 2, 20233 min read


It's Not What You See, It's The Way You See.
There are lots of little things that we can do to understand ourselves better and help ourselves out when the stresses, pressures, and...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Mar 9, 20233 min read


Take an Automatic Break
When we talk about psychology it can often be the case that the practical application of abstract ideas is a challenge and one of my...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Mar 2, 20234 min read
The Absurdity of Measuring an Ocean with a Six-inch Ruler.
When we sit back and consider the conclusions that people often draw about themselves or others, it becomes more evident that errors in...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Dec 12, 20222 min read
What are You Worth to You?
A distinctive feature of the approach I favour in my psychotherapeutic work is the promotion of unconditional self-acceptance. On the...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Dec 9, 20222 min read
Fail Often Enough to Succeed
When the Modern Olympic Games came into being it was motivated by the observation that sport has the power to help us understand life’s...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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